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Exxon gets $1 million penalty in Yellowstone spill

2015-01-24 03:05:28| Energy - Topix.net

Federal officials have issued a $1 million penalty against Exxon Mobil Corp. for safety violations stemming from a pipeline rupture in 2011 that spilled 63,000 gallons of crude into Montana's Yellowstone River. The Department of Transportation order issued Friday reduces the penalty as originally proposed by about $700,000.

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Yellowstone river suffers oil spill

2015-01-21 05:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: An Exxon Mobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone river in Montana ruptured on Saturday, leaking hundreds of barrels of oil and causing a 25-mile (40km) plume that has fouled the riverbank. The breach in south-central Montana led to the temporary evacuation of hundreds of residents along a 20-mile stretch of the river, a key tourist attraction in the region that runs through the famous national park of the same name. Cleanup crews deployed booms and absorbent material as the plume moved...

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Oil spills into Yellowstone River

2015-01-20 22:15:23| Waste Management - Topix.net

A Montana pipeline burst sent as much as 50,400 gallons of oil gushing into the Yellowstone River, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency. The massive oil spill happened when the 12-inch pipeline, which crosses the Yellowstone River, ruptured Saturday about 5 miles upstream from Glendive, Montana's Department of Environmental Quality said.

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Oil Spills Yellowstone River, Polluting Drinking Water

2015-01-20 20:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: The scenic Yellowstone River has suffered its second sizable oil spill in four years, prompting truckloads of drinking water to be shipped into the eastern Montana city of Glendive. The latest spill is not expected to affect Yellowstone National Park, about 350 miles upstream. Some oil from the weekend spill got into a water supply intake along the river that serves about 6,000 people in Glendive, according to preliminary tests at the city's water treatment plant. The sample showed elevated levels...

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Pipeline breach sends 50,000 gallons of oil into Yellowstone River

2015-01-20 15:04:28| Chemicals - Topix.net

Officials are working to determine the impact of a pipeline breach that occurred 10 a.m. Saturday morning, and spilled up to 50,000 gallons of oil into the Yellowstone River near Glendive, in eastern Montana. This recent spill sits just over 200 miles upriver from the site of a 2011 Exxon Mobil pipeline breach which sent 63,000 gallons of oil into an 85-mile stretch of river and riverbed.

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