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In a presentation to Professor Toby Stroh’s reclamation class at Dickinson State University on March 2, attorney Fintan Dooley said that state laws in North Dakota require oil companies to not only haul away their equipment, but restore the site to its original state. (M.C. Amick/The Dickinson Press)
EDITOR S NOTE: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that The Bureau of Reclamation’s Dakotas Area Office did not respond to requests for comment. The article has been corrected to identify that the agency which did not respond to comment was the Bureau of Land Management.