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design it, Enbridge said in a statement.
Line 5 each day carries 23 million gallons (87 million liters) of
crude oil and natural gas liquids used for propane between
Superior, Wis., and Sarnia, Ont. A roughly 4-mile (6.4-kilometer)
segment divides into two pipes that run beneath the
Straits of Mackinac.
Environmental groups want the line decommissioned, contending
the underwater pipes are aging and vulnerable to a
rupture that could do catastrophic damage to the lakes and
their shorelines. Enbridge says they’re in good condition and
sustained only minor damage from a tugboat anchor strike in
2018.
For Love of Water, an advocacy group, urged the corridor authority
to halt further work on the tunnel plan. The Traverse
City-based organization argued that Enbridge had failed to
seek authorization for the project through the Great Lakes
Submerged Lands Act as required under a common-law doctrine
that holds navigable waters and soils beneath them in
trust for public uses.
Bypassing those laws is “one of the most egregious attacks on
citizens’ rights and sovereign public trust interest in the Great
Lakes in the history of the state of Michigan,” said Jim Olson,
the group’s president.
Fresh nuts, bolts and fittings are ready to be added to the east leg of the
pipeline near St. Ignace, Mich. Enbridge Inc. said Friday, March 6, 2020,
it has hired companies to design and build a disputed oil pipeline tunnel
beneath the channel linking Lakes Huron and Michigan, despite pending
legal challenges. (Dale G. Young/Detroit News via AP, File)
Duffy said Enbridge will seek construction permits from the
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy
and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Michigan Propane Gas Association, which favors the tunnel
project, said it would “guarantee Michigan residents will
have the propane they need throughout the state for generations
to come.” Opponents said there are ways to distribute
propane without continued operation of Line 5.
The Michigan Laborers District Council said the tunnel would
provide “many good-paying union jobs” and boost the northern
Michigan economy.
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