Our intention is to work according to all external regulations and laws to prevent fines, penalties and violations (monetary and non-monetary).

We are reporting all of our fines, penalties and violations (monetary and non-monetary) in excess of CAN$10,000 and US$10,000 (depending on the country in which they occurred).

In 2017, we remitted the following fines, penalties and violations:

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) U.S. In April 2017, Enbridge paid a Civil Penalty of $33,100 concerning a Notice of Probable Violation/Compliance Order resulting from a 2015 records audit where welding issues were identified by PHMSA inspectors. The audit was associated with the BP Amoco Pipe Modification Project performed at the Cushing Terminal.

Enbridge also paid a Civil Penalty of $65,500 in January 2018.  The penalty resulted from a PHMSA inspection from 2015 on the Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC and Hubline Pipelines. The penalty is based on two violations of PHMSA regulations related to external corrosion control monitoring and atmospheric corrosion control monitoring.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) U.S. Enbridge paid a penalty of $25,411 to the TCEQ in March 2017. The payment was a component of an Agreed Order resulting from a timeline challenge to the renewal of an Air Quality Standard Permit, and other operations representations and conduct in connection with the same permit.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan Southern Division In 2016, we reached a settlement agreement, called a “Consent Decree,” which was filed with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan Southern Division. The Consent Decree was our signed settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice regarding our 2010 Line 6B crude oil spill on the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Michigan, and our Line 6A crude oil spill in Romeoville, Illinois. It stipulated that Enbridge would pay US$62 million in civil penalties, which includes US$61 million in respect of Line 6B and US$1 million in respect of Line 6A. The Consent Decree also required us to comply with a series of other measures for remediation and enhanced safety.
The Consent Decree was subject to court approval, which was obtained in May 2017. Now that the Decree has taken effect, Enbridge has paid the US$62 million fine, plus another US$5.4 million in reimbursements for environmental remediation measures.*

* In addition, the Consent Decree identified a number of enhanced safety measure that we must complete within a four-year period. These measures are, for the most part, consistent with the changes we have made to our overall approach to safety and integrity since our Marshall spill, and have largely been implemented over the past six years as part of the system-wide improvements we have made to our practices. Our compliance with the safety improvement measures specified in the Consent Decree is subject to independent verification.