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August 29, 2023 5:06 AM
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Two months after a railroad bridge collapse sent carloads of hazardous oil products plunging into Montana's Yellowstone River, the cleanup workers are gone and a mess remains.
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July 3, 2023 9:03 AM
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Globs of asphalt binder that spilled into Montana's Yellowstone River during a bridge collapse and train derailment could be seen on islands and riverbanks downstream from Yellowstone National Park a week after the spill occurred, witnesses report. Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency said cleanup efforts began on Sunday, with workers cooling the gooey material with river water, rolling it up and putting the globs into garbage bags. It will probably be recycled, said Paul Peronard with the EPA.
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November 18, 2021 5:39 AM
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According to the agreement, Bridger Pipeline will pay $1.7 million into a natural resources damages fund managed by the state, which will manage restoration projects aimed at repairing harm done to wildlife, water and the environment related to the spill.
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June 1, 2018 10:18 AM
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — New trails, fishing sites and other recreational features will be built along Montana’s Yellowstone River as compensation for damage from an Exxon Mobil Corp. pip…
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October 28, 2016 9:22 AM
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Press Release-HELENA – Attorney General Tim Fox, Governor Steve Bullock, and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced today the decision to actively pursue potential recovery of natural resource damages from Bridger Pipeline, LLC (Bridger). The Governor of the State of Montana and DOI are the trustees for natural resources injured by the 2015
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March 27, 2015 7:43 AM
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State and federal regulators say the response to a 30,000-gallon oil spill into Montana's Yellowstone River is shifting from emergency crude recovery to long-term monitoring and remediation.
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February 11, 2015 7:01 AM
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State considers penalty for Bridger Pipeline LLC for pipeline oil spill on Yellowstone River in Montana.
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January 27, 2015 5:32 AM
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Residents of Glendive, Montana were forced to use bottled water for five days after the January 17 spill.
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January 22, 2015 5:14 AM
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Cancer-causing chemical benzene was detected in Glendive public water supply, six miles downstream from spill near the North Dakota state line
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January 20, 2015 4:33 AM
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Crews working to clean up crude oil that spilled in and near the Yellowstone River in eastern Montana and prevent it from traveling farther downstream were hampered by ice covering much of the river, officials said Monday.
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January 19, 2015 5:01 AM
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Montana officials say 50K gallons of oil may have spilled into picturesque river, but actual damage remains unclear
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July 9, 2013 7:54 AM
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A third lawsuit has been filed alleging that ExxonMobil ignored warnings about the risk of keeping oil flowing through a pipeline under the Yellowstone River during heavy runoff and then
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March 26, 2013 6:12 AM
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The Department of Transportation has fined Exxon Mobil Corp $1.
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July 13, 2023 4:43 AM
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The U.S. EPA says about 100 personnel are cleaning up asphalt from the Montana Rail Link spill.
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June 26, 2023 5:13 AM
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A rail bridge over the Yellowstone River in rural southwest Montana collapsed Saturday, taking a freight train with it. The train that derailed was loaded with asphalt and sulfur, leading to some of the cargo leaking into the river, according to local officials. Stillwater County emergency services chief David Stamey told The Associated Press that…
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June 5, 2019 5:54 AM
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A judge has approved an agreement for Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay $1.05 million to settle federal pollution violations over a 2011 pipeline break that sent oil into Montana's Yellowstone River
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February 10, 2017 9:09 AM
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The company who's pipeline spilled nearly 32,000 gallons of crude oil into the Yellowstone River near Glendive two years ago has been assessed a $1 million dollar civil penalty.
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September 22, 2016 4:12 AM
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ExxonMobil Corp. has agreed to pay $12 million to Montana and the U.S. government to restore natural resources damaged or destroyed by a pipeline rupture in 2011 that spilled oil into the Yellowstone River, according to a settlement proposed on Wednesday.
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March 12, 2015 6:42 AM
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The pipeline containing 50,000 gallons of crude oil that leaked into the Yellowstone River Jan. 17 reopened a portion of its pipeline to continue shipments on Wednesday.
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January 29, 2015 9:33 AM
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The struggle to recover 30,000 gallons of oil from a pipeline spill into Montana's Yellowstone River is expected to grind to a near-halt in coming days as warmer weather makes ice on the river increasingly dangerous, state regulators and a company spokesman said Wednesday. Because of...
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January 26, 2015 5:25 AM
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Les autorités réglementaires fédérales aux États-Unis ont ordonné vendredi à une entreprise pétrolière d'effectuer des modifications majeures à un oléoduc ayant...
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January 22, 2015 4:59 AM
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Bridger Pipeline LLC a déclaré lundi avoir fermé le système de pipeline Poplar qui brasse 42 000 barils par jour après qu’une fuite ait envoyé plus de 1200 barils de pétrole brut d avec les actualités news et actus
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January 20, 2015 4:30 AM
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(Reuters) - Bridger Pipeline LLC said on Monday it has shut the 42,000 barrel per day Poplar pipeline system after a weekend breach that sent as much as 1,200 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone
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July 11, 2013 8:56 AM
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A third lawsuit has been filed by property owners alleging damages from an Exxon Mobil Corp. oil spill that dumped an estimated 63,000 gallons of crude into the Yellowstone River.
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May 14, 2013 4:14 AM
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BILLINGS – Exxon Mobil Corp. is challenging $1.7 million in penalties proposed by federal safety regulators who faulted the oil company over a 63,000-gallon crude oil spill into the Yellowstone
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