EPA: Enbridge Must Continue Michigan Oil Spill Cleanup Until End Of 2012
October 07 2011 - 4:09PM
Dow Jones News
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered Enbridge Energy
Partners LP (EEP) to continue cleaning the oil its Line 6B spilled
into a Michigan river until the end of 2012, the agency said
Friday.
The order came after more oil was found submerged in the
Kalamazoo River than originally thought, causing Enbridge to miss
its original cleanup deadline of Aug. 31. Enbridge's Line 6B
spilled about 20,000 barrels of oil outside of Marshall, Mich., in
July 2010, with a large part of the crude reaching the river.
Although Enbridge has made "huge" progress in cleaning the
waterway, the sheer size of the river and moving currents have
complicated attempts to locate all of the oil, said Ralph Dollhopf,
EPA on-scene coordinator.
"Every time we go back to look, we find more," Dollhopf said.
"The river is causing the oil we are targeting to always move."
Enbridge in September raised its cleanup cost estimate to about
$700 million, about 20% higher than its original estimate.
Cleanup work will soon be suspended for winter but will restart
in spring, Dollhopf added.
An Enbridge spokeswoman was not immediately available for
comment.
Enbridge Energy Partners is a U.S. affiliate of Canada-based
Enbridge Inc. (ENB, ENB.T).
-By Ben Lefebvre, Dow Jones Newswires; 713-547-9201;
ben.lefebvre@dowjones.com
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