"Enbridge Hit With A $177M Bill For Michigan, Illinois Oil Spills"

"Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge has reached a $177-million settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency over 2010 oil spills in Marshall and Romeoville, Ill.

The settlement includes $62 million in civil penalties to Enbridge — $61 million for the Marshall spill, and $1 million for the Romeoville spill. It's the second-largest penalty for a Clean Water Act violation in U.S. history, after only the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and weeks-long leak into the Gulf of Mexico, also in 2010.

Enbridge also is to pay an additional $5 million to allow federal agencies to recover their costs associated with responding to the Marshall spill —  in addition to $58 million Enbridge has already paid in reimbursement; and required infrastructure and inspection improvements across its nearly 2,000-mile Lakehead pipeline system, spanning seven U.S. states, which Enbridge estimates will cost $110 million."

Keith Matheny reports for the Detroit Free Press July 20, 2016.

SEE ALSO:

"Enbridge's Kalamazoo Spill Saga Ends in $177 Million Settlement" (InsideClimate News)

"Enbridge Agrees to Spend $172 Million for 2010 Oil Spill" (Bloomberg)