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Cleanup Crews Recover Thousands of Gallons of Crude
Posted: 10:50 AM Jan 4, 2007
Last Updated: 11:21 AM Jan 4, 2007
Reporter: Associated Press
CURTISS, Wis. (AP) -- Crews have recovered thousands of gallons of
crude oil that leaked in a farm field from an underground pipeline in
Clark County.
Enbridge
Energy says a four-foot crack in a pipeline caused an estimated 52,500
gallons of oil to spill. Enbridge spokeswoman Denise Hamsher says crews
have recovered the majority of the crude oil.
Department
of Natural Resources spokesman Dave Weitz says the oil penetrated about
an inch into the ground. Weitz says the frozen ground helped minimize
damage.
The spill comes just
two weeks after an environmental group went to court to block plans for
another, larger pipeline along the same route in Wisconsin.
Midwest
Environmental Advocates in Madison is suing the DNR, challenging its
decision to allow Enbridge Energy to install another pipeline along the
same right of way through Wisconsin.
The
Dane County lawsuit contends the DNR failed to adequately address the
risk of pipeline corrosion and rupture and properly review the effect
the construction would have on wetlands and riverways.
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