From: Outside
EPA unable to assess due to shutdown
This marks the largest oil
spill in North Dakota since 1 million barrels of salt water brine, a
by-product of oil production, leaked in 2006. Photo: huyangshu/Shutterstock
A Tesoro Logsitics LP pipeline in North Dakota has ruptured, spilling more than 20,000 barrels of crude oil into
a nearby wheat field. The accident marks the biggest leak in the state
since it became the country's second-largest oil producer last year.
Farmer Steven Jensen discovered the leak nine miles south of Tioga,
North Dakota, on September 29, spilling "like a faucet," Jensen told Reuters. It
created a stream "4 to 6 inches" across seven acres of wheat (the size
of seven football fields) in a remote region of his 1,800-acre farm.
Although the spill marks one of the largest in North Dakota history, the regional Environmental Protection Agency office did not visit the site due to the government shutdown. MORE
Although the spill marks one of the largest in North Dakota history, the regional Environmental Protection Agency office did not visit the site due to the government shutdown. MORE
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