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Company: Bay State Gas Company, d/b/a Columbia Gas of Massachusetts
Current Parent Company: EverSource Energy
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Penalty: $53,030,116
Year: 2020
Date: February 26, 2020
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: pipeline safety violation
Violation Description: Bay State Gas Company, d/b/a Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, agreed to pay $53 million and plead guilty to violating a minimum safety standard of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act relating to the failure to implement procedures to prevent the over-pressurization of its low-pressure gas distribution system in South Lawrence during a pipe replacement project known as the South Union Project.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-District of Massachusetts
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Massachusetts
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Current Parent: utilities
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