Enbridge must file river cleanup plan
Regulators had pressed for pipeline improvements
Last Updated: Sunday, August 1, 2010 | 6:42 AM MT
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The Calgary-based company that owns the pipeline that leaked more than three million litres of oil into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan has been ordered to submit a revised version of its cleanup plan by Monday.
An Enbridge containment boom is set downstream from Battle Creek, Mich. (CBC) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rejected Enbridge's long-range plan because of "deficiencies in content and technical details."
Enbridge CEO Patrick Daniel says the company will modify the plan to meet EPA requirements. He also says the company has submitted a separate short-term cleanup blueprint that the agency is reviewing.
U.S. regulators earlier this year had demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration informed Enbridge in January that it might have violated safety codes by improperly monitoring corrosion in the pipeline.
Meanwhile, company and government officials say they have located the pipeline fissure that caused the spill.
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