Feds fine Enbridge $2.4M over fatal '07 (pipeline) accident

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Feds fine Enbridge $2.4M over fatal '07 (pipeline) accident

Edited on Tue Aug-17-10 06:44 PM by Bozita

Source: Detroit Free Press

Posted: 4:48 p.m. Aug. 17, 2010
Feds fine Enbridge $2.4M over fatal '07 accident
By TINA LAM
Free Press Staff Writer

The company responsible for the oil spill near Marshall was ordered today to pay $2.4 million in fines for an accident on a pipeline near Clearbrook, Minn., in 2007 that killed two people.

The fine had been in the works for several years, but was formally issued today. Enbridge Energy Partners, which owns and operates the line, can request a reconsideration of the findings or pay the fine within 20 days.

In a lengthy investigation of the accident, the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration found that Enbridge failed to safely and adequately perform maintenance and repair on the pipeline.

Crude oil from the line leaked and ignited, killing the two workers.

Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20100817/NEWS06/100817054/1318/Feds-fine-Enbridge-2.4M-over-fatal-07-accident#ixzz0wuRkgAWD

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