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Published July 06, 2011, 12:08 PM

Exxon claimed failed Mont. pipe 12 ft. under river

LAUREL, Mont. (AP) — Federal documents show Exxon Mobil Co. told concerned regulators that an oil pipeline beneath the flooding Yellowstone River was 12 feet beneath the riverbed a month before the line broke and spewed an estimated 1,000 barrels of crude into the waterway.

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