<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div dir="ltr"> </div> <br><div id="yiv745346771"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">The National Energy Board is warning Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. that 117 pumping stations do not meet federal safety standards, and the company has until April 15 to create a corrective action plan.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px;
font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">According to government documents, inspectors from the federal government inspected pipeline terminals in Edmonton, Westover and Sarnia in 2011. Investigators discovered insufficient emergency shut-down systems and emergency back-up
power generators in the event of an accident.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">Pumping stations provide power to move liquids such as crude oil or diluted bitumen through a pipeline network.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">As a response, Enbridge promised to address the problem by October 2012. When the deadline approached, however, the company sent the NEB a letter stating it needed more time to develop an appropriate action plan. In a letter dated March 15, the company was granted an extension to April 15.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px;
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