November 10, 2011 Montana officials have started issuing permits to an Exxon Mobil subsidiary to ship about 300 loads of oversized oil refinery equipment over interstates 90 and 15 to the northern border.
Duane Williams of the state Department of Transportation sai
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September 8, 2011 The Idaho Transportation Department issued a final order allowing Exxon Mobil to transport oversized oil equipment on U.S. Highway 12 through north central Idaho.
ITD director Brian Ness said Wednesday that a permit already issued for a test shipment was "in full compliance" with Idaho law and will now apply to as many as 200 shipments bound to be moved from the Port of Lewiston to the oil tar sands of Alberta, Canada.
August 4, 2011 State officials are gathering data on what they are calling the "invisible spider web" of pipelines crossing beneath Montana waterways.
Gov. Brian Schweitzer's Oil Pipeline Safety Council held its first meeting Wednesday in the wake of the July 1 Exxon Mobil pipeline break that dumped tens of thousands of gallons of oil into the Yellowstone River.
July 8, 2011 The Environmental Protection Agency and Exxon Mobil will test indoor air, cropland soils and residential wells downstream of a Yellowstone River oil spill for contamination.
Residents have raised concerns about hazards from the tens of thousands of gallons of crude that poured into the watercourse.
EPA and local officials say they do not expect to find significant health dangers but were acting as a precaution.
July 7, 2011 People living near an oil spill in Montana's Yellowstone River are concerned about health risks and damage the crude might be causing.
At an Environmental Protection Agency meeting Wednesday night, roughly 150 people showed up with questions about that and also about how long it will take to clean up the oil.
July 6, 2011 Federal regulators have ordered Exxon Mobil to make safety improvements to the ruptured pipeline that spilled an estimated 1,000 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday that "when companies are not living up to our safety standards, we will take action."
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