A California grand jury indicted Plains All American Pipeline LP on May 17 in connection to an oil pipeline that ruptured last year and led to the closing of two popular beaches near Santa Barbara. A company employee was also charged. California attorney general Kamala D. Harris and Santa Barbara County district attorney Joyce E. Dudley said a Santa Barbara County grand jury indictment charged Plains All American with four felonies and 42 misdemeanors. The indictment also charged an employee, James Buchanan, an environmental and regulatory compliance specialist, with three misdemeanors. While the company also faces multiple civil cases related to the oil spill, criminal charges in such a case are more unusual.
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机译：加利福尼亚州的一个大陪审团于5月17日起诉了Plains All American Pipeline LP公司，该公司与去年破裂的一条石油管道有关，并导致圣巴巴拉附近两个受欢迎的海滩关闭。公司员工也被起诉。加州总检察长卡玛拉·D·哈里斯和圣塔芭芭拉县地方检察官乔伊斯·达德利说，圣塔芭芭拉县大陪审团的起诉书指控普莱恩斯全美大学被判四项重罪和42项轻罪。起诉书还指控一名员工，环境与法规遵从性专家James Buchanan犯有三项轻罪。尽管该公司还面临与漏油有关的多个民事案件，但在这种情况下的刑事指控更为罕见。
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