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EPA issues $170K fine for 2010 oil spill in Big Horn County

More than 6,000 gallons spilled from pipeline

WORLAND — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday announced a settlement with Enid, Oklahoma-based Cottonwood Creek, Inc. in which the company agreed to pay a $170,000 penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act related to oil pollution at the Bonanza Station in Big Horn County.

According to EPA spokesperson Rich Mylott, “The spill was reported to the National Response...