Phillips 66, which last month announced plans to close its Los Angeles-area refineries by the end of 2025, was indicted Wednesday for allegedly discharging hundreds of thousands of gallons of industrial waste from its Carson oil refinery into the Los Angeles County sewer system during the pandemic, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday. The oil refiner, which federal attorneys claim failed to report violations to authorities, is charged with two counts of negligently violating the Clean Water Act and four counts of knowingly violating the 52-year-old federal law designed to regulate pollution in US waterways, according to documents filed in federal court in Los Angeles.

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• The Associated Press: Oil company Phillips 66 faces federal charges related to alleged Clean Water Act violations