September 27, 2010 All The Rest
More than two months after a section of Enbridge Energy Partners’s 6B pipeline near Marshall burst causing one of the worst oil spills in Midwest history, the flow of oil returned once again to the pipeline on Monday.
In a 30-minute interview with the Kalamazoo Gazette on Saturday, Daniel, who has been at the helm of Enbridge for the past 10 years, spoke about his company’s response to the oil spill.
MARSHALL — About 500 people have filled a Michigan high school gym to hear updates on a pipeline spill that has dumped hundreds of thousands gallons of oil into a nearby river. Federal officials put on a slideshow Monday night…
About 39,000 barrels of oil and water — or about 1.6 million gallons — have been removed from the river, up from 400,000 gallons three days ago. More than 700 people are working on the river.
Learn how residents can get more information on helping with the Kalamazoo River oil spill cleanup.
Fumes from the chemical Benzene have been detected in a neighborhood with 30 to 50 homes near the Enbridge oil spill.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s office released aerial photographs that it says shows oil sheen on Morrow Lake. However, the governor’s office did not release any photos of oil sheen on the Kalamazoo River downstream from the dam.
The EPA is now saying that the amount of oil spilled from a section of 30-inch underground pipe near Marshall on Monday is close to 1 million gallons, higher than the company’s (Enbridge Inc.) earlier estimate of 840,000 gallons.
Kalamazoo County officials said they began an emergency response at about 6 p.m. Monday after news spread that a 30-inch oil pipeline in Marshall sprung a leak and released oil into the Talmadge Creek, which feeds into the Kalamazoo River.
Kalamazoo County’s Morrow Dam has become ground-zero for containing what officials are calling one of the largest oil spills in Midwest history.
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