In this July 29, 2010, file photo, a worker monitors water in Talmadge Creek near the Kalamazoo River as oil from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc., is attempted to be trapped by booms. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Paul Sancya
July 10, 2012 - 3:20 AM
DETROIT - Federal regulators are scheduled to announce the likely cause of an Enbridge pipeline rupture that spilled more than three million litres of oil into a Michigan river two years ago.
The National Transportation Safety Board is scheduled to vote today on a report submitted by staffers who investigated the spill near Marshall in southwestern Michigan.
The underground pipeline sprang a leak July 25, 2010.
Oil poured into the Kalamazoo River and a tributary creek.
Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) of Calgary operates the line and has estimated its cleanup costs at US$700 million. The Environmental Protection Agency is overseeing the cleanup, which continues.
The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration last week proposed a record $3.7 million civil penalty against Enbridge for what it said were numerous regulatory violations before and during the spill.
News from © The Associated Press, 2012