Cascade Natural Gas to pay $2.5M safety penalty

[TexasTowelie]

Cascade Natural Gas in Kennewick has reached an agreement to pay $2.5 million to settle a complaint claiming that the company violated state and federal pipeline safety regulations.

In July, the state Utilities and Transportation Commission announced that Cascade could not provide required documentation for nearly 40 percent of its high-pressure pipelines in the state, prompting the commission to file a complaint.

Pipeline safety staff recommended the commission impose the maximum penalty of $4 million.

The settlement agreement would suspend $1.5 million of the penalty on the condition that the company completes a compliance program by set deadlines.

Read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article121235378.html

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1. will be paid off by customers within 6 months