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    David E. Davis rides again!Monique Judge
    5/12/17 8:57am

    Two very relevant facts that should have been included in the Guardian article. See AP for source info below.

    The leak was occurred nowhere near the tribe’s water supply.

    He said there was no such threat with the Dakota Access leak, which happened nearly 100 miles east of the Missouri River’s Lake Oahe reservoir, which is the tribes’ water supply.

    The leak occurred within a plastic lined barrier and was of no threat to anything environmentally.

    The oil was contained on site by a plastic liner and containment walls and quickly cleaned up. Some oil-contaminated gravel will be disposed of at an area landfill, he said.

    Yes there was a very small leak (2 bbls), but was completely contained and there were no issues whatsoever as a result. When you scream the sky is falling, make sure it actually is.

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      Monique JudgeDavid E. Davis rides again!
      5/12/17 4:02pm

      I think the greater point here is that it doesn’t matter if they were able to contain the leak and that it was far enough away to cause harm to the water supply. The point is that there was a leak, and leaks happen on oil pipelines, so how long until the next one? And what happens when it is not contained and not quickly cleaned up?

      That is the real concern here. This leak happened while the pipeline is not even fully functional. Who knows what we are in store for once it is.

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      David E. Davis rides again!Monique Judge
      5/12/17 4:36pm

      That’s the thing. Pipelines will leak sure as the sun rises. There are thousands of joints/pumps/elbows where a potential leak can exist. And that’s just DAPL. One pipeline out of thousands. Below is a map of all pipelines in the US. Gas, oil and other hazardous liquids.

      Illustration for article titled

      Pipelines remain the safest way to transport despite being political hot potatoes.

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    TheBlightOfGreyMonique Judge
    5/12/17 12:37am

    Thanks for continuing to cover this story Monique.

    I wonder if in South Dakota the industry is even required to report spills unless they’re a threat to water sources. Eighty-four gallons in a pump station sounds like more than a small spill to me. Those things are supposed to have people in them monitoring things I thought. I know they do on the North Slope in Alaska.

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      torchbearer2TheBlightOfGrey
      5/12/17 1:27am

      I swear, one of the highlights (from the company side)/fears (from the environmentalist side) was that the system had minimal staffing. Meaning that breaks, leaks, etc. may be detected but delayed in action due to the people having to physically get out there.

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      TheBlightOfGreytorchbearer2
      5/12/17 12:19pm

      Pipeline companies always say that. Well we have this mass balance system and the second there’s a leak we know about it and we’re all over it. The truth is that a lot of oil can leak before they figure out which part of the line to shut down. And even after they shut it the residual between the two shut off valves has to go somewhere.

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    BiturbowagonMonique Judge
    5/12/17 2:00am

    That’s Trump’s santorum frothing from the pipeline.

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      NewAroundHereBiturbowagon
      5/12/17 9:16am

      Ew.

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