Posted Draft EIS Comments

I strongly urge the Corps to reject any premature or expedited approval of the Line 5 tunnel project under the current Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The environmental, legal, and climate-related risks of this proposal are far too significant to justify moving forward without a more thorough and transparent review.

The EIS fails to adequately account for:

– The long-term climate impacts of locking in fossil fuel infrastructure for decades, at a time when we are accelerating the transition to clean energy.

– The alternatives to the tunnel, such as energy efficiency, electrification, and cleaner modes of transport, which are not properly analyzed as required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

– The threat to the Great Lakes, which supply drinking water to over 40 million people. Any oil spill—especially in such a sensitive freshwater ecosystem would be catastrophic.

– The Tribal sovereignty concerns raised by numerous Indigenous nations whose rights, lands, and waters are threatened by this project.

Approving this tunnel now would not only disregard those real harms—it would also go against the growing consensus that new fossil fuel infrastructure is incompatible with a livable future.

We urge you to pause this process, reject a rushed approval, and fully consider all the social, environmental, and economic costs of the Line 5 tunnel. The public deserves a just and responsible energy future—this project is not it.

We only have these Great Lakes for as long as we take care of them. That means taking every precaution necessary including a review of the environmental impact of this ridiculous Line 5 tunnel. Please do what’s right and protect our precious Great Lakes by not rushing this through and taking steps necessary protect our Great Lakes. Just shut down Line 5 and save our fresh water. Thank you.

I am a US citizen from Berkley, Michigan. I strongly oppose the Line 5 Tunnel because of it’s actual and potential impacts on the Great Lakes.

First, the constructing of the tunnel and pipeline would be detrimental to tourism, fish and other animals, the floor of the Lakes, and the myriad other water-related activities that make the Great Lakes great.

Second, hopefully it’s an unlikely event, but should it happen, an oil spill in the Great Lakes would be catastrophic — for drinking water, wildlife, and Michigan’s economy (please keep in mind that over 1.3 million jobs (~$82 billion in wages) are directly tied to the Great Lakes.

Finally, tribal nations and Indigenous communities here in Michigan have not been meaningfully consulted. Their rights, treaties, and voices must be honored and are not currently receiving the attention they deserve.

Please reconsider Line 5 and instead increase the focus on renewable energy sources with lower impacts on the vast forms of livelihoods in and around the Great Lakes.

We should be phasing out fossil fuels completely in order to mitigate the human caused climate crisis. To install a pipeline, capable of destroying the fresh water lakes, which is completely unnecessary if we do what is right for the world, is completely insane. We should not be kowtowing to the fossil fuel industry, we should not need to “pray” that nothing goes wrong, we should not be making ourselves vulnerable to sabotage and attacks, we should be progressing into a green future. Wind, solar, water are our future. Save the world!

I am opposed to Enbridge’s plan for Line 5 Tunnel Project that would traverse the Great Lakes. Enbridge has a poor history of pipe leakages and any oil spilled in the straits or anywhere on the Great Lakes would be catastrophic, impacting everything from drinking water for millions of people and animals, recreational businesses, devastating environmental damage and economic disruption.

Stop Line 5. The Great Lakes are a precious resource. Thank you.

I own property in the Straits, and would be directly impacted by the construction, contamination and potential spills. I do not support building the tunnel or continuing the use of the line in the straits of our beautiful waterways.

I am strongly opposed to the dangerous expansion of the Enbridge Line 5 tunnel project. This project ignores the voices of more than 11,000 Michiganders who demanded a thorough study. It bypasses environmental protections under the false claim of a U.S. “energy emergency.”

I own property both in Holland and on Sleeping Bear Bay, which is particularly at risk of a nightmare oil spill. As a Michigan citizen for all of my life, I treasure the Great Lakes and have worked to support their purity.

Finally, we don’t need more oil; we need clean energy. Please respond to the concerns of citizens like me and stop this expansion now by refusing a permit. We do not need a pipeline threatening our beautiful Michigan lakes.

That pipeline goes from Canada to Canada is a shortcut for them. Supplies 6% of propane to UP and nothing more. It’s 72 years old with a lifespan and lease of 50 years. When it breaks open, we lose 20% of the world’s fresh water, fish, wildlife, tourism, and our way of life up here.
Michigan gets 200$ for that oil lease, risking all that
I would happily pay a premium for propane and not risk the water we are blessed with in this state. As Michiganders, we are stewards of this land and water and must protect it at all costs. We have so much to lose and so little to gain from this pipeline and proposed tunnel. The US Coast Guard has ran models and has no definitive answer on what will happen if we have a spill where two Great Lakes meet. Senator Peters worked on that study. The company that could not adequately build a wall on dry land has been offered this contract with ZERO experience drilling and building a tunnel; no one has this experience. Why would we risk all of this for Enbridge and Canadian tar sands oil. Enbridge has shown us they are incompetent 10 years ago in Kalamazoo, they did not even know they had a leak for almost a day and cranked up the pumps when the gauges showed an issue spilling over a million gallons of oil into our ecosystem. This still is not properly cleaned up. Enbridge also has had their credit rating lowered, and if we do have a spill, they will not have the knowledge, resources or inclination to clean up our lakes if that is even possible. They will likely walk away and leave that to us the residents of Michigan to deal with and fund. Personally, I own lakefront property in the UP and do not want this beautiful property destroyed. I feel ridiculous even mentioning that though… We as a state have so much to lose and virtually nothing to gain. It is shown that digging for a tunnel could cause methane explosions, we just don’t know…Please do your job and protect this vital resource! Insist the antique expired pipeline is removed and deny the tunnel! Thank you