Yellowstone River Bridger Pipeline Oil Spill
The Poplar Pipeline discharged at least 30,000 gallons of Bakken crude oil into the Yellowstone River just upstream of Glendive, Montana.
- Date/Time Frame
- January 17, 2015
- Statute
- OPA
- State
- Montana
- Substances
- crude oil
- Injury
- Birds, Fish, Other Wildlife, Surface Water, Wetlands
Consent Decrees:
2022.01.13
- Federal Trustees:
- Department of the Interior (DOI)/Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
- State Trustees:
- Montana
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- Bridger Pipeline LLC