OAKLAND, Wis. (AP) — Roughly 70,000 gallons (264,978 litres) of oil from a pipeline spilled into the ground in Wisconsin, officials said.
The problem was discovered Nov. 11 in Jefferson County, 60 miles (96.5 kilometers) west of Milwaukee, by an Enbridge Energy technician, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported, citing a federal accident report.
Enbridge said the spill on the company's Line 6 was caused by a faulty connection on a pump transfer pipe at the Enbridge Cambridge Station. It was an estimated 1,650 barrels, which is equivalent to about 70,000 gallons.
“Investigation and remediation began immediately upon discovery and continues. Removal of impacted soils is continuing,” spokesperson Juli Kellner said Saturday, adding that 60% of the spill has been removed through excavation.
Kellner said the spill was immediately reported to regulators, though the report by a federal pipeline safety agency said the line likely was leaking for an "extended period of time.”
“We are working with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as cleanup and restoration proceed," Kellner said.
Line 6 is a 465-mile (748.3-kilometer) pipeline carrying crude oil from Superior, Wisconsin, to a terminal near Griffith, Indiana, according to a company map.
Critics noted the spill was discovered during the same week that Wisconsin regulators approved the first permits for Enbridge's plan to move the aging Line 5 pipeline around the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation. Opponents said it would still threaten the region’s watershed and perpetuate the use of fossil fuels.
FILE - The corporate name stands out on tanks shown Friday, June 29, 2018 at at the Superior terminal of Enbridge Energy in Superior, Wis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
BERLIN (AP) — Bochum's goalkeeper was struck on the head by an object apparently thrown from the stands at Union Berlin and both Bundesliga teams left the field on Saturday. When the game resumed, they ran down the clock without trying to score.
Patrick Drewes was preparing to take a goalkick at 1-1 in added time when he was hit by an object with a similar size and shape to a cigarette lighter. He sat down and was given medical treatment.
The referee suspended the game and led both teams off the field.
Nearly half an hour later, the game resumed and Drewes was replaced by striker Philipp Hofmann. With about three minutes left of the game, both teams agreed to not try to score.
Players passed the ball around the field, walked and had conversations with opponents while waiting for the referee to declare the game over.
Bochum coach Dieter Hecking said Drewes was being taken to hospital. He added there was a “non-aggression pact” between the teams when the game resumed but that Bochum was playing “under protest because Patrick couldn't play on.”
Bochum chief executive Ilja Kaenzig said his club would file a formal protest over the result of the game, arguing the referee should not have restarted it. Union is likely to face disciplinary action over its hosting of the game, too.
Union spokesman Christian Arbeit said a person suspected of involvement in the incident was identified and the police were involved.
Bochum had already made substitutions at three different points in the game, meaning it would not have been possible to bring on another goalkeeper to replace Drewes. Bochum finished the game with nine players because of Drewes' absence and an earlier red card.
Union was 12th and Bochum last in the 18-team Bundesliga.
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Bochum goalkeeper Patrick Drewes , third from right, kneels on the ground after being hit on the head with an object during a Bundesliga soccer match between FC Union Berlin and VfL Bochum, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in Berlin. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)
Bochum goalkeeper Patrick Drewes shows an object with which he was hit on the head during a Bundesliga soccer match between FC Union Berlin and VfL Bochum, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in Berlin. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)
Bochum goalkeeper Patrick Drewes kneels on the ground after being hit on the head with an object during a Bundesliga soccer match between FC Union Berlin and VfL Bochum, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in Berlin. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)
Ivan Ordets from VfL Bochum, left, and Berlin's Tom Rothe in action during the Bundesliga soccer match between FC Union Berlin and VfL Bochum in Berlin, Saturday Dec. 14, 2024. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)
