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He wants to know if improper dealings allowed the company to restart its Santa Barbara County pipeline.

The budget approved by the U.S. House includes an amendment calling for the Secretary of Defense to use eminent domain to protect Sable's operations

But the ruling isn't stopping Sable Offshore Corporation from operating the pipeline.

The State Parks Department's legal action seeks an injunction from a judge to stop the pipeline's operation.

Sable Offshore Corporation restarted the pipeline after the Trump Administration invoked a law intended to help the nation during national emergencies.

The U.S. Department of Justice ruled that the President could invoke the Defense Production Act to restart an oil pipeline that ruptured in 2015.

Sable Offshore Corporation is now asserting that federal regulators should decide the pipeline issue, rather than state regulators.

Sable Offshore Corporation is still pursuing the restart of the pipeline, which ruptured in 2015. It's now asking the Trump Administration to support ships as an alternative.

Santa Barbara County prosecutors say the company did work on the project without notifying authorities first. Sable claims the action is politically motivated.

A last-minute bill is being called a compromise. The State Assembly is expected to pass it, and Gov. Gavin Newsom has indicated he'll sign it.