Keystone Pipeline system’s operator agrees to pay a $26.9M penalty over a major Kansas oil spill
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The rupture dumped nearly 13,000 barrels of heavy crude oil into a creek running through a rural pasture in Washington County, Kansas.
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EPA settles with Keystone Pipeline for $26M for Kansas oil spill
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Keystone Pipeline system’s operator agrees to pay a $26.9M penalty over a major Kansas oil spill
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Federal officials report a company has agreed to pay nearly $27 million for a civil penalty tied to a 2022 oil spill in northern Kansas. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a press release on July 10 that it, alongside the State of Kansas and Environmental Protection Agency …
TOPEKA — Operators of the Keystone Pipeline agreed to pay Kansas $3 million for remediation projects and complete $40 million in work as part of a settlement from the 2022 spill that poured 13,000 barrels of oil into Mill Creek near Washington.
The federal government and the state of Kansas have reached a major settlement agreement with the owner and operator of the Keystone Pipeline, forcing the company to pay tens of millions of dollars after a 2022 pipe rupture triggered one of the largest inland oil spills in recent U.S. history.
South Bow has agreed to pay a civil penalty of nearly $26.9 million and complete work designed to prevent future spills at an estimated cost of $40 million.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The EPA and Kansas filed a proposed consent decree with the Keystone Pipeline’s owner and operator to resolve claims that a December 2022 rupture, which leaked almost 13,000 barrels of oil into Mill Creek, violated the Clean Water Act. The company agreed to pay $26.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The owner and operator of the Keystone Pipeline has agreed to pay over $26 million for violating the Clean Water Act after the pipeline’s rupture in Washington, Kansas. On behalf of the state and the Environmental…
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.
The rupture in December 2022 dumped nearly 13,000 barrels of heavy crude oil into a creek running through a rural pasture in Washington County, Kansas, about 150 miles northwest of Kansas City.
A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system’s operator to pay a civil penalty of nearly $27 million over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022. Canada-based South Bow also would spend…
A proposed settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system's operator to pay $26.9 million over a 2022 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.
A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system’s operator to pay a civil penalty of nearly $27 million over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022.
Proposed legal settlement over 2022 oil spill would resolve allegations that South Bow violated clean water laws A proposed legal settlement with the US government would require the Keystone pipeline system’s operator to pay a $26.
