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Hunter noted that the operator has since conducted over 12,000 miles of pipeline inspections and 400 excavations to examine pipes and implement necessary repairs.
TC Energy, the original builder, spun off South Bow as an independent firm in 2024 after the Kansas cleanup.
Government officials confirmed that public water supplies remained unaffected, and no workers or residents suffered injuries.
A formal complaint revealed that more than 2,700 animals were harmed or killed in the habitat of the endangered long-eared bat.
An engineering report from May 2023 indicated that a specific bend in the Keystone system had been overstressed since its December 2010 installation due to construction land alterations.
The court complaint detailed that soil beneath the structure was improperly compacted, and the section was not replaced during a 2013 excavation.
The 2,689-mile Keystone system transports heavy Canadian tar sands oil to refineries in Illinois, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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Donald Trump authorized South Bow and another firm to build a second pipeline connecting Canada to Wyoming, a scaled-down version of the canceled $8 billion Keystone XL project.
