The $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline and a feeder line leaked more than 100 gallons of oil in North Dakota in March. A state Health Department database shows 84 gallons spilled at a pipeline terminal in Watford City March 3. Dakota Access developer Energy Transfer Partners says the line is operated by a connecting shipper.
An agency of the federal Department of Transportation reports that 20 gallons leaked March 5 at an above-ground Dakota Access station in rural Mercer County. Both spills have been cleaned up. The pipeline also leaked 84 gallons of oil at a rural pump station in South Dakota on April 4.
Pipeline opponents say leaks bolster their demands for further environmental review. ETP says the North Dakota-to-Illinois pipeline is safe.
