Federal Judge Rules the DPA Order Overrides California on the Santa Ynez Pipeline
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCEStated as done, per E&E News (19 Aug 2026): the court "allows Sable Offshore to keep carrying oil"; Noozhawk[3] and Bloomberg Government date the ruling to the same day, two days before the Justice[1] Department's 21 August release.
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied California's bid to suspend a Defense Production Act order requiring operation of Sable Offshore's Santa Ynez Pipeline, holding the federal order lawfully preempts state efforts to shut it down. The court also shifted pipeline safety oversight under the consent decree from California's Office of the State Fire Marshal to the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
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