April 23, 2015
Federal prosecutors and the owners of a defunct scrap metal business have agreed to settle a $22 million dispute over a botched effort to dismantle a wrecked barge that allegedly caused an oil spill in the Columbia River, according to a filing on Thursday in Washington federal court.
January 16, 2014
The U.S. government on Thursday sued the owners of a defunct Washington state scrap metal business at the center of a botched effort to dismantle a barge that allegedly caused a $22 million oil spill in the Columbia River, demanding they cover the cleanup bill personally.