FILE - An oil-covered bird flaps its wings amid at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., on May 21, 2015. The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015 has agreed to pay $230 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by fishermen and property owners. Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline agreed to pay $184 million to fishermen and $46 million to property owners in the settlement reached Friday, May 13, 2022, with coastal property owners, fishermen and fish processors. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)