Federal and state environmental officials worked over the weekend to mitigate the fallout from last week's Keystone Pipeline rupture that leaked about 14,000 barrels of crude oil into a Kansas creek.
The bank of Mill Creek in Washington County, Kansas, following a rupture of the Keystone Pipeline on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in this handout published Dec. 9 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.Federal and state environmental officials worked over the weekend to mitigate the fallout from last Wednesday's Keystone Pipeline rupture that leaked aboutOfficials hadn't yet determined the cause of the incident, TC Energy, the Canadian pipeline operator, said on Sunday.
"The product remains contained and multiple vacuum trucks, booms, and additional resources are onsite as we continue the recovery process," TC Energy said. "Repair planning is also underway, as are shoreline assessments." A trip alarm was received six minutes later, the order said. The pipeline was shut down and its isolation valves were closed at 9:08 p.m., according to officials.The bank of Mill Creek in Washington County, Kansas, following a rupture of the Keystone Pipeline on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in this handout published Dec. 9 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
"Oil impacts within Mill Creek are contained upstream of this underflow dam. There are no current concerns for oil migration past the underflow dam," the EPA said on Friday. "TC Energy has mobilized additional resources, such as vacuum trucks and oil skimmers, to support oil recovery from Mill Creek."
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