Environmental Groups Argue Details Are Missing On Proposed Wisconsin Pipeline Relocation


Environmental Groups Argue Details Are Missing On Proposed Wisconsin Pipeline Relocation


Enbridge Says More Information Will Be Provided To Regulators About Line 5 Route

Multiple environmental groups say a Canadian energy firm hasn`t provided enough information for state regulators to decide whether to grant waterway and wetlands permits for a proposed pipeline relocation project in northern Wisconsin. Regulators and the company say details have yet to be submitted and reviewed.

But the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said it`s made a tentative decision to approve the permits with modifications.

Enbridge Inc. is proposing a roughly 40-mile reroute of Line 5 outside the Bad River Reservation in Ashland and Iron counties that would cross more than 180 waterbodies and temporarily impact at least 109 acres of wetlands. Enbridge is looking to move its pipeline after the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa filed a lawsuit to shut down and remove Line 5 from the tribe`s reservation...

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Ken Notes: Again for the record I am not a fan of this reroute. We need to work with the tribes to replace the old lines...

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