Dakota Access spilled 84 gallons of crude last month ahead of start-up
Source: Reuters
Wed May 10, 2017 | 5:27pm EDT
The controversial Dakota Access pipeline leaked 84 gallons of crude oil at a pump station in South Dakota last month, according to state documents, just weeks before the pipeline is set to start commercial service.
The spill, the equivalent of 2 barrels of oil, happened on April 4 in Tulare township in Spink County, according to the state's Department of Environmental and Natural Resources.
After the spill was reported, recovered oil was put back into the system. Any gravel or soil that had oil was cleaned and disposed of, said Brian Walsh, an environmental scientist with the agency. The leak occurred some 100 miles (160 km) east of Lake Oahe, a part of the Missouri River system that has been the focal point of protests by environmentalists and Native Americans.
The 1,172-mile (1,885-km) Dakota Access line runs from western North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois, where it will link up with another pipeline to bring shale oil from North Dakota's Bakken play to the Gulf Coast.
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