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Cut Bank Oil Discharge

 
Site Contact:
Curtis Kimbel
On-Scene Coordinator

(kimbel.curtis@epa.gov)

Site Location:
Cut Bank, MT 59427
 response.epa.gov/cutbankoil
NRC#: 1064723

Oil was illegally dumped into Two Medicine Irrigation Canal, a tributary of Cut Bank Creek, Montana. The source of the oil was determined to be Sheriff Well 1-11H, owned and operated by Newfield Exploration and located less than 2 miles from the Two Medicine Irrigation Canal. Newfield sent crews to clean the oil from the canal but snow and ice made confirmation of the cleanup difficult. The Blackfeet Environmental Office and EPA OSC Curtis Kimbel will reconvene at the site in June 2014 to confirm the oil has been completely cleaned up.


Nearby oil spill Nearby oil well Oil discharged into Two Medicine Irrigation Canal Oil discharged into Two Medicine Irrigation Canal Oil discharged into Two Medicine Irrigation Canal Oil discharged into Two Medicine Irrigation Canal Oil discharged into Two Medicine Irrigation Canal Oil discharged into Two Medicine Irrigation Canal Oil sheen on water within the irrigation canal Bridge where oil was suspected to have been discharged into the irrigation canal Oil discharged into Two Medicine Irrigation Canal Oil discharged into Two Medicine Irrigation Canal
For additional information, visit the Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.