A Fargo contractor has been fined $6000 for a violation of North Dakota’s “call before you dig” law,
The Public Service Commission says Robert Gibb and Sons was working near Arnegard, installing a water line, when an 8-inch refined fuels pipeline belonging to St. Paul-based Cenex Harvest States was damaged.
"The estimated amount of damages is between $533,000 and $613,000," said Commissioner Brian Kalk. "This is a very large dollar amount."
Kalk says about 870 barrels of gasoline spilled. He says the consent order between the PSC and the contractor doesn’t say anything about reimbursement for damages.
"We set the stage. We issued the fine," said Kalk. "The fine will serve as a basis for Cenex's next decision."
Kalk says that means CHS could then go to court and seek damages that way.