A U.S. district judge has rejected a request by Exxon to have a lawsuit over a pipeline spill in Arkansas dismissed, thereby allowing the lawsuit to move forward. Federal and state attorneys had sued Exxon Mobil Corp. over the March 2013 Pegasus oil pipeline burst in Mayflower, Ark. The rupture sent an estimated 210,000 gallons of Canadian diluted bitumen into a nearby neighborhood and cove, according to the Miami Herald. The lawsuit seeks penalties that could dwarf the $2.66 million proposed fine set by the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration.
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