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Keystone pipeline operator agrees to $26.9m penalty and $40m prevention plan over 2022 Kansas spill
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Keystone pipeline operator agrees to $26.9m penalty and $40m prevention plan over 2022 Kansas spill
South Bow has agreed to pay a $26.9m civil penalty and spend $40m on prevention measures to resolve allegations over the 2022 Keystone pipeline oil spill in Kansas.
- The proposed settlement, filed in US district court, would resolve EPA and Kansas allegations that South Bow violated clean water laws; a judge must approve after a 30-day public comment period.
- EPA assistant administrator Jeffrey Hall said the spill "blanketed land and water" and that the penalty "reflects the seriousness of the environmental harm."
- The December 2022 rupture spilled nearly 13,000 barrels of heavy crude into a creek; no injuries occurred, but over 2,700 animals were harmed or killed.
- A complaint filed with the settlement stated that a pipe bend had been overstressed since installation in 2010 and that soil under the pipe had been improperly compacted.
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