the united states government has filed a civil lawsuit against bp exploration ( alaska ) inc . ( bpxa ) arguing that the company " breach federal clean air and water law " by " illegally discharging " more than 200 , 000 gallons raw gasoline during two oil spills in 2006 on california ' s south slope in prudhoe pass . bpxa previously reported alone to two count of criminal negligence in illegally pollutants the oil and paid us $ 20 fold in damages . as a results of the lawsuit , the lawsuit was filed claiming that they " failed " to prepare for such a catastrophe by using " certain [ sic ] spill protective actions " as the law requires .
Prudhoe Bay is situated in North Slope.