U.S. Officials suggest pipeline company hid problems after oil spill

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U.S. prosecutors suspect a Wyoming company of potentially concealing problems with a pipeline that broke in 2015 and spilled more than 50,000 gallons (240,000 liters) of crude into Montana's Yellowstone River, fouling a small city's drinking water supply, court filings show.

The government is suing Bridger Pipeline for violations of environmental laws in the 2015 spill, which came after the line buried beneath the Yellowstone became exposed and broke when ice scoured the river bottom near Glendive, Montana. Prosecutors are pursuing similar claims against a related company over a 2016 spill in North Dakota that released more than 600,000 gallons of crude.

But after the spill, prosecutors alleged, company representatives referenced a second survey when they told federal regulators that the pipeline had been buried at least 7.9 feet , giving it "adequate cover" to protect against spills. Federal prosecutors last month filed a lawsuit with similar claims against a sister company, Belle Fourche Pipeline, over the 2016 North Dakota spill that contaminated the Little Missouri River and a tributary.

 

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Nooooo, never…..🙄

Now go test the water around the oil tankers.

Remember when Deep Horizon spilled into the gulf of Mexico and there was ads on TV for months for money to help clean up the spill because even when we have direct evidence that corporations fucked up, we're too much of a cuck to make them fix it?

Oh really? What a shocker!!

typical

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