EPA orders Enbridge to do additional dredging to remove oil from Michigan river
- March 15, 2013
- By Jennifer Kalish
The U.S. EPA issued an administrative order requiring Enbridge Inc. to perform additional dredging in Michigan's Kalamazoo River to clean up oil from the company's 2010 pipeline spill, according to an agency press release.
Dredging will take place in sections of the river above Ceresco Dam, upstream of Battle Creek, Mich., and in the Morrow Lake Delta. The order will also require Enbridge to maintain sediment traps throughout the river to capture oil outside the dredge areas, the release said.
The 30-inch oil pipeline ruptured near Marshall, Mich., and oil traveled up to 35 miles downstream before it was contained.
The EPA has repeatedly documented the existence of submerged oil in said sections of the river and that it can be recovered by dredging, according to the agency.
Enbridge has five days to respond to the order and 15 days to provide the EPA with a work plan. Dredging will most likely begin this spring, the news release said.
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