For Immediate ReleaseNo. 11-OPA099 (CHICAGO -…
For Immediate Release
No. 11-OPA099
(CHICAGO - October 6, 2011) The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency 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 plans by Oct. 20, 2011 for
cleanup and monitoring work expected to last through 2012. Failure
to comply could result in civil penalties.
The EPA 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. EPA 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/