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On July 1, 2014, a total of 17 conservation, water, environmental and tribal organizations sent a letter to Michigan Governor Rick Snyder urging immediate state action to regulate Enbridge’s Line 5 pipelines under the Straits of Mackinac. The letter cites several potential violations to the contract between the State of Michigan and Enbridge, and outlines the State's perpetual public trust authority to regulate this pipeline and protect the waters of the Great Lakes. This Citizen's Letter is a summary of the official letter sent to Governor Snyder.

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Dear Governor Snyder:

An oil pipeline running through the Straits of Mackinac is putting the Great Lakes at risk. Our state is allowing the pipeline to operate despite questions about whether Enbridge, the pipeline owner, is complying with the terms of its 1953 easement or laws to protect the Great Lakes.

We the undersigned urge you to make all information about the pipeline available to the public, and require that Enbridge immediately:

Share with the public and the State detailed information about the contents, use, and safety of the pipeline
Comply with all terms and conditions of the existing easement
File an authorization application under the Great Lakes Submerged Lands Act to secure state permission for activities on state-owned public trust bottomlands

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Corey Jordan signed 2015-08-13 18:20:21 -0400
Chloe Singleton signed via Kathleen Carey 2015-08-13 18:14:37 -0400
Cindy Holmes signed via Monica Coveyou 2015-08-13 18:08:21 -0400
Beth Yelensky signed 2015-08-13 18:01:17 -0400
Manfred Schmidt posted about this on Facebook 2015-08-13 17:33:07 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
Manfred Schmidt signed 2015-08-13 17:32:29 -0400
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I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
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Daniel Cronk signed via Monica Coveyou 2015-08-13 17:05:28 -0400
Joan LaCount signed via Kate Moss 2015-08-13 15:52:08 -0400
Kathleen Carey posted about this on Facebook 2015-08-13 15:41:06 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
Kathleen Carey signed 2015-08-13 15:40:26 -0400
Dorothy Walters signed via Kate Moss 2015-08-13 15:33:57 -0400
Kate Moss posted about this on Facebook 2015-08-13 15:26:55 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
Kate Allore signed via Monica Coveyou 2015-08-13 15:26:23 -0400
Monica Coveyou posted about this on Facebook 2015-08-13 15:24:31 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
Monica Coveyou signed 2015-08-13 15:24:15 -0400
Libby Buchler signed 2015-08-13 15:19:02 -0400
Silviano Fulgencio signed 2015-08-13 15:00:57 -0400
Scot Acocks signed 2015-08-13 12:22:44 -0400

Let’s not risk ruining one of the largest and cleanest freshwater resources in the world. We actually cannot live without it.
Arielle allen signed via Karen Schwarz Graham Long 2015-08-13 12:15:50 -0400
Karen Deering signed 2015-08-13 12:03:49 -0400

Save our lakes! I live in Chicago and am a lakefront property owner in Ford River, MI. The wildlife that would be affected by a spill would be innumerable. Please make Enbridge maintain or shut down their line under the straits of Mackinac.
Kenneth Fowler signed via Karen Schwarz Graham Long 2015-08-13 11:50:13 -0400
Sara Stabile signed 2015-08-13 11:49:05 -0400
lynn graham signed via Karen Schwarz Graham Long 2015-08-13 11:41:49 -0400

please let us not ruin our beautiful great lakes!
Rubi Randazzo posted about this on Facebook 2015-08-13 11:40:14 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
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Carol Fulgencio posted about this on Facebook 2015-08-13 11:27:30 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
Carol Fulgencio signed 2015-08-13 11:26:41 -0400
Brenda Freeburn signed 2015-08-13 11:23:23 -0400

I grew up in Michigan and want to see the lakes protected.