ST. IGNACE, MI – The Canadian company Enbridge this week notified the state of Michigan of further significant damage to the Line 5 pipeline running through the Straits of Mackinac, which the company has since shut down.
...A spokesperson for the company said the damage only affected the anchor and not the pipeline itself.
...Enbridge spokesperson Ryan Duffy provided MLive with the following statement: “As part of Enbridge’s seasonal maintenance work on Line 5 in the Straits we have discovered a screw anchor support that has shifted from its original position.
...We immediately shut down the Line as a precaution and are inspecting the area with divers and the entire pipeline with remotely operated vehicles.
...Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a statement Friday, saying was “deeply troubled” by the most recent discovery of damage to the Line 5 pipeline.
“Yet again, Enbridge has confirmed what we already know — Line 5 is a clear and present danger to our Great Lakes and to the millions of Michiganders who rely on those lakes for recreation, business and tourism,” Nessel wrote in the statement...
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