E.P.A. issues cleanup directive to Enbridge
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Category: Emergency ResponseType: News
Source: EPA
Date: Thursday, October 6th, 2011
For Immediate Release
No. 11-OPA099
(CHICAGO - October 6, 2011) The E.P.A. issued a directive today requiring Enbridge to take additional steps to clean up the July 2010 oil spill that damaged over 35 miles of the Kalamazoo River system. The directive requires Enbridge to submit projects by Oct. 20, 2011 for cleanup and monitoring work expected to last through 2012. Failure to comply could result in civil penalties.
The E.P.A. directive lays out a performance-based framework for assessing and recovering submerged oil in the river and cleaning up oil-contaminated river banks. The Enbridge pipeline spill impacted the Kalamazoo River system from Talmadge Creek to Morrow Lake. E.P.A. transferred primary oversight of ongoing cleanup activities along Talmadge Creek to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality on Aug. 5, 2011.
For more information: http://wwwepa.gov/enbridgespill/
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