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The Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tuesday that Holly Energy Partners-Operating L.P. and Osage Pipeline Company LLC have agreed to pay $7.4 million in civil penalties to settle claims from a pipeline spill on tribal lands in Oklahoma.
Oil Companies to Pay $7.4 Million in Civil Penalties to Resolve U.S. Claims for Pipeline Spill on Allotted Tribal Land
Clean Water Act Settlement Addresses July 2022 Crude Oil Pipeline Rupture into Oklahoma’s Skull Creekhttps://t.co/YjFeqO8UIB pic.twitter.com/OiQD2XGcOg
— DOJ Environment and Natural Resources Division (@DOJEnvironment) January 30, 2024
The Osage pipeline ruptured and spilled crude oil onto land owned by members of the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma.
The settlement also requires the two companies complete the cleanup and remediation of the impacted area.
“The pipeline ruptured in July 2022. A 5-foot-long breach in the pipe gushed enough oil to halfway fill an Olympic swimming pool into Skull Creek, just north of Cushing,” KOSU reports.
“Oil companies have a responsibility to prevent harmful oil spills, and today’s settlement demonstrates that those who violate this duty will be held accountable under the law,” said Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division…
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