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Monday, March 04, 2013  The company claims enough studies have been done already

Wednesday, August 01, 2012  An oil pipeline company and emergency agencies tested their readiness to deal with potential spills in the Bay City area on Wednesday.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  The July 25, 2010, pipeline rupture spread oil across roughly 35 miles of the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Mich., fouling wildlife habitat and closing a large swath of the river to boaters and anglers.

Sunday, January 30, 2011  MARSHALL , Mich. (AP) - Cleanup efforts continue more than six months after oil spilled into a southern Michigan river.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010  The owner of the pipeline that leaked more than 800,000 gallons of oil in southern Michigan this summer says the line has officially returned to service.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010  A pipeline that was shut down for two months after spilling oil in southern Michigan is restarting.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010  More repairs may be required as part of a deal that could let Enbridge Energy Partners restart a pipeline that spilled oil into a Michigan river this summer.

Monday, September 13, 2010  A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official says it will takes weeks to clean up oil that leaked from a pipeline outside Chicago.

Monday, September 13, 2010  Sunday crews continued to look for the source of a leak that forced the closure of a Chicago-area pipeline.  Analysts say the closure is to be blamed for the sudden spike in gas prices across the Midwest.

Friday, September 10, 2010  Gas prices may jump above $3 this weekend because Enbridge shut down a pipeline that supplies crude oil from Canada to several Midwest refineries.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010  Enbridge Energy seeks a state permit to add more anchoring braces to twin oil pipelines between a point in Mackinac County in the Upper Peninsula and Emmet County in the Lower Peninsula.

Thursday, August 19, 2010  Enbridge Energy Partners estimates cleanup and other costs from a massive oil spill from a Michigan pipeline could be $300 million to $400 million.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010  The company whose pipeline caused a massive oil spill last month in a Michigan river has been fined $2.4 million over an accident that killed two workers in Minnesota.

Friday, August 13, 2010  Enbridge Inc. has handled about 800 damage claims from residents in the Marshall and Battle Creek areas.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010  The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration says it wants more safeguards in the restart plan.