The costs for Enbridge to clean up the 2010 Marshall, Michigan oil spill now far exceeds the maximum estimate that the Joint Review Panel gave for a major spill on the Northern Gateway Pipeline and also exceeds the amount of money the JRP ordered Enbridge to set aside to deal with a spill. Enbridge's cleanup […]
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Enbridge to dredge the Kalamazoo River to remove addition bitumen. The EPA issued this news release CHICAGO (March 14, 2013) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued an administrative order that requires Enbridge to do additional dredging in Michigan’s Kalamazoo River to clean up oil from […]
Enbridge faces $68,000 fine for not inspecting pipeline branch in Ohio
September 15, 2012
Enbridge is facing a new penalty from the US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration for not inspecting a pipeline branch in Ohio and Michigan. The decision by the PHMSA comes just after a couple of days after the agency acknowledged that Enbridge had paid the civil penalty for the Marshall, Michigan oil spill with a […]
The Haisla Nation have asked the Northern Gateway Joint Review panel to force Enbridge to reveal more information about the pipeline rupture and oil spill near Kalamazoo, Michigan, in July 2010. The Haisla are also asking for more and better information about the $500 million project upgrades that Enbridge announced last month. In a notice […]
Updated with Enbridge statement The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration today cited Enbridge for a series of violations in connection with the pipeline rupture and bitumen spill at Mashall, Michigan, in 2010 and is proposing the company be fined a record $3.7 million. A letter issued today, July 2, 2012, from the […]
Enbridge announced Thursday, May 10, 2012, it plans to spend $1.6 billion to upgrade and replace its pipeline through Michigan and Indiana, including the site of the leak in to the Kalamazoo River in July 2010. What Enbridge calls the "6B pipeline" broke open near Marshall, Michigan and spilled more than 840,000 gallons of bitumen […]
The official United States National Transportation Safety Board report on the Enbridge pipeline breach and oil spill at Kalamazoo, Michigan has been delayed to the fall, according to local media reports. The Kalamazoo Gazette and WDIV TV say the report will be six months late. The Associated Press, quoting the Gazette says: The National Transportation […]
Michigan Pipeline Michigan OKs plan to replace 15 miles of Enbridge gas pipeline Lansing Journal Michigan has approved a plan by Enbridge Inc. to replace some sections of a pipeline that leaked more than 800,000 gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River near Marshall in 2010. The Michigan Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved plans […]
Cleanup worker files whistle blower lawsuit over Kalamazoo oil spill
December 7, 2011
Energy Environment Law The Kalamazoo Gazette reports in Judge to hear whistle-blower lawsuit of Kalamazoo River oil spill worker A Calhoun County judge next week will hear a whistle-blower lawsuit from a former Kalamazoo River oil spill cleanup worker who said he was fired after telling the media and state and federal agencies that crews […]
Enbridge, EPA dispute amount of "oil" spilled at Kalamazoo
November 16, 2011
Energy Environment AP reports that Enbridge and the US Environmental Protection Agency are haggling over how much "oil" was spilled into the Kalamazoo River. Enbridge is sticking with its estimate that 849,000 gallons were spilled when the pipeline was breached. The EPA says 1.1 million gallons have been recovered and there may be more to […]