WildEarth Guardians have filed a lawsuit in the US District Court in Montana claiming the US Department of Transportation and the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration are derelict in their duty to monitor thousands of miles of oil and natural gas pipelines in the West as required by the Mineral Leasing Act and Administrative Procedures Act

摘要

The lawsuit claims there are nearly 120,000 miles of oil and gas pipelines on more than 700,000 acres of public lands under DOT and PHMSA jurisdiction, mainly in Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.