The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that Enbridge will spend $172-million paying fines and
boosting safety across its pipeline
operations in a deal with
the United States Justice Department
resolving Clean Water Act violations
connected to its 2010 oil
spill near Marshall, Mich. (all figures U.S.).
A Bloomberg dispatch to The Globe reports that Wednesday's settlement agreement resolves
the biggest legal questions
over the failure of Enbridge's
Line 6B. The incident became one of
the largest inland spills in U.S.
history.
Enbridge agreed to pay $62-million
for violating the Clean
Water Act, the largest fine for a
U.S. pipeline spill ever under
that law. The company also will
spend at least $110-million taking
steps to improve operations
and prevent spills across its
Lakehead pipeline system spanning
2,000 miles near the Great Lakes. Enbridge is required under
the deal to replace nearly
300 miles of one of the pipelines,
and is agreeing to pay
over $5.4-million to reimburse
the government for cleanup
costs.
The penalties for Enbridge
come on top of other spill-related
costs, including $4-million in
natural-resource damages the
company agreed to pay last year.
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