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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 Related Document

  • Federal Trustees:
  • Department of the Interior (DOI)/Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
  • State Trustees:
  • Montana
  • Potentially Responsible Parties:
  • Bridger Pipeline LLC