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It has been 12 years since one of the largest inland oil spills in U.S history, and it happened in West Michigan.

Pressure on our line 6b. they contacted our local pipeline maintenance crew and asked them to do a visual inspection of the line to find out what was going on. upon that visual inspection, they noticed that there was oil released. >> according to enbridge, the line was shut down immediately after crews saw oil. isolation valves are on either side of where that leak actually occurred. the severe storms that hit west michigan last week are now playing a role in how quickly the oil could reach lake michigan. wzzm 13 joins us from the weather center with a look at where the oil is going. >> the ...

Company? >> i'll say this, i have great knowledge that companies will do what they can to protect their reputation, their interests, and their shareholders. >> it will be months before total cleanup but we are absolutely going to do that. >> president obama is pledging a fast response to requests for help with the oil spill. here's what the kalamazoo river looks like from above. you can see the dark oil coating the top of the river. the oil spill dumped from 800,000 to some estimates of 1 million gallons of oil into the waters in calhoun county. the company that runs the pipeline, enbridge, sa...