Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2015. The United States filed today a proposed consent decree that will resolve claims of federal, state and tribal resource trustees for natural resource damages (NRD) caused by the 2010 rupture of Enbridge’s Line 6B pipeline in Michigan that resulted in one of the largest inland oil spills in U.S. history. Under the proposed settlement, several Enbridge affiliates will be responsible for completing numerous natural resource restoration projects along the Kalamazoo River and will pay an additional sum of nearly $4 million to fund additional restoration projects, reimburse natural resource damage assessment costs of federal and tribal trustees and support ongoing restoration planning activities of natural resource trustees.
