Enbridge Energy Looks to Reroute Pipeline


Enbridge Energy Looks to Reroute Pipeline


A Canadian company that has paid more than a billion dollars for environmental law violations and oil spill cleanups is trying to seize private property in northern Wisconsin to reroute one of its crude oil pipelines.

Enbridge Energy has asked the state Public Service Commission (PSC) to give it eminent domain authority to take private land in Iron and Ashland counties, according to a report by The Wisconsin State Journal’s Chris Hubbuch. The company wants to remove a 12-mile portion of its Line 5 pipeline from the Bad River Reservation and bypass the reservation with 41 miles of new pipeline after a lawsuit filed by the tribe.

Enbridge says the line transports an average 540,000 barrels a day between Superior and southwestern Ontario that is eventually used to supply propane to dealers in Wisconsin and Michigan.

Midwest Environmental Advocates, a Madison environmental law firm, filed a petition on Thursday on behalf of five organizations with the PSC seeking a contested hearing on the matter. A group of more than 20 landowners and a property rights group filed similar requests, claiming the U.S. Constitution prohibits taking private land except for public use.

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Ken Notes: Agrhhhhh! Lets sit down and do what is best for both sides on this one. I do not like the pipeline but a new route? Get the tribe to the table give them some of the costs of rerouting. Make the fines more than just the cost of doing business so Enbridge is serious about the end products. And can we finally get rid of contributions with huge string attached. This is becoming ugly.

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