EPA wants more Michigan cleanup

Enbridge Inc. must do more to clean up a 2010 pipeline spill that dumped oil in Michigan’s Kalamazoo River, the Environmental Protection Agency said.

The U.S. agency gave the Calgary-based company until next August to complete its cleanup work in those specific areas. The company must now submit a plan in the coming days to perform the work.

The oil pipeline, known as Line 6B, ruptured in July 2010 near Marshall, Michigan, and spilled more than 843,000 gallons of oil, according to the agency.

Enbridge is “reviewing” the EPA’s order, which it received Wednesday, and will comment further later, Terri Larson, an Enbridge spokeswoman, said in an email. “To be clear, this is not a formal order or directive,” Larson said.

The oil flowed into Talmadge Creek before entering the Kalamazoo River, coating birds, muskrats and turtles in an oily residue. Enbridge has earlier cleanup orders from the EPA, and those are still in effect, the agency said.