Black Hills Trucking, Inc. v. North Dakota Industrial Commission

Kapsner, Surrogate Judge.

[¶ 1] Black Hills Trucking, Inc., appeals from a judgment affirming an Industrial Commission order assessing a $950,000 civil penalty and costs and expenses against it for illegally dumping saltwater on roads in Williams County. We conclude the Commission regularly pursued its authority and its findings and conclusions are sustained by the law and by substantial and credible evidence. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] Black Hills is a Wyoming corporation that is in the business of transporting crude oil, produced saltwater, petroleum products, oilfield equipment and other materials.…