Line 5 is particularly notable for passing under the environmentally sensitive Straits of Mackinac, which connect Lake Michigan to Lake Huron. 0000007137 00000 n ��1�;5�eĮ�x�R+y���O-���!-��^|ϙQ .4�4�\�i�,,T~`�$�5�^A�Y��Aʕv�����5�:5YcZ�Q/�u( �C��Ve0$k1)vi�)HwO�go2��֓A�7�2�[�;4��Eh�!kH���%��z�w��Ԩ|�Vizdjd6��!b�J��-��6v�V�M�X[�Ԕ)��Тhi�+Z��4*����l�>e3`�0dêM�S��7Q%F6S�v�!-ͳ���Œ8����*��+̜����ETeʤ3D���M��u�ww*�b|���1�[�c���nʻ�����KWL���ǁ�P�2�IZOnMs)���r��ؾ5�. 0000030892 00000 n Keeping a watchful eye with human and automated resources. h�\�1HBQ��{}�4��Z��6�8A�!¡�!����@"��N�Rm�.�,�ܶƆ����P�oq��k4T?|��4!y���*n�!��|�{h� �?e�y��+��SqL�("F��){$���h���-�`�����b>I�n�4����9-��'�@�x���G�ZL�����,%#w�s�Şih�J{��}K�Se��x֞46w�G͹"�nעJh�Y`QC��ԇEj�{�!���Xgو*cd��5ض=��3���N��G���}��ӷ�_ �Ku endstream endobj 304 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/Index[7 206]/Length 30/Size 213/Type/XRef/W[1 1 1]>>stream It's appropriate for the commission to consider whether the pipeline relocation would comply with the Michigan Environmental Policy Act, relying on state and federal agency experts, Mack said. 0000449463 00000 n He has found similar rock patterns made by humans 9,000 years ago in Lake Huron. Along the way, the pipeline crosses through the Straits of Mackinac, 400 rivers, streams, and wetlands. On a foggy day in mid-September, a group of mostly Native American women set out in a 32-foot wooden canoe to search the lake bed of northern Michigan's Straits of Mackinac. 0000047961 00000 n While the commission would not decide whether to approve the tunnel, it would question whether the pipeline relocation would serve a public need, is designed and routed reasonably, and would "satisfy applicable safety and engineering standards,” he noted. Additionally, product from Line 5 is essential to manufacturing more than 6,000 items, including eyewear, clothing, hand sanitizer, vehicles, shampoo, toothpaste, medical equipment, and other necessities used every day. Enbridge did not want the Michigan Public Service Commission to consider a proposed tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac which would house a new section of Line 5. Line 5 Tunnel Rendering. 0000449053 00000 n 0000450462 00000 n 0000450101 00000 n In recent days, we’ve learned that an anchor support that holds the twin lines running along the bottom of the Straits has been damaged. Contact Keith Matheny: 313-222-5021 or kmatheny@freepress.com, Enbridge proposes tunnel or trench as Line 5 Straits of Mackinac oil pipeline alternatives. 0000024515 00000 n All material subject to strictly enforced copyright laws. 0000105172 00000 n © 2019 Pipeline & Gas Journal, © 2019 Gulf Publishing Holdings LLC. 0000105055 00000 n Find out how Enbridge safeguards the Great Lakes at our Line 5 Straits of Mackinac crossing, through a series of overlapping safety precautions. Click to remove it from your list. 0000005392 00000 n The company will continue to work with the departments and agencies involved in permitting, but "at the end of the day we believe that we will be able to obtain the permits for this project," said Peter Holran, Enbridge's director of government relations, U.S. 0000116411 00000 n 0000035969 00000 n 0000025323 00000 n The light oil transported through Line 5 meets increasing demand from refineries in Michigan and Ohio. 0000045801 00000 n Enbridge Pipelines in Michigan: Fueling Michigan’s economic engine Enbridge’s energy infrastructure has helped fuel quality of life in Michigan for more than 65 years. For further information on specific geographical information regarding our assets, please contact an Enbridge land representative near you. Matthew Fletcher, law professor and director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University, said that even if the project gets approved now, it could still face legal challenges in the future, referencing continuing legal battles over whether other pipelines, including the Dakota Access Pipeline, harm Native American tribes. 0000112354 00000 n Line 5 is particularly notable for passing under the environmentally sensitive Straits of Mackinac, which connect Lake Michigan to Lake Huron.As of December 2013, the line carries 540,000 barrels (86,000 m 3) of oil per day. 0000017877 00000 n 213 0 obj <> endobj xref State Attorney General Dana Nessel sought the order, citing potential danger to the public and the environment. Environmentalists said they would appeal that part of his ruling. This is just the most recent warning sign. ?�z� ��u�����G}�������I\���������������,�m�7�L Harnessing, adapting and advancing technology for safety. He said artifacts like this have never been documented underwater outside of Lake Huron, but that the Straits would be a natural place for them to exist. Alarms sounded in Enbridge's Edmonton headquarters at the time of the rupture, but control-room staff were unable to interpret them with certainty and remained unaware of the pipeline breach. Enbridge says the purpose of the tunnel is to virtually eliminate the chance of a pipeline spill in the Straits. 0000014540 00000 n More: Gov. 0000015881 00000 n Line 5 in Michigan: Consider the alternative, Fact sheet: Line 5 Straits of Mackinac tunnel, Interactive webpage: Bolstering safety at the Straits, Line 5: A vital piece of Michigan's energy infrastructure. 0000053392 00000 n An 1836 treaty grants several Native American tribes the right to fish in the Straits of Mackinac, and if Line 5 were to cause an oil spill in the Great Lakes, "we stand to lose so much as a people," said Ms. Pierce. 0000045545 00000 n 0000026636 00000 n Williamson Crews Isolate Burning NGL Pipeline for Repair, Gas Release from Kinder Morgan Pipeline in Texas, Navigator Looks to Expand Borger Express Pipeline System, Biden Calls for ‘Transition’ from Oil; GOP Sees Opening, Case Study: Starling Pipe-in-Pipe Project Copes with Stresses of S-Lay Pipelaying, Norway to Spend $1.8 Billion on World's First Full-Scale CCS Chain. They wanted to get a look at energy-firm Enbridge Inc.'s Line 5 oil pipeline, where the company is proposing to build a $500 million tunnel to encase a replaced part of the pipeline under the Straits. Enbridge website home page. Photo: Enbridge. 0000036464 00000 n Enbridge shut down the pipeline for a short time, then tried to restart it, over the objections of Gov. The Canadian energy transport company operates Line 5, which daily carries about 23 million gallons (87 million liters) of crude oil and natural gas liquids used in propane. Environmental groups fighting the tunnel plan praised the judge's finding that the commission could weigh the project's safety but also expressed disappointment that he limited the inquiry. Line 5 moves products that heat homes and businesses, fuel vehicles, and power industry throughout the state. Enbridge argued that the commission's scope was limited to the pipeline itself, not the proposed tunnel, which would be overseen by the Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority, established in 2018. COPYING AND DISTRIBUTING ARE PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLISHER, Underground Construction Technology Conference, Sustainability Leadership Conference in Energy, Judge: Michigan Regulator Can Evaluate Enbridge Pipeline Tunnel Plan, Yes, Joe Biden Really Does Want to End the Oil and Gas Industry in America, Canada's Cenovus to Buy Husky for $2.9 Billion, Nord Stream 2 Pipe-Laying Vessel Nears Project Hub, IEnova Expects Mexican Export Permit for Costa Azul LNG This Year, Canada's Alberta to End Monthly Oil Production Curbs in December, API Fact-Checks Presidential Debate Energy Positions, Enterprise Abandons Texas Pipeline Project as Oil Prices Remain Weak, T.D. The group says they found numerous patterns of evenly-spaced stones under the water near Line 5 that could date back 10,000 years and would mark the first finding of such man-made patterns underwater outside of Lake Huron. 0000004474 00000 n Enbridge also needs permits from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 0000050461 00000 n 0000023939 00000 n The pipeline is already 17 years past its 50-year engineered lifespan. 0000109024 00000 n That alone should give everyone concern. 0000026292 00000 n 0000002712 00000 n Just as lawmakers are asking tough questions after the fact about regulatory foot-dragging involving our many dams, it’s time for them to step up and make the tough decision to close Line 5 under the Straits, despite the many thousands of dollars Enbridge has contributed to their campaigns and spent on public relations stunts.

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