ND Oil Spill "One of the biggest in U.S. history"

[Northern Light]

Over 865,200 Gallons of Fracked Oil Spill in ND, Public in Dark for Days Due to Government Shutdown | Common Dreams

Over 20,600 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale has spilled from a Tesoro Logistics pipeline in Tioga, North Dakota in one of the biggest onshore oil spills in recent U.S. history.

Though the spill occurred on September 29, the U.S. National Response Center - tasked with responding to chemical and oil spills - did not make the report available until October 8 due to the ongoing government shutdown.

"The center generally makes such reports available on its website within 24 hours of their filing, but services were interrupted last week because of the U.S. government shutdown," explained Reuters.

The "Incident Summaries" portion of the National Response Center's website is currently down, and the homepage notes, "Due to [the] government shutdown, some services may not be available."

At more than 20,600 barrels - equivalent to 865,200 gallons - the spill was bigger than the April 2013 ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline spill, which spewed 5,000-7,000 barrels of tar sands into a residential neighborhood in Mayflower, Arkansas.

What a horrible disaster.

 

[RDS]

Government is shut at the moment, call back later please.

 

[mac]

“No water, surface water or ground water was impacted,” he said. “They installed monitoring wells to ensure there is no impact now or that there is going to be one.”

Roberts also told the Herald he was impressed with Tesoro's handling of the cleanup.

“They've responded aggressively and quickly,” Roberts commented, also noting that the cleanup will cost upward of $4 million. “Sometimes we've had to ask companies to do what they did right off the mark. They're going at this aggressively and they know they have a problem and they know what they need to do about it.”

Looks like the company is handling it properly.

 

[Linc]

As for any of these proposed pipelines being 'close' to National Parks, Monuments, and Forests, close only counts in horseshoes..

 

[Linc]

Obama would be wise to approve the inevitable Keystoned after the 2014 election, so as to not disaffect his base, as he did with the 2010 elections..wasn't that fair and balanced?

 

[Fishstyx]

Land remediation is much easier than on water. The weather is favorable as well (colder temps makes oil more viscous). Land oil spills can be clean and the land fully restored in a relatively short amount of time.

 

[apdst]

Obama would be wise to approve the inevitable Keystoned after the 2014 election, so as to not disaffect his base, as he did with the 2010 elections..wasn't that fair and balanced?

Fewer jobs. That'll be a winner.

 

[Linc]

I thought you guys supported Keystoned, as I do..What gives??

Fewer jobs. That'll be a winner.

 

[apdst]

I thought you guys supported Keystoned, as I do..What gives??

Don't tell me you missed the sarcasm...

 

[Linc]

That's just it, you still can't take yes for an answer..

Don't tell me you missed the sarcasm...