Posted Draft EIS Comments

Michigan does not need Line 5 at all! Please stop the inevitable destruction of our great lakes. The Great Lakes region is within the Parkinson’s Belt, why do you think that is? There needs to be absolute consequences for polluting our waters!! We tout the label of “Pure Michigan,’ what does that imply? To me, it means we take it very serious when our air, water and soil are polluted by corporations who never pay the consequences!! NO LINE 5!!

In any realm of existence where does it make sense to run oil and gas through great bodies of water? I don’t know how it was ever allowed in the first place. Enbridge can pay for an alternative route away from the Great Lakes.

There is no reason to run anything this toxic and dangerous through our precious waters.

This is a much needed project for the furtherance of fossil fuel usage and the protection of environmental integrity. The federal govt and state alike should tell the tribal bureaucracy that they bonded to sit down and embrace the project. Their lack of knowledge of modern technology and practical application to the good of all the county needs to stop.

I support the movement of this project for the United States economy and thank you to all the great people who work in the oil and gas industry who make the production and distribution safe for all and the constant work towards reliable energy production.

This comment is directed towards the oil pipeline in the straights of Mackinac. The current pipeline has catastrophic risk – 1 boat anchor. Regardless of outcome: build a new pipeline underground or shut down current pipeline a decision needs to be made immediately. Although we have gone 70 years without a major incident there have been close calls. My fear is the current legal delays continue to open up the area to risk I cannot fully appreciate. I don’t want to imagine what an Oil spill would look like. Please push all parties to come to a safe and long term, systematic decision timely.

I fully support production and use of the Line 5 tunnel. To continue to use the pipe at the bottom of the Straits is simply inviting disaster.

The best way to protect our water is to ‘ GET THE TUNNEL BUILT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE ‘

Enbridge wants to blast and drill through the Straits for years just to extend the life of a pipeline that will soon reach 80 years old and has already spilled at least 35 times. Building the tunnel would be disruptive to the Straits. After completion, an explosion in the tunnel would be catastrophic. Great Lakes business network and regional experts confirm the project is absolutely not needed. The small amount of propane that is needed in the U P can be provided by trucks going over land, which would not endanger the Great Lakes.
Decommissioning Line 5 would honor treaties, support domestic energy supplies and alternatives, create more jobs and avoid noticeable price increases. We are paying for the tunnel and risking our most valuable resource- the Great Lakes. Our Lakes are important to the world, as a unique body of fresh water.
The proposed tunnel wouldn’t ensure safety or provide our communities with energy, it’s about Enbridge’s profits- a Canadian company providing oil primarily to Canada. The pipeline doesn’t have to cross through and endanger Michigan’s most beautiful and important resource.

The oil can run through Wisconsin from the Upper Peninsula, and does NOT have to cross the Straits of Mackinac. The pipelines are past their shelf life by well over a decade, and scare the people that helped lay them. Of those remaining alive, whom helped place them over 60 years ago, that the 50 years promised was pushing the limit, and cannot understand how they have not failed. The pipelines are a pressurized Exxon Valdez, for which a loss of containment in the fresh water environment, will be catastrophically & exponentially ten-fold in comparison as we drink this water here in Michigan.

It has come to my attention that there is a movement to fast track the Line 5 Tunnel Project. This is distressing to me as a resident of the state of Michigan and frequent visitor to the Great Lakes. There have been numerous studies to date that address the impact of this project negatively to the Great Lakes and to the citizens of this area. There have been several studies that show the danger to the environment in many ways, too many to count. Please be aware of these as you make this decision that will impact our area for generations to come.