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"Mich. Attorney General Dana Nessel Moves To Shut Down Enbridge Line 5"

"LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a lawsuit in Ingham County Circuit Court on Thursday that seeks to decommission the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline across the environmentally sensitive Straits of Mackinac.

If successful, the suit would block plans by Enbridge Inc. to dig a tunnel beneath the straits, which the company says would safely encase a replacement pipeline and remove the possibility of a catastrophic oil spill.

The new lawsuit — combined with one filed against the state earlier this month by Enbridge — also raises the possibility that the future of Line 5 could be tied up in years of litigation.

Nessel’s lawsuit alleges continued operation of the 66-year-old straits pipeline under the easement granted by the state in 1953 violates the public trust, is a public nuisance, and violates the Michigan Environmental Protection Act because it is likely to cause pollution impairment and destruction of water and other natural resources, her office said in a news release."

Paul Egan reports for the Detroit Free Press June 27, 2019.

Source: Detroit Free Press, 07/01/2019