<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div></div><div>Courtesy of KHQ at:</div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.khq.com/story/15964426/imperial-seeks-to-ship-megaloads-over-interstate">http://www.khq.com/story/15964426/imperial-seeks-to-ship-megaloads-over-interstate</a><div><div> </div><div>------------------------------</div><div><div id="WNStoryHeader" style="margin-bottom: 13px; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: 12px; "><h3 class="" style="display: block; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; ">Imperial seeks to ship 'megaloads' over interstate</h3></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: 12px; "><div id="WNStoryBody" class="" style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 15px; display: inline; "><p style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A plaintiff in a lawsuit over Imperial Oil's plans to haul oversized refinery equipment along scenic two-lane highways in Montana and Idaho says she remains guarded after the Exxon Mobil subsidiary offered up an alternative route for its loads.</p><p style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Missoula County Commission Chairwoman Jean Curtiss says the county would like to see Imperial officially withdraw its proposal to haul the megaloads along U.S. Highway 12 and other two-lane roadways into Canada.</p><p style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Montana transportation officials said Friday that Imperial has applied for permits to transport about 300 smaller versions of the loads to Alberta via interstates 90 and 15.</p><p style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Shipments along the Highway 12 route have been stalled by lawsuits from opponents, including Missoula County, who say a proper study was not conducted on how the massive loads could impact the environment. Transportation officials said the new route proposal might end the logjam.</p><p style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: 17px; ">------------------------------</span></p></div></span><div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">"Honest and true,</span></div><div>As the morning star.</div><div>Vote for just two,</div><div>Ament and Lamar."</div></div></div><img src="cid:9E4CCAEB-271E-44A2-B713-4AD54CA0E44A" alt="image.jpeg" id="9E4CCAEB-271E-44A2-B713-4AD54CA0E44A" width="200" height="100" apple-original-width="200" apple-original-height="100"><div> </div></body></html>