Keystone Pipeline system’s operator agrees to pay a $26.9M penalty over a major Kansas oil spill
The proposed settlement would also require about $40 million in prevention measures and more than $3 million for Kansas restoration projects.
- On Friday, a proposed settlement required South Bow to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty for a 2022 Keystone Pipeline oil spill in Washington County, Kansas, plus $40 million to prevent future accidents.
- An engineering firm reported the pipeline bend where the rupture occurred had been "overstressed" since 2010, while a court complaint noted soil under the pipe was "improperly compacted."
- The spill harmed or killed more than 2,700 animals, and Jeffrey Hall, the EPA's assistant administrator, stated the spill rendered the waterway "lifeless and useless," reflecting the "seriousness of the environmental harm."
- South Bow also faces paying more than $3 million for restoration projects; while the company disputes the government's allegations, it told The Canadian Press that it "proactively" began cleaning up the area.
- The Keystone system transports oil to Illinois, Oklahoma, and Texas, and in April, President Donald Trump approved a new pipeline project, a smaller version of the Keystone XL blocked by President Joe Biden in 2021.
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Keystone Pipeline Operator Agrees to Pay a $27 Million Penalty Over Kansas Oil Spill
A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system’s operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022 and spend about $40 million more to prevent future accidents. The agreement would resolve allegations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Kansas...
Keystone Pipeline system’s operator agrees to pay $26.9M penalty over major oil spill in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. — A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system's operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022 and spend about $40 million more to prevent future accidents.
Keystone Pipeline system's operator to pay $26.9M penalty over Kansas oil spill
TOPEKA, Kan. — A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system's operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022 and spend about $40 million more to prevent future accidents.
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