Cleanup Activities Continue Stemming From Kinder Morgan Pipeline Leak In Walnut Creek

Press release from the City of Walnut Creek:

December 9, 2020

Multiple regulatory agencies, along with the City of Walnut Creek, are monitoring the response to the recent pipeline crack along a Kinder Morgan fuel line that runs near a flood control channel in the City. Work to repair the pipeline has been completed, and no new leaks have been detected. The State Fire Marshal has approve the pipeline to be put back into service. Remediation work continues, and the monitoring and cleanup work will take place around the clock. You may see lights and hear equipment noise in the nighttime.

Read the latest information that the City has received from the Office of Spill Prevention and Response here.

Kinder Morgan has released an updated statement, which can be read here.

More information will be shared with City residents as it becomes available. The City has been assured by multiple regulatory agencies that there is no public health danger due to the leak or the remediation.

This press release was produced by the City of Walnut Creek. The views expressed here are the author’s own.