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Crews Still Working on Oil Pipeline Leak
CHICAGO (AP) -- Crews are getting ready to replace a 12-foot section of oil pipeline that sprang a leak in a Chicago suburb.

Enbridge Energy Partners on Monday removed the faulty pipeline that leaked thousands of barrels of oil near Romeoville before it could be plugged.

Federal investigators say they found a hole beneath the pipeline and two holes on top of a water main that runs directly beneath that pipe.

National Transportation Safety Board investigator Matthew Nicholson says the broken water main still must be removed and replaced. The oil leak was discovered Thursday when local water crews responded to a complaint about the water main.

The 34-inch oil pipeline runs 465 miles from Superior, Wis., to Griffith, Ind. and its closure sent gasoline prices higher.

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