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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 12:48 PM Apr 2013

Arkansas AG to investigate oil pipeline leak

Source: CNN.com

(CNN) -- Arkansas is opening an investigation into what caused last week's pipeline rupture that allowed thousands of barrels of heavy crude oil to flow into a community in the middle of the state.

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Tuesday he asked Exxon Mobil, the owner of the 60-year-old Pegasus pipeline, to preserve all documents and information related to the spill and cleanup efforts.

"This incident has damaged private property and Arkansas's natural resources. Homeowners have been forced from their homes as a result of this spill," McDaniel said in a news release Tuesday. "Requesting that Exxon secure these documents and data is the first step in determining what happened and preserving evidence for any future litigation."

About two dozen homes in Mayflower, Arkansas, were evacuated last week as the crude oil, which originated in Canada and was bound for Gulf Coast refineries, crawled through yards and down streets. The evacuation could last for several more days as crews work to clean the spill.

The oil began spilling Friday from a 2- or 3-inch gash in the Pegasus pipeline, which carries Canadian crude from Illinois to Texas, a state transportation engineer said.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/02/us/arkansas-pipeline-spill/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

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freshwest

(53,661 posts)
5. They don't need to, they can condemn it under eminent domain and give it straight to EXXON:
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 01:15 PM
Apr 2013


The poster is mislabeled, since I doubt this guy is feeling 'awkward.' He's just bothered that he has to deal with the locals in this charade.

This guy pushed the anti-abortion bill and is in the same legislature that is so far to the right they passed these laws. Their voter ID law and that will cut out their opposition.

To paraphrase the old commercial:

'This is your state on Republicans.'

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
2. I'll wager the only document
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 12:52 PM
Apr 2013

that McDaniel wants is a banking document that can be funneled to the proper account.

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
4. Given the redness of Arkansas ...
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 01:00 PM
Apr 2013

I have no doubt that the AG will find that it's all Obama's fault ...

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
12. No doubt they'll spin it that the "activists" were the ones who not only caused the
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 07:24 PM
Apr 2013

spill, but that they did it to try to drive the price of oil up and to push through legislation banning assault oil ...

 

chuckstevens

(1,201 posts)
6. The Keystone Pipeline
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 01:19 PM
Apr 2013

The Keystone Pipeline: What a GREAT idea! NOT! As I understand it, the tar sands must be heated to be transported through the pipeline, which makes it more vulnerable to leaks. The President needs to be courageous on this one and say, "HELL NO, YOU CAN"T!"

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
11. How long before the State of aRkansas officially apologizes
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 06:03 PM
Apr 2013

to Exxon for letting their land and people get in the way of all that oil?

This guy may be a Democrat, but the legislature won't put up with someone inconveniencing Big Oil.

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