[Vision2020] No deadline for judge's decision in megaloads case

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of KHQ at:

Http://www.KHQ.com

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No deadline for judge's decision in megaloads case

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - Imperial Oil has finalized its case to speed the
approval process for its effort to move huge loads of equipment from Idaho
through northwestern Montana to a project in Canada.

But District Judge Ray Dayton, who is hearing the case, said Wednesday he
has not set a deadline for his decision and gave both sides 10 days after
they receive the completed transcript of the testimony to submit findings
and conclusions.

Missoula County and three conservation groups are seeking a preliminary
injunction against a plan to move more than 200 loads of equipment through
Montana. The defendants are the Montana Department of Transportation and
Imperial Oil, the Canadian arm of oil giant ExxonMobil.

Last month, Dayton granted a temporary restraining order against the Kearl
Module Transport Project until a hearing was held on the request for a
preliminary injunction.

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Later, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Yakima, Washington

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