NTSB: Neglect, inaction caused Michigan oil spill nearly two years ago

In this July 30, 2010 file photo, crews clean up oil from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc., near booms and absorbent materials where Talmadge Creek meets the Kalamazoo River as in Marshall Township, Mich.

The Canadian operator of an oil pipeline that ruptured in southwestern Michigan two years ago, causing the most expensive onshore spill in U.S. history, failed to deal adequately with structural problems detected years ago and to respond appropriately to the catastrophe, the National Transportat...

Published: 07/11/2012