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EPA Response to Enbridge Spill in Michigan

Enbridge Oil Spill Settlement

In a July 2016 settlement Enbridge agreed to spend at least $110 million on a series of measures to prevent spills and improve operations across nearly 2,000 miles of its pipeline system in the Great Lakes region.

On July 26, 2010, a 30-inch pipeline belonging to Enbridge Inc. ruptured near Marshall, Michigan and contaminated Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River with hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil. EPA ordered Enbridge to dredge submerged oil and oil-contaminated sediment from the Kalamazoo River. From 2010 to 2014 over 1.2 million gallons of oil were recovered from the river.

Incident and Response

aerial view of oil spill in Kalamazoo river in August 2010

Enbridge Spill Response Timeline

Documents

Technicians in personal protective equipment prepare pipe before cutting and removing the section from the Enbridge pipeline oil spill site near Marshall, Michigan.

Enbridge Oil Spill Documents

Final Settlement

oil containment boom deployed on river

Consent Decree Implementation