Sunken Hazard Aging pipeline threatens Great Lakes
Enbridge Energy’sPipeline Network
Lakehead System: 84 spills since 2002
1990, Brevort, MI:Small spill, oil
plume reached Lake Michigan
1990, Brevort, MI:Small spill, oil plume
reached Lake Michigan
1999, Crystal Falls, MI: 226,000 gallons
spilled
1990, Brevort, MI:Small spill, oil plume
reached Lake Michigan
1999, Crystal Falls, MI: 226,000 gallons
spilled
2002, Itasca County, MN: 252,000 gallon crude oil spill, $5.6 million damage.
1990, Brevort, MI:Small spill, oil plume
reached Lake Michigan
1999: Crystal Falls, MI: 226,000 gallons
spilled
2002: Itasca County, MN: 252,000 gallon crude oil spill, $5.6 million damage.
2003: Bay County, MI: 21,000 gallon
crude oil spill
1990, Brevort, MI:Small spill, oil plume
reached Lake Michigan
1999, Crystal Falls, MI: 226,000 gallons
spilled
2002, Itasca County, MN: 252,000 gallon crude oil spill, $5.6 million damage.
2003, Bay County, MI: 21,000 gallon
crude oil spill
2007, Exeland, WI: 201,000 gallon spill,
$4.5 million damages
1990, Brevort, MI:Small spill, oil plume
reached Lake Michigan
1999, Crystal Falls, MI: 226,000 gallons
spilled
2002, Itasca County, MN: 252,000 gallon crude oil spill, $5.6 million damage.
2003, Bay County, MI: 21,000 gallon
crude oil spill
2007, Exeland, WI: 201,000 gallon spill,
$4.5 million damages
2007, Clearbrook, MN: Pipeline rupture
kills two workers
1990, Brevort, MI:Small spill, oil plume
reached Lake Michigan
1999, Crystal Falls, MI: 226,000 gallons
spilled
2002, Itasca County, MN: 252,000 gallon crude oil spill, $5.6 million damage.
2003, Bay County, MI: 21,000 gallon
crude oil spill
2007, Exeland, WI: 201,000 gallon spill,
$4.5 million damages
2007, Clearbrook, MN: Pipeline rupture
kills two workersJuly 2010, Marshall, MI:
Ruptured pipeline spills 1.2 million gallons of Tar Sands
oil into Kalamazoo River
1990, Brevort, MI:Small spill, oil plume
reached Lake Michigan
1999, Crystal Falls, MI: 226,000 gallons
spilled
2002, Itasca County, MN: 252,000 gallon crude oil spill, $5.6 million damage.
2003, Bay County, MI: 21,000 gallon
crude oil spill
2007, Exeland, WI: 201,000 gallon spill,
$4.5 million damages
2007, Clearbrook, MN: Pipeline rupture
kills two workersJuly 2010, Marshall, MI:
Ruptured pipeline spills 1.2 million gallons of Tar Sands
oil into Kalamazoo River
2010, Chicago: 250,000 gallon oil spill
1990, Brevort, MI:Small spill, oil plume
reached Lake Michigan
1999, Crystal Falls, MI: 226,000 gallons
spilled
2002, Itasca County, MN: 252,000 gallon crude oil spill, $5.6 million damage.
2003, Bay County, MI: 21,000 gallon
crude oil spill
2007, Exeland, WI: 201,000 gallon spill,
$4.5 million damages
2007, Clearbrook, MN: Pipeline rupture
kills two workers
July 2010, Marshall, MI: Ruptured pipeline spills 1.2 million gallons of Tar Sands
oil into Kalamazoo River
2010, Chicago: 250,000 gallon oil spill
2012, near Madison, WI: 42,000 gallon oil spill
Sunken hazard
Line 5 pipeline carries 20 mgd of crude oil and natural gas liquids daily; expansion would increase that to 22 mgd
• Currents in the Straits often exceed 3 feet/second (2 mph)
• Flow volume 50x greater than average flow of the St. Clair River
Looks are deceiving
Three hours after a spill
Six hours after a spill
Twelve hours after a spill
Twenty four hours after a spill
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