Keystone Pipeline operator will pay $26.8M+

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 $26.8 million in civil penalties, will complete about $40 million of work to prevent future discharges and agreed to put $3 million toward the state’s restoration projects to preserve natural resources.