Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel wants a court to shut down an oil and natural gas liquids pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac.
Nessel says the line is a potential hazard to the Great Lakes.
There had been talks between Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Enbridge about a plan designed by the previous administration. That plan would build a new section of Line 5 and put it in a multi-use tunnel under the bedrock of the Straits.
But discussions broke down – in part because Whitmer was dissatisfied with how long that project would take. Enbridge sued to enforce the tunnel deal.
Now Nessel wants a court to dismiss Enbridge’s lawsuit. And she filed a lawsuit in a different court to decommission Line 5. Nessel says, in part, that Line 5 violates the Michigan Environmental Protection Act.
Enbridge is still reviewing the filings and said it is disappointed the state ignored their offer to advance talks and suspend litigation.