EPA v. Enbridge Energy Partners LLP - Order for Recovery of Submerged Oil from Kalamazoo River

Case summary

This administrative order requires Enbridge to do additional dredging in Michigan's Kalamazoo River to clean up oil from the company's July 2010 pipeline spill. EPA's order requires dredging to remove recoverable submerged oil in sections of the river above Ceresco Dam, upstream of Battle Creek and in the Morrow Lake Delta. This dredging will prevent the submerged oil from migrating to downstream areas where it will be more difficult or impossible to recover.

Defendants (9)

• Enbridge Energy Partners LPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Enbridge Energy Management LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Enbridge Energy Limited PartnershipNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Enbridge Pipelines (Lakehead) LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Enbridge Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• Enbridge Pipelines Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• Enbridge Operational Services Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• Enbridge Employee Services Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• Enbridge Energy Company Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• MARSHALL (ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS)

  16000 DIVISION DRIVE, MARSHALL, MI, 49068

  Registry ID: 110042343817

Statutes cited

• CWA 311C2/311E — Emergency Powers Oil Imminent & Substantial Endangerment

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Enbridge Energy Partners LLP - Order for Recovery of Submerged Oil from Kalamazoo Riverentered 2013-03-14

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2013-03-14Amended Administrative Order
• 2013-03-14Final Order Issued
• 2013-03-18Enforcement Action Data Entered