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Detroit, MI 48209 USA
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Holland, MI 49424
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Senators want higher liability for Great Lakes oil spills
5/24/2016
Michigan's senators are asking the Department of Transportation to make sure oil pipelines crossing underneath the Great Lakes are classified as "offshore" so that owners would have to pay the full costs of cleaning a spill
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s U.S. senators want the Department of Transportation to make sure oil pipelines crossing underneath the Great Lakes are treated as “offshore” and not “onshore” to ensure the owners will have to pay the full cost of a cleanup if there is a spill.
Sens. Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow, both Democrats, sent U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx a letter on Tuesday urging him to make sure underwater pipeline segments in and around the Great Lakes are classified as separate “offshore” facilities.
The senators wrote the finding has “significant consequence,” because under the Oil Pollution Act the liability for cleanup costs for owners or operators of onshore facilities are capped at $634 million, “whereas companies operating pipelines classified as offshore facilities are required to demonstrate they have sufficient resources to pay for all cleanup costs.”
In response: Company reacted properly after 1980 spill
5/24/2016
The Company’s records show that Enbridge (then known as Lakehead Pipe Line Co. Inc.) acted quickly on July 28, 1980, when a release of approximately five barrels of light crude oil in the Hiawatha National Forest were detected, notifying the Michigan Department of Natural Resources immediately following release confirmation that day. On July 29, 1980, we notified the Michigan Public Service Commission and the U.S. Forest Service. The spill was cleaned up following all the standards and requirements of that time.
In 2011, a decision was made to check for any remaining impacts related to the 1980 release while preparing for a valve replacement project in the area. Under an amendment to our existing right-of-way permit, we excavated land around our maintenance project and removed soil from the area.
Worker in critical condition after being exposed to cyanide while on the job
April 27, 2016
DETROIT (WXYZ) - Emergency crews saved a worker's life after he was exposed to the potentially deadly chemical cyanide.
It happened at the US Ecology plant in southwest Detroit. That employee is alive, but he is listed in critical condition. It happened around 6:00 pm (Tuesday evening).
Officials were called in for a level 1 HAZMAT situation, when an employee went into cardiac arrest after becoming ill. He had been exposed to cyanide - his lungs badly burned.
When emergency crews arrived, the employee was unresponsive. They were able to resuscitate him and transport him to an area hospital where he was listed in critical condition.
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Shell shuts wells to Brutus platform after spill off Louisiana
5/13/2016
A 2,100-barrel oil spill in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico forced Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday to shut in all wells that flow to its Brutus platform, federal regulators said.
Exxon Lawsuit Signals the Start of a Big Tobacco-Style Showdown for Oil and Gas
4/19/2016