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EPA Notes Improvements at Michigan Oil Spill Site

Andre J. Jackson, Detroit Free Press / MCT

LANSING, Mich. (Aug. 1) -- A regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday there has been "significant improvement" at the site of an oil spill in a southern Michigan river, but the agency cautioned it will take months to complete the cleanup. Those efforts, along with air and water quality...

Oil Spill in Michigan River Could Take Months to Clean Up

MARSHALL, Mich. (July 31) -- Volunteers and government officials scrambled to save geese and other wildlife damaged by an oil spill in a southern Michigan river as the Canadian company that owns the ruptured pipeline said the crude had been contained. Enbridge Inc., based in Calgary, Alberta, said it was preparing to...

Michigan Oil Spill vs. Asian Carp: Why Mayor Daley Is Wrong

(July 30) -- The devastating oil spill that erupted from an Enbridge Energy pipeline near the Kalamazoo River in Michigan on Monday has sparked an epic environmental and economic conflict in the Midwest. Like others before it, it pits fish versus oil -- just not in a way you might expect. Speaking to reporters Thursday,...

The World's Current Oil Spills, By the Numbers

(July 28) -- Oil, oil everywhere. It seems like the earth is having a hard time keeping it below ground these days. With one active leak (in Barataria Bay, La.), two more still causing major problems (on the Kalamazoo River in Michigan and, of course, in the Gulf of Mexico) and one recently cleaned-up but disastrous...

Mich. Governor Calls on EPA to Help Stem Oil Spill

(July 28) -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm asked for federal help today to contain oil from a pipeline break that dumped more than 800,000 gallons of crude into a major waterway that empties into Lake Michigan. "We are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to do everything possible to get additional resources here...

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THE HUFFINGTON POST

Kalamazoo River Oil Spill Documents And Photographs Released By Feds

MARSHALL, Mich. Federal officials have released photographs and 5,000 pages of documents related to the pipeline rupture in southwestern Michigan that polluted the Kalamazoo River and a tributary creek nearly two years ago.

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05/22/12 Public Comment Requested on Public Health Assessment... Source: State of Michigan The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) has released a draft Public Health Assessment evaluating groundwater used as residential drinking water along the stretch of the Kalamazoo River impacted by the July 2010 oil spill in Calhoun and Kalamazoo counties.
05/21/12 Kalamazoo River Oil Spill Documents And Photographs... Source: The Huffington Post MARSHALL, Mich. Federal officials have released photographs and 5,000 pages of documents related to the pipeline rupture in southwestern Michigan that polluted the Kalamazoo River and a tributary creek nearly two years ago.
05/21/12 Study says Well Water OK after K'zoo Oil Spill Source: NBC - WILX 10 - Lansing MI The Michigan Department of Community Health says well water around the area of the July 2012 oil spill on the Kalamazoo River has tested negative for contaminants from the spill.
05/18/12 Slow down on pipeline Source: Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek MI Enbridge Energys plan to replace more than 200 miles of Line 6B may be a lot of things, but its not a maintenance project, and it merits a lot more scrutiny that it seems to be getting.
05/12/12 Enbridge: Oil pipelines well regulated, maintained Source: Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek MI Your editorial of May 1, 2012, titled Close Gap in Regulations, provides a timely opportunity to update the citizens of Marshall, Battle Creek and the surrounding areas on the status of Enbridges cleanup operations along Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River.

Background on Kalamazoo River

The Kalamazoo River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is long from the junction of its North and South branches to its mouth at Lake Michigan, with a total length extending to when one includes the South Branch.

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