Perhaps that, along with the fines these petroleum companies will receive for the spills in North Dakota begins to explain why the Governor never thought it important enough to tell the people of his state. Got it?
...Under the Clean Water Act, BP and its partners could be fined as much as $1,100 for each barrel of oil released into the Gulf if Barbier finds they were negligent in their actions while drilling the well and in limiting the effects of the accident. Barbier also could find that the responsible parties acted with "gross negligence" or "willful misconduct," which could result in maximum fines of $4,300 per barrel of oil....
Additionally, the Clean Water Act is about to be introduced into the investigations by the environmental groups that will insist on any appeals to high courts necessary to hold the petroleum industry responsible.This is map of North Dakota ground water. Get the picture?
Not only that, but, the Bakken is the premier oil reserve above reproach. The North Dakota kiss the ground Harold Hamm walks on for giving a so called economy.
...The Company (click here) has a long and successful history of developing its industry-leading leasehold and production in the nation's premier oil play, the Bakken of North Dakota....
"The Company" is Continental Resources. One might remotely remember that name as the one owned and operated by Howard Hamm, Romney's so called Energy Secretary in waiting. I am sure everyone remembers Howard, his wife decided to divorce him in 2012.
His second wife Sue Ann, (click here) a lawyer and economist, filed for divorce in 2012. When complete, Hamm, who apparently did not sign a pre-nup, could be worth a lot less. In the meantime, his fortune is up $2.7 billion in the past year, thanks to his more than 70% stake in Oklahoma oil giant Continental Resources....
So, why didn't the Governor tell the public? A million reasons and they mostly greenbacks.
The water resources according to USGS are:
North Dakota have N100ALLUVL - Alluvial aquifersNorth Dakota was also considered one of the four states of S500NGRTPL - Northern Great Plains aquifer system (click here)
The Northern Great Plains aquifer is no longer a legal status because the petroleum industry dissolved the idea that contamination of the aquifer in one of the four states would effect all four states. Well, guess what? Just because the aquifer is now divided into States Rights that doesn't change the geology and geography and the USGS was correct in indicating the aquifer was one body called "Northern Great Plains Aquifer."
North Dakota has N500PLOZOC - Paleozoic aquifers
North Dakota has N100GLCIAL - Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
North Dakota has N300UPCTCS - Upper Cretaceous aquifers
The aquifers need to be examined for water quality and then lawsuits filed against the State of North Dakota and Continental Resources as well as any drilling companies and CONCRETE companies involved by all the states effected and possibly towns and cities in Canada. In other words, here we go again in an investigation to what caused the MULTIPLE repeating oil spills in North Dakota that could easily have compromised four USA states and Canada.
Ah, Canada. Why would a friend of Howard Hamm ever report oil spills before the Keystone XL Pipeline was approved, right Gov?
National Aquifer Code Reference List (click here), in case I forgot any.
Ground Water Atlas Achive (click here)
The surrounding states and cities of Canada will need the history of the regional water supplies because I am sure the codification of the country's aquifers have been tampered with during the Bush White House.
Each archive costs $7.00 and can be ordered here (click here).
Principal Aquifers of the 48 Conterminous United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (click here) - this webpage holds significant information for any lawyer, citizen organization and concerned citizens involved in water quality and the Clean Water Act.
This map is the primary aquifers in the USA. They are huge and communicate across land masses and states in the USA.
Get the picture? The petroleum industry doesn't care about the aquifers. They would cause problems with their wealth quotient. And don't tell me the petroleum industry has a conscience and worries about water quality, it is called fracking. Guilty!
