Petition to Enforce the Easement

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Help us by are calling on our state leaders to enforce the easement granted to Enbridge for their Line 5 oil pipelines to be allowed to operate in the Straits of Mackinac.

Take action to protect the Great Lakes from a disastrous oil spill.

Michigan Governor Snyder and Attorney General Schuette:

As you know, the Canadian pipeline company Enbridge pumps almost 23 million gallons of oil every day through its Line 5 pipeline, from Superior, Wisconsin to Sarnia, Ontario.

Enbridge is currently operating in violation of the 1953 easement agreement with the State of Michigan to operate Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac. Turbulent currents and winter conditions make the Straits the worst possible location for a spill. Required supports for Line 5 have washed out for the second time in two years. Independent experts have identified at least seven state and federal violations of this legal agreement with the state.

Since 1988, this 64-year-old pipeline has failed at least fifteen times, dumping about 260,000 gallons of oil on land and in marshes. This pipeline crosses along the bottom of the Great Lakes at the Straits of Mackinac, and through many sensitive inland lakes, rivers, and wetlands.

This pipeline poses an unacceptable risk to our water, ecosystems, health, and economy.

I urge you to act as legal public trustees of our waters and bottomlands to enforce the 1953 Easement and immediately shut down Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac to protect the Great Lakes from a catastrophic oil spill.

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Paul Finnegan signed 2017-06-23 13:00:48 -0400
Ed Koller posted about this on Facebook 2017-06-23 12:18:55 -0400
Join me and sign the petition to shut down the flow of oil in #Line 5. Michigan must act now to protect the Great Lakes.
Edward Koller signed 2017-06-23 12:17:59 -0400

Times change. It is no longer 1953. People are more sensitive, after seeing the devastating effect of hydrocarbon spills into the environment. Keep in mind, Enbridge is already responsible for the largest spill in MI. The Kalamazoo River oil spill, also described as The Dilbit Disaster,¹ occurred in July 2010 when a pipeline operated by Enbridge (Line 6B) burst and flowed into Talmadge Creek, a tributary of the Kalamazoo River. A six-foot break in the pipeline resulted in one of the largest inland oil spills in U.S. history (the largest was the 1991 spill near Grand Rapids, Minnesota). Enbridge has eroded the trust granted in 1953. It is time to stop patching to avoid an inevitable problem. The pipeline has exceeded its engineered lifespan, and is being stressed beyond planned pressures and support spans. It is time to stop the risk before the madness occurs, not after. Please join me in signing this petition and doing our best to preserve the biological integrity of Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario due to the increasing risk of a potential spill in Line 5.
Margaret Staffeld signed via Autumn Sands 2017-06-23 12:15:02 -0400
Patricia Schumacher signed 2017-06-23 11:50:50 -0400

Shut down the outdated and dangerous pipe line 5.
Jacquelyn Kendall signed 2017-06-23 11:42:43 -0400
Josh Klomp signed 2017-06-23 11:35:42 -0400
Ben Tolzdorf signed 2017-06-23 09:32:21 -0400

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Mary Heintzkill signed 2017-06-22 22:37:02 -0400
Matt Heintzkill signed 2017-06-22 22:29:22 -0400
Wesley Kasbaum signed 2017-06-22 18:50:48 -0400

We own property on Beaver Island as do many, many other people who’s values are already suffering after the 2008 housing meltdown. If this pipeline broke the devastation to this economy would be irreparable in most of our life times. Please think of the big picture and not just the interest of Enbridge and their stockholders.
David Kamp signed 2017-06-22 17:38:18 -0400
Margaret Jahn signed via Daniel Jahn 2017-06-22 16:24:13 -0400
Jerry Puhl signed 2017-06-22 16:06:38 -0400
Christiana Zilke signed 2017-06-22 15:24:43 -0400
Angela Hendrickson signed via Brianna Girard 2017-06-22 12:36:43 -0400
Carol M. Gilewicz posted about this on Facebook 2017-06-22 10:16:01 -0400
Join me and sign the petition to shut down the flow of oil in #Line 5. Michigan must act now to protect the Great Lakes
Carol Gilewicz signed 2017-06-22 10:15:01 -0400

Enough already – this is a DISASTER in the making.
Jane Bellezza signed 2017-06-22 09:40:54 -0400

Jane Bellezza-Dziurda
Toni Hill signed 2017-06-22 08:52:35 -0400
Gerard Grabowski signed 2017-06-21 21:55:12 -0400

Gerard Grabowski
Matthew Kitzman signed 2017-06-21 20:40:01 -0400

We must assure our Great Lakes are protected from self-monitoring corporations

who do not, by history or maintenance, have our water, rights, health and economics

in their own financial interest.
Janelle Kassien signed 2017-06-21 19:58:02 -0400

Janelle Kassien
Janice Prokop-heitman signed 2017-06-21 18:43:15 -0400
Mary Smith signed 2017-06-21 18:07:17 -0400
Nicholas Heid signed 2017-06-21 18:02:37 -0400

Oil and water don’t mix !
Lauren Kort signed via Ron Kardos 2017-06-21 17:48:00 -0400
Thomas Mead signed 2017-06-21 17:09:21 -0400
Marian Werhand signed via Danica Powell 2017-06-21 17:03:57 -0400
Carol Shuckra signed 2017-06-21 16:13:28 -0400