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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  • Sue Sieklucki
    signed 2014-09-30 06:45:36 -0400
  • Robin Spearin
    signed 2014-09-30 06:21:36 -0400
  • Judy Nelsen
    signed 2014-09-30 06:13:03 -0400
  • Tyler Chambers
    signed 2014-09-30 01:48:05 -0400
  • posted about this on Facebook 2014-09-30 01:38:01 -0400
    I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
  • Sarah Wessel
    signed 2014-09-30 01:37:24 -0400
  • Morgan Brodeur-Bunker
    signed 2014-09-30 00:42:52 -0400
  • Chelsea Rogers
    signed 2014-09-30 00:36:49 -0400
  • Courtney Murray Coghlan
    signed 2014-09-30 00:04:11 -0400
  • Polly Noonan
    signed 2014-09-29 23:45:37 -0400
  • Susan Farah
    signed 2014-09-29 23:33:02 -0400
  • Sarah Burr
    signed 2014-09-29 23:31:43 -0400
  • Samantha Simmons
    signed 2014-09-29 23:10:40 -0400
  • Esther Baldwin
    signed via 2014-09-29 22:22:44 -0400
  • Channing Sutton
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  • Loreen Niewenhuis
    signed 2014-09-29 21:59:28 -0400
  • Alissa Thomson
    signed via 2014-09-29 21:23:22 -0400
  • Zinta Aistars
    signed 2014-09-29 20:56:08 -0400
  • Alison Gallegos
    signed 2014-09-29 20:27:46 -0400
  • Susan smiley
    signed via 2014-09-29 19:40:35 -0400
    no Fracking!
  • John Freeman
    signed 2014-09-29 19:22:24 -0400
  • Sylvia Merz
    signed 2014-09-29 19:16:22 -0400
  • posted about this on Facebook 2014-09-29 19:14:43 -0400
    I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
  • Lauren Donaghy
    signed 2014-09-29 19:13:50 -0400
  • ashley morton
    signed via 2014-09-29 17:41:31 -0400
  • Kimberly Jolliff
    signed 2014-09-29 17:39:46 -0400
  • posted about this on Facebook 2014-09-29 17:14:19 -0400
    I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
  • Crystal Yarlott
    signed 2014-09-29 11:26:27 -0400
    Our waters are precious. We must be extra careful. Most corporations have not shown the same regard.
  • posted about this on Facebook 2014-09-28 05:57:16 -0400
    I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
  • Connie Cota
    signed 2014-09-28 05:56:56 -0400
    It’s your job to protect our water and the people of this great state.

         

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