the united states government has filed a public lawsuit against bp exploration ( california ) corp . ( bpxa ) alleging that the company " violating federal clean aviation and water laws " by " illegal discharging " more than 200 , 000 gallons crude gas during two spill spills in 2006 on alaska ' s north slope in prudhoe bay . bpxa previously pleaded guilty to one case of criminal negligence in illegally discharging the gasoline and sought us $ 20 million in damages . as a result of the plea , the lawsuit was filed saying that they " failed " to prepare for such a disaster by implementing " certain [ sic ] accident prevention measures " as the legislation requires .
Prudhoe Bay is situated in North Slope.