LANSING, MI (MPRN)-- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel wants a court to shut down an oil and natural gas liquids pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac. Nessel says the line is a potential hazard to the Great Lakes.
There had been talks between Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Enbridge about a plan designed by the previous administration. That plan would build a new section of Line 5 and put it in a multi-use tunnel under the bedrock of the Straits.
But discussions broke down, in part because Whitmer was dissatisfied with how long that project would take. Enbridge sued to enforce the tunnel deal.
Now Nessel wants a court to dismiss Enbridge’s lawsuit, and she filed a lawsuit in a different court to decommission Line 5. Nessel says, in part, Line 5 violates the Michigan Environmental Protection Act.
Enbridge is still reviewing the filings and said it is disappointed the state ignored their offer to advance talks and suspend litigation.