The North Dakota Department of Health Air Quality Division has granted a draft permit to construct the Davis Petroleum Refinery to Meridian Energy Group Inc.  The next phase is a public comment period followed by a public meeting on the draft Air Pollution Control Permit to Construct for the Davis Refinery. The public comment period for the draft permit began ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Health Department says about 42 gallons of natural gas liquids spilled at a gathering pipeline and entered a tributary to the Green River in Billings County. North Dakota Water Quality Director Karl Rockeman says Monday’s spill of about one barrel of condensate into Spring Creek was reported by pipeline operator Oneok Rockies Midstream. ...

BELFIELD, N.D. (AP) — State officials are monitoring the spill of about 2,000 gallons of saltwater and oil from a pipeline leak in Billings County. The Health Department estimates 40 barrels of saltwater and 8 barrels of oil spilled at a site operated by White Rock Oil and Gas on Friday, about 18 miles northwest of Belfield. Saltwater is a ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State Health Department officials say a pipeline leak in Dunn County spilled more than 6,250 gallons of oil and saltwater, a byproduct of oil production. State environmental scientist Bill Suess (sees) says Marathon Oil reported the 149-barrel spill Tuesday at a well it owns about 6 miles north of Killdeer. The Houston-based company did not immediately ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — State officials are monitoring the cleanup of a pipeline leak that spilled saltwater and oil in Stark County. The Health Department says an estimated 5,880 gallons of saltwater and 420 gallons of oil were released at a site operated by C12 Energy North Dakota LLC. It happened Monday about half a mile north of Dickinson. Officials say ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The state Health Department says a well blowout spewed more than 23,000 gallons of oil and 4,600 gallons of briny wastewater in Dunn County. Environmental scientist Bill Suess says the blowout occurred Saturday morning at a well owned by XTO Energy Inc., about 18 miles southeast of Watford City. Suess says the company reported the spill to ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota health officials have confirmed one more case of tularemia, a rare infectious disease that humans can catch from animals and insects. Laura Cronquist with the Health Department tells the Minot Daily News that the case was confirmed in Stark County. Tularemia symptoms in humans vary depending on how the infection was acquired. They include fever, ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Health Department says a barrel of natural gas liquids spilled at a gathering pipeline and entered a tributary to Dry Fork Creek in Williams County. North Dakota Water Quality Director Karl Rockeman says the spill was reported Saturday by pipeline owner Hess Tioga Gas Plant LLC. Rockeman says state inspectors and cleanup contractors were ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Smoke from forest fires in Canada is causing problems for some people in the Dakotas, and health officials are urging people to limit exposure to the smoke. The haze from wildfires in Saskatchewan has blanketed the region since last week. David and Kelly Andrews of Napoleon, North Dakota, who both have asthma, told KXMB-TV that they have ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota health officials on Tuesday unveiled a new self-contained emergency room on wheels that can be used during floods, tornadoes and other statewide disasters. The Mobile Medical Unit is 53-foot-long semitrailer converted into rolling hospital that can accommodate up to 16 patients, said Tim Wiedrich, chief of the Health Department’s emergency preparedness and response section. It’s ...