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Michigan governor refuses temporary oil pipeline shutdown

LANSING, MI (MPRN)--   Governor Rick Snyder will allow oil to continue to flow through a controversial pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac. 

Last month a state panel created by the governor recommended temporarily shutting down Enbridge’s Line 5. That's until problems with the pipeline’s external coating could be addressed.

Monday Governor Snyder rejected that idea.  He says tests show the oil pipeline is not at “imminent” risk of failing. He says shutting the pipeline down likely would create a propane “supply crisis.”

Michael Shriberg is a member of the pipeline safety panel.

“You know as a governor you either want input from independent outside experts—and I believe that’s why myself and others were brought on to the board—or you don’t,” he says.

Shriberg hopes the board will be able to influence future decisions about Line 5. 

Steve Carmody has been a reporter for Michigan Radio since 2005. Steve previously worked at public radio and television stations in Florida, Oklahoma and Kentucky, and also has extensive experience in commercial broadcasting. During his two and a half decades in broadcasting, Steve has won numerous awards, including accolades from the Associated Press and Radio and Television News Directors Association. Away from the broadcast booth, Steve is an avid reader and movie fanatic. Q&A