Oil firm Phillips 66 indicted for alleged Clean Water Act violations

LOS ANGELES, California: The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Phillips 66 has been federally indicted for allegedly violating the Clean Water Act by discharging industrial wastewater containing excessive oil and grease from its Carson refinery into the Los Angeles County sewer system in 2020 and 2021.

The Texas-based oil company faces six charges: two counts of negligently violating the Clean Water Act