![Breaking:
Enbridge saw crack 5 years before Kalamazoo River oil spill
WASHINGTON – The chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board this morning said Enbridge Energy Partners detected the defect that led to a massive oil spill in south-central Michigan five years before it occurred, but failed to do anything about it.
Opening a hearing on the pipeline spill near Marshall in July 2010, NTSB Chairwoman Deborah A.P. Hersman said an investigation into the rupture of the 30-inch pipeline revealed several concerns, including a lack of regulatory oversight and a delay on the part of Enbridge to respond to the spill led to “significant” environmental damage.
She also said that at the time of the spill, Enbridge’s closest oil spill response contractor was out of state and more than 10 hours away.
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[Photo of booms collecting oil on the Kalamazoo river, image credit: Andre Jackson / DFP]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ya5zWC831qey89ao1_500.jpg)
Breaking:
Enbridge saw crack 5 years before Kalamazoo River oil spill
WASHINGTON – The chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board this morning said Enbridge Energy Partners detected the defect that led to a massive oil spill in south-central Michigan five years before it occurred, but failed to do anything about it.
Opening a hearing on the pipeline spill near Marshall in July 2010, NTSB Chairwoman Deborah A.P. Hersman said an investigation into the rupture of the 30-inch pipeline revealed several concerns, including a lack of regulatory oversight and a delay on the part of Enbridge to respond to the spill led to “significant” environmental damage.
She also said that at the time of the spill, Enbridge’s closest oil spill response contractor was out of state and more than 10 hours away.
[Photo of booms collecting oil on the Kalamazoo river, image credit: Andre Jackson / DFP]
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