Tue May 29, 2012, 07:18 PM

$1M fine for water contamination

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Joe Duggan

LINCOLN — Two Texas companies have agreed to pay more than $1 million in fines for natural gasoline spills that contaminated waters in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas.

Mid-America Pipeline Co. and Enterprise Products Operating LLC, both based in Houston, agreed Tuesday to the $1.04 million fine to settle violations of the federal Clean Water Act, according to the Environmental Protection Agency in Kansas City.

The companies also agreed to spend at least $200,000 to help prevent breaks in the 2,769-mile long West Red Pipeline. The pipeline transports liquid natural gasoline, used in ethanol production, from Conway, Kan., to Pine Bend, Minn. Mid-America owns the pipeline, which is managed by Enterprise.

The spills that led to Tuesday's consent decree:

— 818 barrels leaked into the Missouri River Aug. 13 near Onawa, Iowa, following a rupture caused by last summer's extended flooding.

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Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20120529/NEWS01/705309997#-1m-fine-for-water-contamination

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7 replies	Author	Time	Post
$1M fine for water contamination (Original post)	Omaha Steve	May 2012	OP
short shaft?	Crow73	May 2012	#1
But the more they get fined, the less the have to donate to campaigns. nt	Incitatus	May 2012	#2
.."$200,000 to help prevent breaks in the 2,769-mile long West Red Pipeline."... the math indicates	may3rd	May 2012	#3
I don't know. That's cutting it awfully close.	Incitatus	May 2012	#6
wonder how much....	dtom67	May 2012	#4
This is just the cost of doing business	PSPS	May 2012	#5
$1.04 million fine is just a drop in the bucket	tawadi	May 2012	#7

Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 07:28 PM

Crow73 (177 posts)

1. short shaft?

Dude that is pocket money. Ream these fuckers!

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Response to Crow73 (Reply #1)

Tue May 29, 2012, 07:32 PM

Incitatus (4,334 posts)

2. But the more they get fined, the less the have to donate to campaigns. nt

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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 07:33 PM

may3rd (593 posts)

3. .."$200,000 to help prevent breaks in the 2,769-mile long West Red Pipeline."... the math indicates

DUCT TAPE will be the cure all fix.
The made in China Peking duck tape, of course

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Response to may3rd (Reply #3)

Tue May 29, 2012, 08:40 PM

Incitatus (4,334 posts)

6. I don't know. That's cutting it awfully close.

$200,000 / 2,769 = $72.28 per mile

$72.28 / 5,280 feet = .0136 per foot

At a little over a penny a foot to prevent leaks, I hope they get a good deal on duct tape.

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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 07:33 PM

dtom67 (420 posts)

4. wonder how much....

They probably spent 100 times that much buying republicans to tear down the EPA.
I'd try to write something funny, but the fine is a big enough joke as it is.....

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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 08:12 PM

PSPS (4,285 posts)

5. This is just the cost of doing business

I've been very disappointed that Obama's EPA continues the "sue and settle" charade that started with reagan.

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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 11:30 PM

tawadi (1,994 posts)

7. $1.04 million fine is just a drop in the bucket

No pun intended. Should've been 10x that amount.

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