IN GENERAL, BRIDGER HAS A POOR COMPLIANCE HISTORY, JEFFREY WIESE, A FEDERAL REGULATOR CHARGED WITH OVERSEEING PIPELINE SAFETY, WROTE IN A 2012 ORDER REGARDING A 2006 OIL SPILL.
Bridger Pipeline, the operator of the Poplar Pipeline that broke recently near Glendive, Montana, recorded nine pipeline incidents between 2006 and 2014, according to the pipeline administration...