FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — State prosecutors have reached a $14 million settlement with British Petroleum, over violations in operating and maintaining underground storage tanks, at gas stations up and down California.
Attorney General Kamala Harris alleges that BP flouted safety regulations for the tanks at hundreds of gas stations, over a 10-year period.
That included tampering with leak detection devices on tanks.
Since 2011, California has reached settlements totaling about $36 million with other fuel companies, over issues with underground gas storage tanks.
