Sunoco Pipeline LP has agreed to pay more than $5.4 million to settle three lawsuits pertaining to crude oil spills in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma that allege violations of the Clean Water Act as well as state environmental laws.

Sunoco and Mid-Valley Pipeline Company violated state and federal environmental laws relating to the 2013, 2014 and 2015 oil spills caused by pipeline corrosion. The spills resulted in more than 5,000 barrels flowing into creeks and rivers in the affected states, the DOJ said.

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