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Accord between the state and company requires Enbridge to pay all costs for a multi-use tunnel beneath the Straits, compels safety improvements on other water crossings LANSING, Mich. The state of Michigan and Enbridge Energy today announced an agreement that will lead to major safety enhancements along the entire length of the Line 5 petroleum pipeline crossing the state, permanently shut down the current segment that crosses the Straits of Mackinac, and construct a multi-use utility tunnel beneath the Straits.
A line 3 oil pipeline opponent named Ben, who requested only his first name be used, hangs from a tripod in the middle of 7th Place in St. Paul, Minn. before a hearing at the Public Utilities Commission in St. Paul, Minn.
Crews responding to a dielectric fluid spill in the Straits of Mackinac expect this week to get their first look at damage to underwater high-voltage power lines and oil and gas pipelines. Enbridge Energy reports their Line 5 oil and gas pipelines remain out of service, though the company hopes to resume pumping again once conditions allow.
In this July 29, 2010 file photo, a worker monitors the water in Talmadge Creek in Marshall Township, Mich., near the Kalamazoo River as oil from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, is vacuumed out the water. Enbridge Energy Partners will pay a $61 million penalty for the costliest inland oil spill in U.S. history under an agreement with federal officials.