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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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Joy Bublitz signed 2014-08-08 20:08:36 -0400
Stacy Comoford signed 2014-08-08 20:08:06 -0400
Pamela Esser signed 2014-08-08 19:07:53 -0400
Michael Daly signed 2014-08-08 16:47:46 -0400
Linda Snider signed 2014-08-08 15:53:50 -0400
@dfgarland tweeted link to this page. 2014-08-08 15:10:09 -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=1557
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david garland posted about this on Facebook 2014-08-08 15:10:09 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
Bette Pierman signed 2014-08-08 14:30:20 -0400
Cheryl Crandell signed 2014-08-08 14:10:55 -0400

This should be a no-brainer of the first magnitude. Enbridge has a terrible record in this state and elsewhere, and “taking their word for it” on the pipeline under the Straits is BEGGING for disaster. Our governor needs to lead the way on this issue—and if this one won’t, we need a new one!
Catrina Culver signed 2014-08-08 12:52:38 -0400
Dennis Kirchoff signed 2014-08-08 12:47:14 -0400
@AcieBrucie tweeted link to this page. 2014-08-08 12:38:25 -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=1542
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Terra Leach signed 2014-08-08 12:16:27 -0400
Jenna Pedrin signed 2014-08-08 11:18:55 -0400
Kate Madigan signed 2014-08-08 11:14:22 -0400
Jaron Garza signed 2014-08-08 10:42:15 -0400
George Heritier signed 2014-08-08 10:39:11 -0400
Colleen Makin signed via Denis Pierce 2014-08-08 07:43:38 -0400
James Hill signed 2014-08-07 17:07:57 -0400

Efforts should be made to reroute the oil so it does not go under any of the great lakes. Nothing is more precious to the state and the nation as the Great Lakes and to merely study or add more precautions does not preclude a devastating leak that will forever destroy our most precious resource. Oil does not trump our fresh water.
John Engel posted about this on Facebook 2014-08-07 14:49:19 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
Denis Pierce posted about this on Facebook 2014-08-07 09:50:57 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
Bruce Ling signed via May Bernard 2014-08-06 00:03:38 -0400
Jolie Ellis posted about this on Facebook 2014-08-05 18:00:22 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
Jolie Ellis signed 2014-08-05 17:59:27 -0400
Robert Mcmurray signed 2014-08-04 15:09:45 -0400

Its not WORTH the risk.
Charles nestell signed 2014-08-01 17:23:45 -0400
Rebekah Kreckman signed 2014-07-31 22:35:30 -0400
Sarah Bartel posted about this on Facebook 2014-07-31 20:32:17 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?
Sarah Bartel signed via Yvonne Musson 2014-07-31 20:31:32 -0400
Yvonne Musson posted about this on Facebook 2014-07-31 20:08:57 -0400
I signed a letter to Gov Snyder asking him to protect the Great Lakes. Will you?