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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) An Upper Midwestern oil pipeline continued operating Wednesday, despite a shutdown demand from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that the operator warned could lead to fuel disruptions similar to those resulting from a cyberattack on an East Coast system.
Whitmer ordered Line 5 closed last November because of the potential for a spill in a channel linking two of the Great Lakes. As her May 12 deadline arrived, Canadian pipeline company Enbridge said only the federal government has regulatory authority over its operations.
Enbridge, backed by numerous chambers of commerce and Republican legislators in Michigan, seized on last week's hack of the Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45% of the gasoline consumed on the East Coast. The resulting shutdown led to panic-buying that has left thousands of filling stations without fuel and motorists in long lines.
The cyberattack that triggered an unplanned, temporary closure brings to the forefront what consumers could face, said Mike Moeller, Enbridge's director of operations for the Great Lakes region. Without Line 5, consumers will shoulder the burden of supply disruptions and related price increases, particularly for propane and transportation fuel.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/company-defies-michigan-governors-order-223511110.html
Disaffected
(4,569 posts)A court order or a regulatory order (which is how it should be, even though they probably wont get one).
roamer65
(36,747 posts)It needs to be shutoff before it destroys a very pristine part of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
It mainly carries crude oil for the refineries in Sarnia, Ontario.
An Enbridge broken pipeline a few years back was responsible for spill of about 1M gallons of tar sands oil into the Kalamazoo River.
nykym
(3,063 posts)Shut 'er down is cheaper than a potential environmental hazard clean up?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Wasn't that the outfit that had a pipeline blow out in Kalamazoo a few years ago? Well, I'm sure Enbridge is very conscientious about upkeep and maintenance of all their pipelines.