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Source: Associated Press
APNewsBreak: 1.7M penalty proposed in Exxon spill
AP foreign, Monday March 25 2013
MATTHEW BROWN
Associated Press= BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) Federal pipeline regulators have proposed $1.7 million in penalties against Exxon Mobil Corp. for a pipeline rupture that spewed crude oil into Montana's Yellowstone River.
The U.S. Department of Transportation said in a notice sent to the company Monday that Exxon employees failed to close a valve that could have significantly reduced the size of the 63,000-gallon spill. The agency also faulted the company for not addressing flood risks or taking measures to prevent a spill into the scenic waterway.
The July 2011 rupture of the 12-inch pipeline under the river near Laurel fouled 70 miles of the scenic Yellowstone's banks, killing fish and wildlife and prompting a massive, months-long cleanup.
Investigators previously said the size of the spill could have been reduced by about two-thirds if pipeline controllers had acted more quickly.
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Newsjock
(11,733 posts)NOT. Perhaps the DOT can send them a strongly-worded letter, too.
Just another cost of doing business.
wtmusic
(39,166 posts)About time we played hardball with these guys.
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)There goes a truckload of office supplies, at the most.
It is going to piss one guy off!
"Where's my stapler?"