GREAT FALLS – ConocoPhillips plans to rebury a section of 8-inch oil pipeline that was exposed by this year’s flooding near Belt Creek.
Cascade County planning director Susan Conell tells the Great Falls Tribune the county granted the company an emergency waiver on July 15, allowing the work to begin immediately.
ConocoPhillips spokeswoman Romelia Hinojosa says the problem was discovered just north of Belt during a flyover of the area by the company as part of regular checks of its rights-of-way.
Work restoring the soil and rock cover over the pipeline is scheduled to begin in August and will take two to three weeks. ConocoPhillips officials say the pipeline was wrapped in a protective cover and was not damaged.