The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Enbridge Energy Partners are in disagreement over exactly how much oil the company spilled after a pipeline broke in July 2010, according to the Detroit Free Press. The EPA's estimate of 1.14 million gallons is more than a third higher than Enbridge's estimate of 843,000 gallons of spilled oil.
Additionally, Enbridge is standing behinds its own figure and is continuing to assert that the extra oil found in the Kalamazoo River came from other sources. Here are some facts about the Enbridge oil spill:
* The San Diego Union Tribune reported that the spill occurred on July 26, 2010, only three months after BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill, after a pipeline near Marshall, Mich. broke and spilled oil into the Kalamazoo River.
* Following the spill, Enbridge had to appear before members of Congress to answer questions about its damage claims process and emergency response systems.
* According to Fox 17, the oil spill had major impacts on the environment and residents in the area and as of this past July the Canada-based oil company has purchased 130 homes.
* Toxic fumes caused dozens of nearby residents to become sick and animals have been found with oil residue on them.
* Enbridge is also facing several class action lawsuits, including one filed in Detroit that includes three area law firms and seeks $20 million in damages for residents with land on or near the river, noted Crains Detroit.
* Several lawsuits focus on compensating landowners that have problems with oil-contaminated land.
* The EPA states that soon after Enbridge reported the spill the agency began working with the company to recover the oil from 35 miles of river and shoreline.
* Similarly, the EPA is planning on continuing clean up efforts through this winter and Enbridge will be required to repay the government for all clean up and response costs.
* Initially cleanup of the spilled oil was expected to be finished at the end of this past August but now the EPA is estimating that these response efforts could continue at least through fall of 2012.
* The Enbridge oil spill is now among one of the largest in Midwest history, according to the Huffington Post.
* Many politicians from the impacted areas in Michigan have vowed and promised to hold the oil company responsible for the spill and the resulting impacts.
* Lasting and long-term health and ecosystem impacts are a major cause for concern especially for the area's water supply.
Rachel Krech provides an in-depth look at current environmental issues and local Chicago news stories. As a college student from the Chicago suburbs pursuing two science degrees, she applies her knowledge and passion to both topics to garner further public awareness.
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