Ruben Moreno of the Blackfeet Tribe puts his hands in pools of oil in order to take a sample for Blackfeet Community Hospital Water Lab Friday near Cut Bank Creek. FX Energy Inc. plans to permanently shut down two oil wells in northwestern Montana where a spill went unreported for a month and spread nearly a mile before being discovered, a company executive said Tuesday. Latest on oil spill here. (AP Photo/Destini Vaile)

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