Thursday, July 21, 2011

More Oil Spills on the Way Brought to You By LAX REGULATION and CORRUPT INDUSTRIES


After Exxon Mobil spill in Mont. river, gaps in oversight create worries of another accident. Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/after-exxon-mobil-spill-in-mont-river-gaps-in-oversight-create-worries-of-another-accident/2011/07/21/gIQAVnPMRI_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines

By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, July 21, 2:30 AM

BILLINGS, Mont. — [excerpted] Three weeks after a broken Exxon Mobil pipeline spilled 1,000 barrels of oil into the Yellowstone River, federal officials remain unsure how many pipelines carrying hazardous fuels cross the nation’s rivers and streams, nor can they say how deeply those pipelines are buried.

The spill into the Montana river amid historic flooding this month drew attention to what had long been an overlooked part of the nation’s energy infrastructure: the presence of pipelines underneath rivers coursing throughout the country. The spill raised concern that other underwater pipelines may have been exposed to debris by high and fast-moving waters that swept much of the U.S. in recent months.

As regulators scramble to gauge what other lines might be at risk, lawmakers from both parties are raising alarms that another spill could be imminent unless the government steps up oversight of the largely self-regulated pipeline industry.

“If we don’t know where the (pipelines) are in the ground and how many crossings are under rivers and streams so we can check on them, we’re asking for another catastrophe,” said U.S. Sen. Jon Tester...

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