Service Investigation Secures Guilty Plea from Major Oil Company
August 14, 2009 by USFWS
Exxon Mobil Corporation, whose oil and gas drilling and production facilities in 5 States were linked to the deaths of Federally protected birds, has pleaded guily to violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The company must pay $600,000 in fines and community service payments and implement an environmental compliance plan to prevent bird deaths at its facilities in Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The company has already spent $2.5 million to protect birds at these sites.
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