Enbridge withdraws condemnation request for Line 5 reroute


Enbridge withdraws condemnation request for Line 5 reroute


A Canadian company has withdrawn its request to condemn private land in order to reroute a controversial oil pipeline around a northern Wisconsin Indian reservation.

Enbridge Energy notified utility regulators Friday that it was withdrawing its application for the authority to take private property for its Line 5 reroute and announced Monday that it has negotiated rights for all the private land needed, though the company is still working to secure permits to cross roads and utility corridors...

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Ken Notes: Glad to see emanate domain out of the picture, but I still believe the solution is to sit down with the tribes and clean up the existing line...

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