The state Department of Ecology issued a nearly $4 million fine for a 2023 spill of more than 20,000 gallons of gasoline from BP’s Olympic Pipeline. Some 4,000 gallons flowed into Hill Ditch, a channelized portion of a salmon-bearing stream and part of the Skagit River watershed.

The pipeline system, which carries fossil fuels from refineries along the Salish Sea to Portland, remains shut down after a leak was discovered at a blueberry farm near Everett on Nov. 11.

There are two pipelines at the release location: a 16-inch and a 20-inch pipeline. Testing conducted Monday confirmed a leak in the 20-inch pipeline and crews are developing a repair plan, BP spokesperson Christina Audisho said.

Plans for a partial restart are being developed,” Audisho wrote in an email Monday night.

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