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Government

Jul. 23, 1998

Unocal Oil Spill Leads to $43M Cleanup Pact

By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A San Luis Obispo County judge Wednesday approved a $43.8 million settlement between Unocal Corp. and the state over one of the largest petroleum spills in state history, the leaching of tens of millions of gallons of an oil-thinning agent into the Pacific Ocean and a river near a company...

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