0000026524 00000 n Line 5 is particularly notable for passing under the environmentally sensitive Straits of Mackinac, which connect Lake Michigan to Lake Huron. Ms. Wilkerson raised funds to hire a contractor to use side-scan sonar equipment to search the lake bottom for the pipeline. 0000026411 00000 n It would make the Edenville disaster look small. If the rock patterns were man-made, they would have been created the last time the Straits were above water, about 10,000 years ago at the end of the Ice Age, said University of Michigan archaeology professor John O'Shea. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. All material subject to strictly enforced copyright laws. 0000005506 00000 n 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. $500 million proposal for a new tunnel under the Straits, Gov. For further information on specific geographical information regarding our assets, please contact an Enbridge land representative near you. It was eighteen hours before a Michigan utilities employee reported spilt oil and the company learned of the escape. It could mean devestation throughout Michigan’s crown jewels, the Great Lakes. Learn more about our energy infrastructure assets in Michigan, our commitment to pipeline safety, the economic benefits we bring, and more. Enbridge shut down the pipeline for a short time, then tried to restart it, over the objections of Gov. h�bbbd`b``Ń3� �� ��� endstream endobj 214 0 obj <>/Metadata 5 0 R/Pages 4 0 R/StructTreeRoot 7 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences<>>> endobj 215 0 obj >/PageWidthList<0 612.0>>>>>>/Resources<>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/Properties<>/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 216 0 obj <> endobj 217 0 obj <> endobj 218 0 obj <> endobj 219 0 obj <> endobj 220 0 obj <>stream Now thousands are homeless and families and businesses face some $200 million in damages. A Line 5 Straits of Mackinac tunnel would be state of the art, with enhanced safety features that reflect our commitment to protecting Michigan’s natural resources. %PDF-1.4 %���� Find out how Enbridge safeguards the Great Lakes at our Line 5 Straits of Mackinac crossing, through a series of overlapping safety precautions. Line 5 carries oil from Superior, Wisconsin, across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, through northern Michigan, down to the thumb region and under the St. Clair River to Sarnia, Ontario. State Attorney General Dana Nessel sought the order, citing potential danger to the public and the environment. The price of petroleum products is declining, as we move to alternative energy. “We look forward to working with the Michigan Public Service Commission as the PSC gives ample opportunity for all Michiganders to be heard — while preventing the process from being misused to promote issues unrelated to the project," company spokesman Ryan Duffy said. The potential archaeological site will factor into the state's decision to grant the permits, and officials are awaiting guidance from the State Historic Preservation Office on how to proceed, a spokesman for the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, Hugh McDiarmid Jr., said. 0000105094 00000 n Michigan’s best protection against a potential spill is to revoke the Line 5 easement. 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. Keeping a watchful eye with human and automated resources. If we fail to heed the warnings, as federal and state officials did with the Edenville Dam, the damage may not be to those living along one river. 0000007137 00000 n 0000053956 00000 n Line 5 helps heat Michigan homes, schools, hospitals and businesses, fuels vehicles, and powers industry by safely and reliably transporting light crude oil, light synthetic crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGL). "It was a huge project, rigging electronics, batteries, all that crap, onto something that never carried anything but paddlers," said Mr. Harrington. 0000449053 00000 n Along the way, the pipeline crosses through the Straits of Mackinac, 400 rivers, streams, and wetlands. 0000002712 00000 n The potential for economic damage is even higher. 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. 0000108946 00000 n Enbridge’s Line 5 is a 645-mile petroleum pipeline that is part of the larger Enbridge Lakehead System. 0000018857 00000 n I personally doubt Enbridge plans to build the tunnel. 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 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. Enbridge spokesman Ryan Duffy, in a statement Tuesday, said the company is ready to proceed. The light oil transported through Line 5 meets increasing demand from refineries in Michigan and Ohio. Enbridge pipelines deliver the products that heat homes and businesses, fuel vehicles and power industry across the state. It follows an anchor strike by a passing freighter that dented the pipeline, and word that sections of its protective coating have been flaking off. 0000450462 00000 n 0000449463 00000 n Ms. Wilkerson has been organizing against Line 5 and the proposed tunnel project since 2017, and Ms. Pierce for nearly a decade. 0000045545 00000 n Enbridge officials have said that properly maintained pipelines can last indefinitely, but the company’s history of major spills in Michigan and across North America proves otherwise. 0000113700 00000 n 0000004037 00000 n 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. 0000112276 00000 n 0000035969 00000 n 0000017392 00000 n 0000449823 00000 n 0000048598 00000 n Two other Native American women quickly joined their efforts this summer, as did Mr. Harrington. 0000115012 00000 n Photo: Enbridge. 0000009507 00000 n 0000045622 00000 n 0000105055 00000 n Families and businesses in the Upper Peninsula rely on Line 5 to meet 65% of their propane demand. The warning signs are similar. 0000050775 00000 n 0000031466 00000 n 0000116072 00000 n For Ms. Pierce, making this potential discovery "strengthens my resolve to fight this with everything," she said. 0000020286 00000 n 0000046333 00000 n 0000025976 00000 n “There is no getting around the fact that building a new oil tunnel to operate for up to 99 years would exacerbate climate change," said Kate Madigan of the Michigan Climate Action Network. A new oil and gas pipeline in a tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac lake bottom — to replace Enbridge's controversial twin, 67-year-old pipelines operating on the Straits bottom — will not be fast-tracked to approval. Many in our state are rightly outraged by the failure of the federal and state regulators to prevent the Edenville Dam disaster, despite the many warnings of potential failure. 0000004474 00000 n This is just the most recent warning sign. Democratic Gov. © 2020 www.freep.com. 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. 0000053699 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. “These incidents, and Enbridge’s behavior since, continue to show Enbridge can’t be trusted to operate these pipelines in the Great Lakes. © 2019 Pipeline & Gas Journal, © 2019 Gulf Publishing Holdings LLC. "We have submitted our application and are prepared for the full review process.". 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. The proposed tunnel would house the replacement segment for the Line 5 petroleum pipeline that sits on the bottom of the Straits. This page has been added to your list of favorites. ��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���8����*��+̜����ETeʤ3D���M��u�ww*�b|���1�[�c���nʻ�����KWL���ǁ�P�2�IZOnMs)���r��ؾ5�. 0000002868 00000 n More: Gov. The northern Michigan tourism economy would be devastated.
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