Pipeline operators to pay $12.5M after crude oil spills in Montana, North Dakota
Associated PressBISMARCK, N.D. — Two pipeline operators have agreed to pay a $12.5 million civil penalty related to crude oil spills in Montana and North Dakota. In 2016, Belle Fourche’s Bicentennial Pipeline in Billings County, North Dakota, broke due to a landslide and spilled over 600,000 gallons of oil, impacting an unnamed tributary, Ash Coulee Creek and the Little Missouri River. “This settlement holds Belle Fourche and Bridger Pipeline accountable for their significant oil spills and requires them to take meaningful measures to prevent future spills from their oil pipelines.” The operators also are required to implement specified compliance measures, in addition to the civil penalty. Bridger spokesman Bill Salvin said the operators have completed all remediation actions “to date” required by North Dakota’s Department of Environmental Quality and “will work closely” with the department if further action is required.
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