ApocaDocs: Ruptured Mich. oil pipeline shows lengthwise rip

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Posted Sun Aug 8 2010: from AP, via PhysOrg:


	Ruptured Mich. oil pipeline shows lengthwise rip http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1281270274 Officials say a ruptured section of pipeline that spewed oil into a southern Michigan river had a lengthwise rip that likely is less than five feet long. The Environmental Protection Agency and pipeline company Enbridge Inc. said Saturday the section was removed a day earlier in Calhoun County and will be shipped to a National Transportation Safety Board lab in Washington, D.C. Enbridge Executive Vice President Steve Wuori (WUHR'-ee) says officials on the scene can't tell from looking at the pipeline what led to the failure. Enbridge reported the spill July 26. The EPA says more than 1 million gallons of oil have flowed into the Kalamazoo River and other waterways. The company estimates the total at 820,000 gallons.

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