Dane County leaders say they may consider ways to work around a law that was slipped into the state budget blocking a local requirement that the Enbridge Energy pipeline company purchase oil spill insurance.
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Dane County may mull Enbridge oil spill options left open by GOP
An Enbridge Energy electrical technician walks between pipelines outside the company's pumping station in the town of Medina. The company plans to build a second pumping station there as part of a plan to triple capacity of its Line 61, which carries tar sands crude through Wisconsin.
A county attorney says an oil spill cleanup fund fund wouldn't survive a lawsuit.
Dane County officials acknowledged with a note that the state invalidated its pollution cleanup requirement..
A last-minute budget provision appears to exempt Enbridge Energy from a county-imposed pollution insurance requirement.
On the advice of a pollution risk expert, the county zoning board required Enbridge to supply a cleanup money guarantee.
The largest importer of tar sands crude oil from western Canada plans to triple capacity of one of its pipelines through Wisconsin.
A push from the Dane County Towns Association to provide an opt-out from shared zoning authority with Dane County was not included in the stat…
Enbridge says its existing policy and state-federal guarantees should be enough despite lingering worries about massive 2010 spill.
A consultant reports that Enbridge's offer wouldn't ensure a full cleanup as conditions change over the long haul.
