WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) - An investigator with the federal Environmental Protection Agency is inspecting the site of an oil spill near the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers in northwestern North Dakota.
The Bismarck Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/1g7NAze) that the EPA’s emergency response coordinator in Denver on Friday was looking at how the 1,400-gallon spill has affected the waters, land owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and nearby wildlife management areas.
The oil spill was reported March 14 when rising water caused by ice jams flooded at least 16 oil wells in the confluence lowlands.
Oil flowed from an unanchored oil storage tank owned by Colorado-based Zavanna LLC. State environmental geologist Kris Roberts says the oil was mostly trapped by containment booms, but some coated brush and grass.
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Information from: Bismarck Tribune, https://www.bismarcktribune.com
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