Public Meeting on Enbridge Pipeline Spill in Marshall, Michigan, August 17, 6:30 p.m. (MI)
For Immediate Release
No. 11-OPA071
(CHICAGO – August 11, 2011) The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency will hold a meeting August 17 to
provide an update on the cleanup of the 2010 Enbridge Pipeline oil
spill in Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River. The meeting will
be at 6:30 p.m. at the Marshall Activity Center, 15325 West
Michigan Avenue in Marshall.
Since the pipeline break was first reported on
July 26, 2010, EPA has worked with state and local agencies to
direct the pipeline company’s emergency response and cleanup
work, which prevented the spill from reaching Lake Michigan. Today,
EPA continues to lead the cleanup effort, which currently involves
more than 700 people performing work on the river. EPA has incurred
$29.1 million in cleanup costs, which Enbridge will be required to
reimburse.
For more information, please visit
www.epa.gov/region5/enbridgespill/index.html. For special
accommodations at the meeting, contact Don de Blasio at
800-621-8431, Ext. 64360, 8:30 a.m – 4:30 p.m.,
weekdays.