News from Suisun
Pipeline spills 60,000 gallons of fuel into Suisun Marsh
Operators noticed problem Tuesday but waited to report it
Demian Bulwa, Kelly St. John, Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writers
Friday, April 30, 2004
A rupture in a pipeline spilled up to 60,000 gallons of diesel fuel in one of San Francisco Bay's most sensitive wildlife marshes, just south of Fairfield, authorities said Thursday.
Cleanup crews descended upon Suisun Marsh in a battle to stem the contamination, which affected up to 25 acres of the 55,000-acre marsh in Solano County.
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Diesel Spill Investigation Sent To Justice Department
Sept. 26 (AP) - The EPA has referred its investigation of a pipeline spill that sent diesel fuel flowing into Suisun Marsh to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The April spill sent 85,000 gallons of fuel into the marsh from a pipeline operated by Houston-based Kinder-Morgan Energy Partners.
The company's pipeline spans the 55,000-acre marsh about thirty miles northeast of San Francisco. It carries diesel fuel, jet fuel and gasoline from Bay area refineries to Concord, Sacramento and other cities.
The EPA forwarded the case to the Justice Department because if fines are levied in the case, the total could top the EPA threshold of $150,000.
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Kinder Morgan subsidiary fined for Bay Area oil spill
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Santa Fe Pacific Pipeline L.P., a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, has pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor counts in connection with a pipeline rupture in 2004 that dumped 103,000 gallons of diesel fuel into the Suisun Marsh, a part of the San Francisco Bay ecological area.
As part of a settlement announced by California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, the company will pay a $5 million fine.
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Details of Settlement Between U.S. Government and Kinder-Morgan
(05/21/07 -- San Francisco) Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, and SFPP LP, have agreed to pay nearly $5.3 million to resolve liability under the Clean Water Act, Oil Pollution Act, Endangered Species Act, and California's Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act and Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act, for three oil spills in 2004 and 2005.
