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With BP being accused of single-handedly accumulating 97% of all the violations and enforcement actions in the USA oil patch, I have been wondering who was responsible for the other 3%. Looks like we found the culprits. None other than my countrymen at Enbridge.
That means we can now relax, because every other oil patch company must have a blemish free enforcement record, eh.
Here's an idea to save on legal fees and court time...have the Obama Administration mandate that Enbridge and BP merge...and then sue them both together in one action.
Until then the only thing to do is add this to the rapidly growing "shzt happens" file...
That means we can now relax, because every other oil patch company must have a blemish free enforcement record, eh.
Here's an idea to save on legal fees and court time...have the Obama Administration mandate that Enbridge and BP merge...and then sue them both together in one action.
Until then the only thing to do is add this to the rapidly growing "shzt happens" file...
Past problems for company at heart of oil spill
TIM MARTIN and DAVID RUNK
The Associated Press
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river has experienced leaks, an explosion and dozens of regulatory violations in the past decade throughout the Great Lakes region and elsewhere in the U.S.
Enbridge Inc. or its affiliates have been cited for 30 enforcement actions since 2002 by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration , the U.S. Department of Transportation's regulatory arm. They include a warning letter sent Jan. 21 in which the agency told the company it may have violated safety codes by improperly monitoring corrosion in the pipeline responsible for the massive spill Monday in Talmadge Creek, a waterway in Calhoun County's Marshall Township that flows into the Kalamazoo River...
...After being criticized for dragging their feet in their initial response to the Monday spill, company officials have pushed the message that they're doing all they can to clean and contain it...
...Two years ago, Enbridge was cited for committing eight probable violations that may have contributed to an explosion that killed two people working Nov. 28, 2007, on a 34-inch pipeline near Clearbrook, Minn. Among its findings, the regulatory agency found Enbridge failed to follow written procedures for couplings on the pipeline, didn't make the repairs in a safe manner and didn't make sure workers had adequate training for that job...
...An Enbridge affiliate, Houston-based Enbridge Energy Co., spilled almost 19,000 gallons of crude oil onto Wisconsin's Nemadji River in 2003. An additional 189,000 gallons of oil spilled at the company's terminal two miles from Lake Superior, though most was contained.
In 2007, two spills released about 200,000 gallons of crude in northern Wisconsin as Enbridge was expanding a 320-mile pipeline. The company also was accused of violating Wisconsin permits designed to protect water quality during work in and around wetlands, rivers and streams, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said. The violations came during construction of a 321-mile, $2 billion oil pipeline across that state. Enbridge agreed to pay $1.1 million in 2009...
...But Andy Buchsbaum, director of the National Wildlife Federation's Great Lakes office, said Enbridge has a history of spills , including two major leaks in the past year. He said those leaks, coupled with the fatal blast in Minnesota, are problematic.
"This is a company whose safety record is very definitely suspect and cause for concern," Buchsbaum said...
TIM MARTIN and DAVID RUNK
The Associated Press
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river has experienced leaks, an explosion and dozens of regulatory violations in the past decade throughout the Great Lakes region and elsewhere in the U.S.
Enbridge Inc. or its affiliates have been cited for 30 enforcement actions since 2002 by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration , the U.S. Department of Transportation's regulatory arm. They include a warning letter sent Jan. 21 in which the agency told the company it may have violated safety codes by improperly monitoring corrosion in the pipeline responsible for the massive spill Monday in Talmadge Creek, a waterway in Calhoun County's Marshall Township that flows into the Kalamazoo River...
...After being criticized for dragging their feet in their initial response to the Monday spill, company officials have pushed the message that they're doing all they can to clean and contain it...
...Two years ago, Enbridge was cited for committing eight probable violations that may have contributed to an explosion that killed two people working Nov. 28, 2007, on a 34-inch pipeline near Clearbrook, Minn. Among its findings, the regulatory agency found Enbridge failed to follow written procedures for couplings on the pipeline, didn't make the repairs in a safe manner and didn't make sure workers had adequate training for that job...
...An Enbridge affiliate, Houston-based Enbridge Energy Co., spilled almost 19,000 gallons of crude oil onto Wisconsin's Nemadji River in 2003. An additional 189,000 gallons of oil spilled at the company's terminal two miles from Lake Superior, though most was contained.
In 2007, two spills released about 200,000 gallons of crude in northern Wisconsin as Enbridge was expanding a 320-mile pipeline. The company also was accused of violating Wisconsin permits designed to protect water quality during work in and around wetlands, rivers and streams, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said. The violations came during construction of a 321-mile, $2 billion oil pipeline across that state. Enbridge agreed to pay $1.1 million in 2009...
...But Andy Buchsbaum, director of the National Wildlife Federation's Great Lakes office, said Enbridge has a history of spills , including two major leaks in the past year. He said those leaks, coupled with the fatal blast in Minnesota, are problematic.
"This is a company whose safety record is very definitely suspect and cause for concern," Buchsbaum said...
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