Montana to gather pipeline river crossing data

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http://news.yahoo.com/montana-gather-pipeline-river-crossing-data-140417241.html


Montana officials on Wednesday laid out plans to map the "invisible spider web" of pipelines crossing beneath state waterways in the wake of last month's Exxon Mobil Corp. pipeline break under the Yellowstone River.

Gov. Brian Schweitzer's office estimated there are about 88 pipeline waterway crossings in the state, but only 23 of those crossings have been granted easements to cross state-owned navigable waterways.

The newly formed Oil Pipeline Safety Council, which met for the first time Tuesday, will compile an inventory of the number of pipelines in Montana, their size, location, what they carry and all the regulations that apply to pipelines in the state, the Democratic governor said.

"Because that's something, frankly, we don't have today," Schweitzer said. "We need to square how it is that there are pipelines crossing rivers in Montana and they don't have easements. How does that happen?"
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