Michigan Oil Spill (13 images)

A worker tends to an oil boom on the Kalamazoo River near Battle Creek, Michigan on July 30, 2010. A 30-inch-diameter pipeline ruptured sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning, sending between 800,000 and 1 million gallons of oil into nearby Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River. UPI/Brian Kersey

Oil coats the leaves of a low-hanging tree near the banks of the Kalamazoo River near Battle Creek, Michigan on July 30, 2010. A 30-inch-diameter pipeline ruptured sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning, sending between 800,000 and 1 million gallons of oil into nearby Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River. UPI/Brian Kersey

Oil coats a plant near the banks of the Kalamazoo River near Battle Creek, Michigan on July 30, 2010. A 30-inch-diameter pipeline ruptured sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning, sending between 800,000 and 1 million gallons of oil into nearby Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River. UPI/Brian Kersey

Oil brushes up against the banks of the Kalamazoo River near Battle Creek, Michigan on July 30, 2010. A 30-inch-diameter pipeline ruptured sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning, sending between 800,000 and 1 million gallons of oil into nearby Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River. UPI/Brian Kersey