Companies responsible for 2007 San Francisco oil spill agree to pay $44.4 million
The companies responsible for the 2007 San Francisco oil spill incident that damaged the environment and killed thousand of birds have agreed to pay a $44.4 million settlement.
An insurer representing the owners of the container ship that crashed into the Bay Bridge last year and caused a 58,000-gallon oil spill will pay San Francisco $2 million for cleanup costs the city incurred in the wake of the disaster, city officials said Sunday.