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• Oil company backs off plan to use U.S. 12 for megaloads

  November 5, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 HELENA – An ExxonMobil subsidiary has stepped back from plans to haul oversized oil refinery equipment to Canada along scenic two-lane highways in Idaho and Montana. Imperial Oil has applied … 1

• Exxon subsidiary applies for new ‘megaload’ route

  November 4, 2011 in Idaho, Region Imperial Oil has applied to the Montana Department of Transportation for permits to transport about 300 smaller versions of the so-called megaloads to Alberta via interstates 90 and 15, transportation … 5

• Superloads will divert to Third Avenue

  October 22, 2011 in City A series of superloads coming through Spokane will travel down a portion of Third Avenue during the next several months because they don’t fit under a bridge over Interstate 90. 3

• Idaho won’t require escorts for oversized loads to mill

  September 28, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – The first oversized load hauled by the Nickel Bros. on scenic Highway 12 in north-central Idaho traveled without any state police escorts, and the Idaho Transportation Department now …

• ITD drops police escort rule for megaloads

  September 27, 2011 in Idaho The first Nickel Bros. megaload on scenic Highway 12 in north-central Idaho, which crossed into Montana late Monday night, traveled without any state police escorts – and the Idaho Transportation … 4

• Hearings denied on pulp mill megaloads

  September 17, 2011 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Idaho’s transportation director refused Friday to allow hearings that could delay a new proposal to send megaloads of equipment across scenic U.S. Highway 12 in north-central Idaho. Several …

• ITD says no hearings on new megaloads proposal

  September 16, 2011 in Idaho Idaho’s transportation director refused Friday to allow hearings that could delay a new proposal to send megaloads of equipment across scenic U.S. Highway 12 in north-central Idaho, including several wide …

• Company plans to resize, reroute megaloads through Spokane

  August 9, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil on Monday announced a new route for the company’s Canada-bound, Korean-made oil field equipment: right through Spokane on U.S. Highway 395 and Interstate 90. ExxonMobil’s initial plan to … 7

• Mini-megaloads could rumble through Spokane

  August 8, 2011 in Idaho Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil has announced that some of its controversial megaloads, instead of traveling a scenic route in Idaho, may instead rumble through Spokane on U.S. Highway 395 and I-90. 6

• Idaho megaload foes lose a round, vow more

  July 25, 2011 in Idaho Idaho hearing officer and retired district Judge Duff McKee today rejected a motion for reconsideration from opponents of megaloads of oil equipment traveling on U.S. Highway 12, but the opponents … 3

• Oil left in broken pipeline removed, and more to come

  July 17, 2011 in Region on Page B7 BILLINGS – An official with the Environmental Protection Agency says a procedure to remove residual oil from a broken Exxon Mobil pipeline in the Yellowstone River in south-central Montana recovered …

• ExxonMobil beefs up megaloads security for conference

  July 12, 2011 in Idaho, Region ExxonMobil has hired off-duty police in Lewiston to provide extra security for its refinery equipment during an environmental conference taking place in north-central Idaho. 1

• Scope of damage unclear on Yellowstone River

  July 4, 2011 in Region on Page A6 LAUREL, Mont. – Authorities struggled Sunday to gauge the environmental and crop damage from tens of thousands of gallons of oil that spilled into the Yellowstone River, as Montana’s governor …

• Eye on Boise: Megaloads may take both route options

  July 3, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 It’s possible that megaloads of oil equipment bound for the Kearl oil sands development in Canada could take both identified routes through Idaho – scenic U.S. Highway 12, where the …

• Ruling favors megaloads

  June 28, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – More than 200 megaloads of Korean-made oil equipment bound for Canada should be given the go-ahead to roll across northern Idaho’s scenic U.S. Highway 12, an Idaho state …

• Hearing officer recommends OK for megaloads

  June 27, 2011 in Idaho Retired Judge Duff McKee, a state hearing officer, has issued a 63-page ruling on the proposed Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil megaloads on Highway 12, recommending they be permitted. 2

• Loads permitted for CdA

  June 18, 2011 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – The Idaho Transportation Department has issued the first two permits for modified megaloads of oil field equipment to travel up U.S. Highway 95 to Coeur d’Alene, then turn …

• Modified megaloads to roll through CdA

  June 17, 2011 in Idaho The Idaho Transportation Department has issued the first two permits for modified megaloads of oil equipment to travel up U.S. Highway 95 from Lewiston to Coeur d’Alene, where they’ll turn … 4

• ITD board drops 10-minute rule for future megaloads

  June 17, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho’s top transportation officials voted unanimously Thursday to eliminate the state’s 10-minute limit on traffic delays from oversized loads traveling Idaho roads, including megaloads. The Idaho Transportation Department … 1

• ITD eases traffic-delay rules for megaloads

  June 16, 2011 in Idaho The Idaho Transportation Board has voted unanimously to eliminate the 10-minute limit on traffic delays from oversized loads traveling Idaho roads, including giant megaloads. 6

• Megaloads could skip U.S. on rail-truck Canada route

  May 26, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – What if giant loads of oil field equipment didn’t have to enter the United States to get from Asia to the Alberta oil sands project in Canada, and … 5

• Megaloads hearing wraps up; decision due in June

  May 11, 2011 in Idaho After three weeks, testimony in the contested case hearing on more than 200 proposed megaloads on U.S. Highway 12 wrapped up today with disputes over how much the giant loads … 1

• ITD, oil company happy with megaload test run

  May 7, 2011 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – A “test module” for proposed oversize loads on U.S. Highway 12 in north-central Idaho made it to Montana this week, but it took weeks to arrive and caused …

• ITD calls test megaload a ‘success’

  May 6, 2011 in Idaho A “test module” for proposed megaloads on U.S. Highway 12 in north-central Idaho that made it into Montana this week took weeks to arrive and caused a five-hour power outage … 3

• Megaloads hearing to enter third week

  May 6, 2011 in Idaho A contested-case hearing over plans for hundreds of giant megaloads of oil equipment to travel through a scenic Idaho river canyon will stretch into its third week next week, after … 2

• Idaho state police warns of ‘threats’ to megaloads

  April 30, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – The Idaho State Police believes there may be an attempt to disrupt megaload shipments on U.S. Highway 12 in north-central Idaho, an ISP official told a state hearing … 1

• ISP: ‘Intel’ suggests ‘threats’ to megaloads

  April 29, 2011 in Idaho The Idaho State Police has received “intel” about people possibly wanting to disrupt megaload shipments on U.S. Highway 12 in north-central Idaho, an ISP official told a state hearing officer … 4

• Report: Route prized by hauler

  April 28, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – A 2009 report by the company that proposed to haul more than 200 giant loads of oil equipment on scenic U.S. Highway 12 in north-central Idaho said the …

• Megaload report shows plan for ‘high-load corridor’

  April 27, 2011 in Idaho A 2009 report from the hauler of more than 200 megaloads of oil equipment proposed for scenic U.S. Highway 12 in north-central Idaho says the project will be a “game … 6

• ITD official says requiring resizing of megaloads wouldn’t be ‘practical’

  April 26, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Though 33 oversize loads of oil equipment in Lewiston are being cut down so they can travel on other routes – including Highway 95 through Moscow and Coeur …

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