Virtual hearing on Line 5 reroute stretches for 10 hours
The proposed Line 5 reroute is shown in red on this map.[Enbridge via WI DNR]
Many of nearly 300 people who attended a 10-hour-long virtual public hearing spoke against a $450 million plan to reroute an oil and gas pipeline across northern Wisconsin.
The hearing that began Wednesday finally wrapped up early Thursday.
Participants addressed a draft environmental review for a 40-mile reroute of Enbridge’s Line 5 in Ashland and Iron counties. Enbridge wants to move the pipeline after the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sued the company in 2019 to shut down and remove Line 5 from the tribe’s reservation.
Enbridge needs permits from multiple state and federal agencies to move ahead with the project.
LINK: Wisconsin DNR website about Enbridge pipeline projects in Wisconsin