EPA, DOT Urged To Tighten Tar Sands Pipeline Rules To Prevent Spills

摘要

Environmentalists are citing a tar sands oil pipeline spill to boost calls for the Department of Transportation's (DOT's) pipeline administration and EPA to craft stricter rules for pipelines that carry tar sands oil, saying existing rules are too weak to protect wildlife, habitats and water supply due to the unique risks of "sticky, corrosive" tar sands. Environmental roups filed a March 26 petition seeking the new rules just days before an Exxon tar sands pipeline ruptured March 29 outside of Little Rock, AK, spilling up to 5,000 gallons of tar sands crude.