Mont. company: N.D. sewage dumping fine ‘exorbitant’

A Montana company fined $500,000 for improper sewage disposal in the western North Dakota Oil Patch is abandoning the practice of applying the waste to farmland because the company says it is impractical With frozen ground in the winter, it is difficult to comply with regulations such as a requirement that the septic tank wastewater be spread over a large area, Hurley Enterprises spokesman Dave Gorham said.

By: By Blake Nicholson, Associated Press, The Jamestown Sun