BP Pays $1.7 Million For Alaska Spill-Rule Violations

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Anchorage, Alaska (Reuters) - BP's Alaska unit has paid $ 1.7 million in civil fines to settle complaints that it violated state rules oil-spill control rules, Alaska officials said Tuesday. State oil-spill regulations and BP's own spill-contingency plan require that oil-storage and fuel-loading areas be surrounded by lined containment areas to catch and hold maximum volumes of potentially leaked oil, said Assistant Alaska Attorney General Breck Tostevin.