Posted Draft EIS Comments

The Line 5 tunnel should NOT be built! The entire pipeline should be de-commissioned! It is 20 years over life expectancy and crosses many wetlands, rivers, lakes and streams. In fact it crosses directly underneath several navigable rivers! If this pipeline was to rupture anywhere in Michigan, it would be catastrophic to millions of people’s drinking water, lifestyles and devastating to the wildlife and environment! Michigan does not need this pipeline. It only serves Canada and was built as a shortcut around the Great Lakes. Please do not approve this permit and decommission the entire pipeline. Thank You.

I think that we need to move the line 5 pipeline from its current location to a tunnel that would be safe under the current pipeline location.

Enbridge’s proposal to run a hazardous liquids pipeline through a confined underground tunnel has never been attempted anywhere else in the world, and experts warn it could cause an explosion in the Straits. Enbridge is responsible for the million-gallon oil spill into the Kalamazoo River in 2010, and more recently for the largest oil spill recorded in Wisconsin history. From President Whitney Gravelle of the Bay Mills Indian Community:
“The Straits of Mackinac are not just a waterway; they are the heart of creation for Anishinaabe people and a vital source of life for all who depend on the Great Lakes. An oil spill here would be devastating, not only to our way of life but to the entire region,” said President Gravelle. “This fight is about more than just one pipeline—it’s about protecting our waters, our treaties, and our future. We cannot allow corporate interests to dictate the fate of the Great Lakes for another century.”
Having grown up in WI and now living in MI I am standing against this tunnel and standing up to protect the health and safety of the Great Lakes for now and future generations.

Build the damn pipeline already. Our Great Lakes State needs the energy it will provide and it will cause zero to none problems for our beautiful state.

Allowing line 5 is destructive and selfish. We can’t eat money. Allwing this will pollute our air and water and soils which will decrease biodiversity and environmental resilience, which does in fact directly effect every single person regardless of wealth or social status. When our food won’t grow, our shorelines are unusable and our air unbreathable you can take a look at those who imitate project with clear and obvious risks and persue them anyways for the financial gain. You are what’s wrong with our world. Make the right choice and protect our environment so that your family and loved ones can have a clean and healthy environment to live in. Rather than funding a project like this turn to long term sustainable projects that cut costs and have less negative impact! Loss of biodiversity through destruction and pollution affects EVERYONE. Keystone species are all around us and destroying one can have an incredibly negative effect on all aspects of the environment so I urge you to protect natural life and invest elsewhere.

I believe that the permit for the proposed tunnel for the Line 5 pipeline should be granted as soon as possible. I believe it is a real solution for the environmental concerns that many have by running the pipelines through a waterproof tunnel under the straights. Certainly fail safe safety valves could be put into place to shut off flow if there is any situation that warranted such an action. Certainly Michigan is dependent upon the energy that flows through this pipeline and for future growth of our state. Energy is absolutely essential for the growth of Michigan, and as a farmer; reasonably priced and readily available energy is absolutely essential for my farming operation!

Protect the Boundary Waters–NO COPPER MINING!

I am asking that USACE pause all approvals of the Line 5 tunnel until a full environmental review is completed—including assessments of climate impacts, Indigenous rights, and public health.

The Line 5 tunnel project has not undergone a comprehensive risk assessment, which is crucial for a project that poses risks to the Great Lakes, our climate, and our future.

I am a resident of Michigan that enjoys the Great Lakes on a regular basis, but even more importantly there are many citizens who rely heavily on the Great Lakes for their livelihood. A spill or mistake of any sort as it relates to this pipeline and tunnel could be catastrophic for those impacted in any way by the Great Lakes. At the VERY LEAST, a pause to ensure the appropriate environmental review is done helps ensure the right decision is made for humans and non-humans alike.

I strongly urge you to not be swayed by the false energy emergency this administration has fabricated for political gain. Please think about what your future selves and your kind and loving children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, god-children will be proud to know you did to protect the beautiful, connected world we could live in, if only we choose.

Line 5 should be removed, and not replaced with any alternative design. The proposed Line 5 tunnel is unneeded, risky, and caters to an antiquated source of energy that contaminates the local environment and contributes to the global climate crisis that endangers people around the world. Michigan’s economy would benefit more by decommissioning and removing Line 5 than replacing it in an encased tunnel. The tunnel technology is unproven, and a foolish, reckless plan for the unstable rock beneath the Mackinaw Straits. And Enbridge has proven its incompetence for design, maintenance, emergency response, and restitution on many occasions, including the continuing tragedy along the Kalamazoo River in Southwest Michigan, which will never be the same.

I am writing to express my strong opposition to the Line 5 tunnel project. The Great Lakes region harbors the largest fresh water supply in the world, and the Line 5 tunnel would gamble with and put in jeopardy this uniquely important resource. Access to fresh water will be increasingly important as human-caused climate change threatens human civilization around the world.
Additionally, I am concerned that not enough planning and oversight is going into the project, heightening the potential for a catastrophic oil spill in our Great Lakes. Given the high stakes of this project, a comprehensive risk assessment should be a non-negotiable component of this project, if the sponsors are serious about protecting the communities that live around the Great Lakes. According to one source, “An oil spill in the Great Lakes would be catastrophic for drinking water, wildlife, and the economy. More than 1.3 million jobs, equating to $82 billion in wages, are directly tied to the Great Lakes.”
Additionally, the experts that have reviewed Enbridge’s plans hav expressed that the logistics of placing a tunnel under the lakebed are complicated, dangerous, and technically challenging. This would also pose significant and unnecessary risks to worker safety.
Moreover, many viable options for energy alternatives such as solar and wind power are becoming increasingly viable. The government should invest more in energy sources that do not pose irreversible threats to people and the environment, while moving away from outdated, non-renewable energy sources that cannot sustain us indefinitely into the future.