LATEST UPDATE ON ENBRIDGE SPILL:

U.S. House Staff Report of Enbridge Spill in Michigan - contains significant new info

Enbridge pipeline spill made hundreds sick, reports Michigan Department of Community Health.

Michigan Spill Resources

There are a number of news stories covering this incident as the situation develops. First, I urge you to read through our "Pipeline Basics" if you are new to the issues surrounding pipelines. You can check it out here:

Now then, here's some news stories to get you up to speed on the current issue in Michigan.

http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kalamazoo_and_battle_creek/911-timeline-of-Michigans-oil-spill

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN3027659320100730

http://michiganmessenger.com/40457/experts-michigan-should-pass-stricter-pipeline-rules

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_bi_ge/us_michigan_river_oil_spill

http://www.freep.com/article/20100808/NEWS06/8080499/1008/News06/Pipe-sent-to-lab-shows-evidence-of-failure

Here are some links to some interesting statistics about pipelines that I think you will find helpful. Once you are on these pages you will see that there is much more information available.

This link provides a list of significant incidents for all types of pipelines
http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/reports/safety/SigPSI.html?nocache=3326

This link provides a list of significant incidents for Hazardous Liquid pipelines (like the one in Michigan)
http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/reports/safety/SigPSI.html?nocache=3326#_liquid

This link provides the break out of the causes of significant incidents for liquid pipelines
http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/reports/safety/SigPSIDet_2000_2009_US.html?nocache=3616#liquid

You will see on all of these pages different "tabs" you can click on to refine your search for different types of pipelines or different time periods etc. you can choose from. If you click on the blue total for each year and keep following the active links you can actually get information about individual incidents.

Statistics and Spreadsheets specific to Michigan and Enbridge

Here is a list of all significant incidents involving Enbridge since 2002. You can download it by clicking here

Here are the reported incidents in Michigan since 1986

Hazardous Liquid

Gas Transmission Lines

Gas Distribution Lines (2004 to present)

Here is the Corrective Action Order from PHMSA issued about this issue.