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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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Marcia Hester signed 2014-08-20 07:54:59 -0400
Katelyn Kikstra signed 2014-08-20 07:50:12 -0400
Katie Lapham signed 2014-08-20 07:09:01 -0400
Nancy bramblett signed 2014-08-20 06:31:47 -0400
Brandon Everest posted about this on Facebook 2014-08-20 06:17:05 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
Melissa Tomlinson signed 2014-08-20 05:39:21 -0400
Toni Saari signed 2014-08-20 05:34:41 -0400

Dont ruin one of the only fresh water lakes left clean…leave it alone
Alice Kenyon posted about this on Facebook 2014-08-20 05:23:12 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
Alice Kenyon signed 2014-08-20 05:22:30 -0400
Heather Miller signed via Brad Kik 2014-08-20 03:55:06 -0400
John Crockett signed 2014-08-20 03:39:10 -0400
Debora Voss posted about this on Facebook 2014-08-20 00:53:29 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
Debora Voss signed 2014-08-20 00:52:39 -0400

Things have changed quite a bit since 1953!!
Ashleigh Harkness signed 2014-08-20 00:35:07 -0400
Gordon McCue signed 2014-08-19 23:59:03 -0400
Frances Porgal signed 2014-08-19 23:45:45 -0400
Louis talley signed 2014-08-19 23:32:32 -0400
Chad Smith signed 2014-08-19 23:10:57 -0400
Lisa Brown signed 2014-08-19 22:55:33 -0400
janelle jewell signed 2014-08-19 22:32:54 -0400
John Ford signed 2014-08-19 22:08:01 -0400
Elizabeth Thoma signed 2014-08-19 22:04:57 -0400
Robert Argue signed via Rebecca Cooper 2014-08-19 22:04:41 -0400
Gary Maveal signed 2014-08-19 21:58:43 -0400
Danielle Corrigan signed 2014-08-19 21:53:07 -0400
Evelyn Stone signed 2014-08-19 21:46:18 -0400
Jamie Racklyeft signed 2014-08-19 21:42:13 -0400

PLEASE don’t wait for a BP Gulf-like disaster in the Great Lakes to act. You know they don’t care, but we know you do. Learn from the mistakes of the past and prevent them in the future. Protect Pure Michigan.
William Northway signed 2014-08-19 21:37:49 -0400

How can there be anything more important than this? What a legacy: Rick was governor when the Enbridge Pipeline failed…..
@cooper_becca tweeted link to this page. 2014-08-19 21:27:26 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you? http://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/sign_on_letter?recruiter_id=1872
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Rebecca Cooper posted about this on Facebook 2014-08-19 21:27:26 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?