A produced water release from a North Dakota oil site presents no public health risk, a company said, though the 70,000 barrels spilled is among the largest. Summit Midstream confirmed a release from a four-inch pipeline in Williston, N.D., at the heart of the state’s oil boom. The company said Wednesday around 70,000 barrels of produced water were released. Since remediation efforts began, as much as 65,000 barrels of water were pulled from the region’s Blacktail Creek, though most of that was in the form of freshwater. “We will continue to work tirelessly to see that the cleanup is completed and any issues in the surrounding environment are properly addressed, and will provide stakeholders with updates as developments warrant,” Chief Operating Officer Rene Casabadan said in a statement emailed to UPI. […]