15th year Reunion pictures
I had a lot of fun at my 15th year High school reunion. I took a few friends for a spin on my Grandpa’s pontoon and we almost sunk it. Here are a few pictures from our infamous pontoon ride.
Wisconsin’s Pipeline
I had no idea this company was building an oil pipeline the length of Wisconsin until I met someone from Rice Lake who is working on a section of it. I hope this company uses the best technology to contain oil spills. It seems to me they have succeeded in attracting very little media attention to this project. Here is the article from the MJS :
Superior-Delevan project passes environmental review, agency says Madison - Wisconsin regulators have approved permits for construction of a 321-mile underground pipeline to move unrefined oil extracted from the tar sands in northeast Alberta to the Chicago area. The Department of Natural Resources concluded that the pipeline from Superior to Delavan would have little adverse impact on the environment. The agency’s authority on the project concerns effects on wetlands and waterways. The Enbridge Energy Co. Inc. pipeline would follow virtually the entire right of way of an existing pipeline that the Houston company operates, and it would carry 500,000 barrels of the petroleum material through the state each day. About four miles of the pipeline would traverse a new route to avoid land held by the Lac Courte Oreilles band of Chippewa Indians. Construction is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2008. The Army Corps of Engineers has given its approval. Environmentalists wanted the DNR to conduct a more extensive environmental review. They expressed concern about harm to waterways and wetlands during construction, when Enbridge would expand the use of land from 80 feet to 180 feet. Environmentalists were also worried about the company’s environmental record, which includes a spill of about 250,000 gallons in 2002 in Itasca County, Minn. In Wisconsin, the company has been responsible for seven spills since 1999. David Siebert, director of the DNR Office of Energy, said six of the spills were at the company terminal in Superior and were largely contained. The pipeline would require 242 crossings of perennial and intermittent streams and rivers, including the Namekagon, Chippewa, Black, Wisconsin, Fox and Rock rivers. Oil is extracted from tar sands, or oil sands, in western Canada, liquefied and then transported to refineries in the Chicago area. - Printed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentential
DNR backs 321-mile oil pipeline
By LEE BERGQUIST
lbergquist@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Nov. 29, 2006