Federal investigators say Canadian company Enbridge's neglect of cracks in one of its oil pipelines and its slow response to a 2010 rupture in southwestern Michigan caused the most expensive onshore spill in U.S. history.
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The 34-inch pipe in Romeoville, Ill., 30 miles southwest of Chicago, is still shut, with no indication of when it will reopen. Enbridge said it collected about 6,050 of the 6,100 barrels that leaked.
