Restart plan for Enbridge demanded after Wisconsin Spill
Posted Jul 31, 2012 11:54 pm.
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U.S. officials are demanding Calgary-based oil giant Enbridge submit a re-start plan before it can re-open a pipeline which spilled thousands of gallons of crude in Wisconsin last week.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration announced Tuesday it has blocked Enbridge’s Houston-based subsidiary from reopening the 687 kilometre line.
Administration officials must approve a re-start plan that establishes leak patrols and details co-ordination with local emergency workers before the company can resume operations.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood says he plans to meet with company officials soon and they’ll have to convince him why the pipeline should continue to operate without an overhaul or complete replacement.
The pipeline carries crude oil to Chicago-area refineries. It ruptured Friday, spraying about 1,200 barrels, or about 50,400 gallons, of crude into a pasture just east of Grand Marsh, Wisconsin in Adams County.
The cause of the spill is still unknown.
