The plan focuses primarily on surface erosion and riparian vegetation. The committee deleted some activities proposed in the plan, which would have been too invasive and therefore pose a threat for causing more environmental damage during restoration work. As the restoration work progresses, appropriate adjustments to the plan may be made. Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife staff sited fish below the smolt trap at the edge of the burned-out area of the incident site. Staff reported seeing ten fish, this is the highest count since the June 10 incident.
Crews continue to recover more refined petroleum product from the ruptured pipe.
As of Monday, June 28, crews recovered 196 gallons of petroleum product for an approximate 3-day period from Whatcom and Hanna Creeks. That is up from the 4 to 20 gallons per day, which workers were previously recovering. As of June 28, crews have recovered about 1,100 gallons of product from the two creeks. Sunday, June 27, crews completed installing two alternate water pipeline routes, which supply approximately one-third of the city's drinking water. A connection to the Lakeway Drive water main was completed Wednesday, June 23.