Line 5 Wisconsin reroute hearings on permits, proposals begin Aug. 12

Line 5 Wisconsin reroute hearings on permits, proposals begin Aug. 12


(The Center Square) – A series of challenges to permits and approvals for a new 41-mile section of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline will take place starting Aug. 12 and running through Oct. 3.

Enbridge has proposed the 41-mile section to replace a 12-mile section of the pipeline through the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians filed a 2019 lawsuit to have the pipeline moved and is challenging approvals to the reroute by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

The challenge says that the reroute will be damaging to wetlands and waterways in the region.

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Opening statements and public testimony begin at 9 a.m. on Aug. 12 at Northwood Technical College Conference Center in Ashland.

Public testimony will

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