Talmadge Creek oil spill
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The Enbridge or Talmadge Creek oil spill is a spill caused by a rupture in Enbridge Energy pipeline line 6B at 09:45 on 26 July 2010, in Calhoun County, Michigan
, that leaked 877000 gallons (3,319.8 m³) of oil sands crude into Talmadge Creek
that flows into the Kalamazoo River
. The US Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) later estimated the spill to be in excess of 1 million USgals (3,785.4 m³). On 29 July 2010, the Calhoun County Health Department asked 30 to 50 households to evacuate, and twice as many were advised not to drink their water.
The oil was contained to a 25 miles (40.2 km) stretch of the Kalamazoo River as several hundred workers took part in the cleanup. Regional EPA Director Susan Hedman estimates that it will take weeks to remove the bulk of the oil from the river, several months to clear oil from the flood plains, and several more months to clean the oil out of the marsh where the spill originated. However, a year later, a 35 mile stretch of the river remains closed. Originally estimated at $5 million, by September 2011, cleanup costs passed $585 million and are expected to rise by 20 percent more.
Calhoun County, Michigan
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, that leaked 877000 gallons (3,319.8 m³) of oil sands crude into Talmadge Creek
Talmadge Creek
Talmadge Creek is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River. It is located in Calhoun County, Michigan, near the county seat of Marshall.-2010 crude oil spill:...
that flows into the Kalamazoo River
Kalamazoo River
The Kalamazoo River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is long from the junction of its North and South branches to its mouth at Lake Michigan, with a total length extending to when one includes the South Branch...
. The US Environmental Protection Agency
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...
(EPA) later estimated the spill to be in excess of 1 million USgals (3,785.4 m³). On 29 July 2010, the Calhoun County Health Department asked 30 to 50 households to evacuate, and twice as many were advised not to drink their water.
The oil was contained to a 25 miles (40.2 km) stretch of the Kalamazoo River as several hundred workers took part in the cleanup. Regional EPA Director Susan Hedman estimates that it will take weeks to remove the bulk of the oil from the river, several months to clear oil from the flood plains, and several more months to clean the oil out of the marsh where the spill originated. However, a year later, a 35 mile stretch of the river remains closed. Originally estimated at $5 million, by September 2011, cleanup costs passed $585 million and are expected to rise by 20 percent more.