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spill of this nature?
ENBRIDGE
ñ Enbridge lists 610 spills from 1999 to 2006, spilling 132,000 barrels of hydrocarbons
ñ Enbridge holds the record for the largest and costliest pipeline spill in the history of the United
States: Kalamazoo MI, July 2010 where more than 800,000 gallons were spilled, forcing the
permanent relocation of 150 families, and polluting 60 km of the Kalamazoo River
ñ It took Enbridge over 17 hours to turn off the leaking pipeline in Kalamazoo, MI
ECONOMY
ñ Continued erosion of manufacturing jobs in Ontario and Québec is strongly related to a higher
Canadian dollar, which is bolstered in part by oil exports
ñ The Line 9 reversal project will not bring new jobs; instead most upgrading and refining jobs
will be exported along with the dilbit as Canada has severely limited capacity to process dilbit
east of Sarnia Ontario
For the reasons above we encourage you to follow the example of other municipalities by doing the
following:
1. Request a full Environmental Assessment from both the Federal and Provincial Governments;
2. Seek intervener status in the NEB hearings on the Line 9 reversal project;
3. Seek increased taxation measures on pipeline properties and right of ways in your
municipalities to create a fund for emergency response equipment and training in the event of a
spill; and
4. Demand independent integrity testing and the public release of the results.
Should we sacrifice our fresh water, our farm land, our climate, our future, to transport bitumen to the
United States and abroad? Are these risks ones your municipality are willing to take?
We urge your municipality to take action on this issue, do the actions listed above to protect our
watersheds, our climate and mitigate the risk of a bitumen spill.
Sincerest regards,
Elysia Petrone, on behalf of the Hamilton 350 Committee
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