Kinder Morgan will be conducting a practice emergency exercise where they will simulate a oil spill and practice deploying equipment.
The oil tanker, IKARO, leaked an undetermined amount of oil last Friday after the loading line had separated from its usual location.
A look at recent pipeline spills and leaks on the prairies
In a 549-page notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) issued last March, PHMSA proposed adding thousands of miles of gathering lines to its purview, requiring pipeline inspections after extreme weather events such as floods, earthquakes and hurricanes, and more frequent inspections of pipelines in rural areas.
Gov. Scott Walker issued an executive order Friday declaring a statewide energy emergency following the temporary shutdown of the West Shore pipeline following the shutdown of a portion of the pipeline between Milwaukee and Green Bay after an anomaly was detected.
