Oil Spill Montana Settlement

Jan 3, 2013 by admin

FILE – This July 11, 2011 file photo shows an oil spill crew worker for Oil Mop Emergency Response stepping out of a ring of absorbent pads along a flood plain of the Yellowstone River where oil was found collected, near Laurel, Mont. Exxon Mobil agreed Thursday Jan. 19, 2012 to pay the state of Montana $1.6 million in penalties over water pollution caused by this pipeline break last summer that fouled dozens of miles of shoreline along the scenic Yellowstone River, a state official said. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)