Enbridge ordered to do more spill cleanup in Michigan's Kalamazoo River

New York (Platts)--3Oct2012/203 pm EDT/1803 GMT

Canadian pipeline owner Enbridge has been ordered to do another round of cleanup work in Michigan's Kalamazoo River, more than two years after the company's Line 6B spilled crude oil into the river, the US Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday.

"EPA is proposing further action upstream of Ceresco Dam, upstream of the Battle Creek Dam (Mill Ponds area), and in the delta upstream of Morrow Lake," it said.

The agency said Enbridge has 10 days to request a conference to discuss the additional work and 30 days to submit written comments.

Prior orders on cleanup and restoration in the river remain in effect, EPA said.

Enbridge officials could not be reached for comment.

Federal pipeline safety officials in September officially closed the 2010 investigation into the spill in Marshall, Michigan, citing the company with 24 violations and levying $3.69 million in penalties.

A total 20,000 barrels of oil -- a mix of light, medium and heavy crudes -- spilled after a segment of Line 6B ruptured July 25, 2010.

--Leslie Moore Mira, leslie_moore@platts.com 
--Edited by Kevin Saville, kevin_saville@platts.com

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