The operator of the Keystone Pipeline System, which carries a form of crude oil from Canada to multiple states for refining, said over the weekend that its largest breach yet has been contained for now.
In a photo taken by a drone, cleanup continues Friday in the area where the ruptured Keystone pipeline dumped oil into a creek in Washington County, Kan.
TC Energy, the Canadian parent of day-to-day pipeline operator TC Oil, said in a statement Saturday that the spill was no longer moving downstream. It mobilized 250 crews to handle cleanup and has deployed booms and vacuum trucks to stop the oil, the company said. In the last five years, there have been at least three significant spills along the original Keystone Pipeline System, Wednesday's being the most voluminous, according to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
"There is no such thing as a safe tar sands pipeline and this is another disaster that continues to prove we must put our climate and our communities first," Catherine Collentine of the Sierra Club said in a statement. Mayberry wants TC Oil to determine the root cause of the breach and name decision-makers who might have contributed to the spill, according to the letter, dated Thursday. He also said the company should repair or replace any damaged or breached segments and consider whether other parts of the pipeline have similar conditions or structural issues.
"The ILI tool is currently downstream of the failure location," he wrote."Respondent had bypassed the Hope, Kansas, pump station, the next station downstream, in preparation for the tool to pass when the failure occurred."
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