Associated Press - October 14, 2009 2:55 PM ET

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A pipeline company wants a Nebraska excavating firm to pay for the damage caused when a pipeline carrying liquid fuels like propane and butane leaked more than 70,000 gallons in 2007, and the bill could top $2 million.

Mid-America Pipeline LLC filed a federal lawsuit against Wilson Excavating this week.

The lawsuit says Wilson Excavating caused the pipeline leak while trying to remove beaver dams in eastern Nebraska.

Officials at Wilson Excavating in Yutan, Neb., declined to comment because they have not seen the lawsuit.

Mid-America Pipeline's attorney did not immediately respond to messages left Tuesday and Wednesday.

And pipeline regulators with the U.S. Department of Transportation did not immediately respond to a message left Wednesday.

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