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Sunken Hazard Aging pipeline threatens Great Lakes

Oil Pipelines in the Great Lakes, Threats and Solutions-Alexander, 2012

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Did you know there is a massive 60-year-old oil pipeline running under Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, along the Straits of Mackinac? Did you know that up to 20 million gallons of oil travels through that pipeline a day and the operators have plans to expand the capacity without making significant updates? You might also be surprised to learn that most of the oil traveling through our pipelines comes from the Alberta tar sands. This panel will explain the issues and the regulatory framework governing oil pipelines as well as provide recommendations on ways we can safeguard our lakes from spills.

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Sunken Hazard Aging pipeline threatens Great Lakes

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Enbridge Energy’sPipeline Network

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Lakehead System: 84 spills since 2002

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1990, Brevort, MI:Small spill, oil

plume reached Lake Michigan

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1990, Brevort, MI:Small spill, oil plume

reached Lake Michigan

1999, Crystal Falls, MI: 226,000 gallons

spilled

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Sunken hazard

Line 5 pipeline carries 20 mgd of crude oil and natural gas liquids daily; expansion would increase that to 22 mgd

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• 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

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Three hours after a spill

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Six hours after a spill

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Twelve hours after a spill

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Twenty four hours after a spill

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