- Bad River Band opposes Enbridge Line 5 extension permit.
- U.S. Army Corps scheduled to hold hearings on 41-mile pipeline reroute.
- Tribe cites Clean Water Act, prior trespass by Enbridge.
- Business and labor groups testify in favor of the project.
The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is ready to testify against a permit for the Enbridge Line 5 extension in northern Wisconsin.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering a permit for Enbridge to build a 41-mile pipeline extension around the tribe’s reservation. The project follows a federal judge’s ruling that Enbridge trespassed on tribal land and a deadline to close an existing pipeline inside the reservation is in order.
The extension is part of a larger, 645-mile starting in northwest Wisconsin through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, under the Straits of Mackinac and through Canada. Line 5 moves up to 22 million barrels of crude oil and natural gas each day, which is later refined for propane for energy use, WPR reported…