89 FR 56408
United States v. Enbridge Energy, LP, No. 1:16-cv-914 (W.D. Mich. June 29, 2024). A proposed eighth modification to a consent decree concerning two separate oil spills in Michigan and Illinois in 2010 would require settling CWA and OPA defendants to investigate circumferential crack features in four pipelines; revise the methods used for assessing whether a circumferential crack must be excavated and repaired; adjust certain requirements relating to repair and mitigation of circumferential crack features; eliminate two requirements relating to circumferential cracks; and enable defendants to seek early termination of certain requirements relating to circumferential crack features.