WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Environment & Natural Resources Division issued the following news release:
The Justice Department, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State of Kansas, today filed a complaint and proposed consent decree to resolve allegations that South Bow (USA) LP and South Bow Infrastructure Operations Inc. - the owner and operator of the Keystone Pipeline - violated the Clean Water Act related to the 2022 rupture of the Keystone Pipeline in Washington County, Kansas.
On Dec. 7, 2022, nearly 13,000 barrels of oil (approximately 543,000 gallons) leaked from the ruptured pipeline over land and into Mill Creek, creating an imminent and substantial threat to human health and t...