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http://m.bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/company-showed-lack-of-transparency-in-reporting-artifacts-discovery-in/article_03561aeb-ee3d-5108-afd0-40df7d103d82.htmlThe company building a controversial oil pipeline north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation failed to immediately notify state regulators after finding four stone cairns and other artifacts during construction in Morton County as tensions grew among pipeline opponents, documents show.
Dakota Access LLC, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, waited at least 10 days to notify the Public Service Commission about an unanticipated discovery found in mid-October, a potential violation of the state permit that authorizes pipeline construction.
The company formally notified the PSC on Thursday, making the unanticipated discovery report a public record for the first time, the same day hundreds of law enforcement officers evicted protesters blocking the pipelines construction route on private land, leading to 141 arrests.
Commission Chairwoman Julie Fedorchak said shes disappointed the company didnt notify the PSC at the same time as the State Historic Preservation Office.
I was very upset when I found out about it and asked for immediate information, she said.
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Company showed ‘lack of transparency’ in reporting artifacts discovery in days leading up to pipelin (Original Post)
G_j
Nov 2016
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)1. If you think this is no big deal
Then why not run a pipeline through Arlington National Cemetery?
Volaris
(10,266 posts)3. I think were ALL SHOCKED to discover that there was gambling going on in that establishment.
This should probably be put into the 'Water is Wet' file.
onethatcares
(16,161 posts)4. almost as good as the Mosaic sinkhole
information being investigated by Florida's DEP 30 days after the aquifer was poisoned.