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Idaho judge blocks huge truck shipments
An Idaho judge today temporarily blocked ConocoPhillips from hauling four giant loads of oil refinery equipment over U.S. Highway 12 from the Port of Lewiston to Montana.
Lawsuit stalls permits for oversize loads through river canyon
BOISE – Residents opposed to giant truck shipments of oil equipment through Idaho’s scenic Clearwater/Lochsa river canyon filed suit Monday, just a day before Idaho planned to issue permits for the first four loads. Meanwhile, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter announced that he’ll impose a new requirement for a $10 million bond from the two oil companies that want to move the massive equipment, and both agreed to put up the bonds. Without the new bonding requirement, they would have only been required to pay state fees of $1,000 per load for the oversize loads.