ODANAH, WI— The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has objected to permitting Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 reroute under the Clean Water Act, saying the project will violate the tribe’s water quality standards.
Enbridge proposed relocating the pipeline after Bad River sued the company in 2019 to shut down and remove Line 5 from its lands. The tribe said the state failed to consider the tribe’s water quality standards when the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources certified that the project complied with state standards.
The tribe is requesting that the Army Corps of Engineers hold a public hearing on its objection within the Bad River Reservation.