Transportation department spokeswoman Patricia Klinger said the company has since responded to the warnings and the case was closed.The company was also cited for "probable violations" in a letter in February.Ray Ban Replica Sunglasses
The problems included inadequate pipeline markers in a housing development, a section of pipeline over a ditch covered with potentially damaging material and debris, vegetation in housing area covering a portion of line that prevented aerial inspections, and a line over a canal not properly protected against corrosion.Fake Ray Bans Wholesale
The company responded in a March letter that it had corrected all of the problems, most of them within a few weeks of being notified.Replica Ray Bans Wholesale
The spill is likely to amplify calls from some safety advocates and environmentalists for the government to impose more stringent regulations on the pipeline industry.
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The company and government officials have speculated that high waters in recent weeks may have scoured the river bottom and exposed the pipeline to debris that could have damaged the pipe. Eastern Montana received record rainfall in the last month and also has a huge snowpack in the mountains that is melting, which has resulted in widespread flooding.Replica Ray Ban Sunglasses
We are very curious about what may have happened at the bottom of the river. We don't have that yet," Pruessing said.Ray Ban Replica Wholesale
The 20-year-old pipeline was last inspected in 2009 using a robotic device that travels through the line looking for corrosion, dents or other problems, Pruessing said. Tests to determine the pipeline's depth were taken in December, and at the time, the line appeared to be 5 to 8 feet below the riverbed, he said.
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