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Montana Senators Push Pipeline Safety Bill | Montana Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Jon Tester (D-MT) have introduced a bill “aimed at preventing another pipeline accident like the one that spewed thousands of gallons of oil” into the Yellowstone River last month. The Baucus-Tester bill “would require that federal pipeline regulators review safety rules for pipelines near rivers, boost leak detection standards and update oil spill response plans.” Before the spill, Baucus was a major booster of the much larger Keystone XL pipeline project, while Tester has been supportive but more suspicious.