In a press briefing Wednesday night, Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced that oil from the Enbridge pipeline spill has spread past Morrow Lake and its dam. The lake was identified by officials as a location they expected to stop the oil spill’s progress down the Kalamazoo River. The oil is now entering a region of the Kalamazoo river that is a super fund site.

Granholm said that if contaminated water reached Lake Michigan “it would be a tragedy of historic proportions.”

Capt. Tom Sands, Deputy State Director of Emergency Services and Homeland Security says in a flyover of the area, the oil sheen was clearly visible across Lake Morrow as well as on the river west of the Morrow dam.

Granholm slammed both the Environmental Protection Agency and Enbridge Energy, saying their response to date has been “wholly inadequate.”

“This is a serious situation,” Granholm said. “We need additional resources.”

Granholm said both Enbridge and EPA officials had promised to ramp up response to the spill, but had failed.

“We were told there were ten booms out yesterday and that ten more would be put out today,” Granholm said. “That simply was not true.”

She said there were only eight booms on the river last night, and the officials have only placed another five.

The Coast Guard has been called in to assist in the clean up, Granholm said.

In response to an inquiry about the pipeline re-opening, Granholm said it was not happening any time soon. She noted that the pipeline has to be inspected by federal and state authorities as part of the National Transportation Safety Board investigation, then it has to be repaired. Once repaired the line has to be approved by regulators before oil can flow through it again.

“It’s not going to happen for some time,” Granholm said.

Company officials earlier Wednesday said they expected the line to be flowing oil again “within days.”

Late Wednesday evening federal officials ordered Enbridge not to open the pipeline.

Granholm also responded to the issue of the timeline. She said she is concerned the delay caused some of the damage, and has accused the company of inflating numbers in regards to how they are responding.

“I have a healthy degree of skepticism both on their actions and what we have heard,” the governor said.