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A Texas company is trying to restart a controversial oil operation off Santa Barbara County’s coast. It now faces criminal charges alleging it knowingly violated environmental laws.

The Santa Barbara County district attorney accuses the company of flouting state laws that protect streams and wetlands.

Sable Offshore Corp. condemned the allegations as misleading and “politically motivated.”

A Texas oil company that is trying to restart oil production off the coast of Santa Barbara County now faces criminal charges that it knowingly violated environmental laws along the coast.

Sable Offshore Corp. was charged with five felony violations of the California Water Code for allegedly di

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