Reuters: Regulatory News: UPDATE 1-US to allow restart of Enbridge's Line 14

Reuters: Regulatory News Reuters.com is your source for breaking news, business, financial and investing news, including personal finance and stocks. Reuters is the leading global provider of news, financial information and technology solutions to the world's media, financial institutions, businesses and individuals. // via fulltextrssfeed.com

UPDATE 1-US to allow restart of Enbridge's Line 14 Aug 6th 2012, 18:25 Mon Aug 6, 2012 2:25pm EDT WASHINGTON Aug 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Monday it would allow the restart of Enbridge Inc's Line 14, while vowing to keep a close eye on the company's progess in implementing new safety measures. A rupture on the line late last month spilled more than 1,000 barrels of crude in a Wisconsin field. Some of the conditions of the restart include aerial and foot patrols of key areas of the pipeline and a lower operating pressure, the Transportation Department's pipeline regulator said. "Communities across the country deserve to know that the pipelines running underneath their homes, streets and businesses are safe," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. "That is why we are requiring Enbridge to commit to such a thorough safety plan." LaHood said he would be holding weekly meetings with his agency to make sure Enbridge was complying with the requirements of the restart. The decision to allow the operations to resume on the 318,000 barrel per day pipeline follows the agency's unusual order last week calling on Enbridge to submit a plan to ensure the structural integrity of its entire 1,900 mile Lakehead Pipeline System and not just Line 14.

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions