Posted Draft EIS Comments

TRUMP IS WRECKING THE COUNTRY.

The Line 5 tunnel project has the potential to create an environmental disaster that the Great Lakes might never recover from. These are lakes not the ocean and as such have a much more limited capacity to survive an oil spill.

Citizens of Michigan like myself do not want to take on the risks and costs of this threat to our rare source of fresh water which is becoming more scarce. This pipeline of pollution is not necessary except to further the business interests of Enbridge who had the largest accident of inland oil spill in U.S. history in my neighborhood of Kalamazoo MI.
It is not needed, too expensive, and too risky considering the national resource it threatens.

It is imparative that Line 5 construction be allowed to proceed. It would be insane to stop the flow of gas and oil that heats millions of home in Michigan.
The bureaucrary and red tape that is delaying this vital project needs to end!

I support the Line 5 Tunnel Project.

Hello, my name is Ms. Sanders-Adams, Certified Public Affairs Management Health Professional, Coach, Consultant & Educator:

It’s unthinkable not to have a proper assessment by NEPA/ EIS Standards for the purpose of safety to the human environment and the needs or purpose needs the public to understand those impacts or needs for changes and what that will look like without this further analysis moving forward is reckless!

The Cumulative Impacts of the alternative non-inclusion of detail by the Applicant based upon the needs for those in that region and the surrounding regions appears to isolate and overtake the equity to all those involved and place it in vicarious hands for what reasons? Is it to Strengthen the alignment for Public Safety or for Reliability or Value-Add to all taxpayers in those regions? Is their any proof to the alternatives or lack of optimal alternatives without the proper reviews or mitigations by NPEA. Thus needed for the “so-called ” enhancements to this pipeline? Or will we feasibly be able to guage this very project without the proper risk mitigations and public input to the matter in this overall cumulative effect on just that- public health compromises without checks and balances on human environmental well- being for ALL HUMANS!

Any leak will affect all of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence seaway. Enbridge has had leaks before!

As a Michigan resident, I love the Great Lakes and they’re an important part of my life. They’re a crucial part of our state as a symbol as well as a resource, and continuing the fast-tracked Line 5 project will have dire consequences for the environment. This is just one of the major reasons I’m deeply comcerned about the Line 5 project and do not want it to continue.

Enbridge has been responsible for many oil spill incidents, which is why I have no confidence that an oil spill from Line 5 will not happen. An oil spill from Line 5 will have devastating effects on the Great Lakes. A spill would destory jobs, drinking water, wildlife, and recreation opportunities in the Great Lakes. None of these things should be taken lightly. Also, the Line 5 tunnel project hasn’t undergone the appropriate risk assessment, and it would be unscientific and irresponsible to allow this rapid roll-out of Line 5.

Another concern of mine about this project, and why I say “no” to Line 5, is because Enbridge’s plan for Line 5 is not safe for workers and would be far too technically difficult to reasonably roll out in its current form.

Additionally, Indigenous experts must have a voice in this discussion, and as the Line 5 project stands their voices have been ignored.

As a young person living in Michigan, I’m asking for a future where my home can be free of unnecessary and dangerous pollutants, and that’s why I cannot support Line 5.

There are several areas of concern when it comes to moving forward with the Line 5 project. My main concern is the lack of a comprehensive risk assessment that is unbiased and respected. Those that protest the project include several Native American communities whose voices should not be silenced as in the past. Other professionals that have worked with Enbridge have also voiced environmental concerns. Furthermore, this project is not needed, as concerns around energy shortages are largely untrue narratives unsupported by fact. This project would bring our state further away from supposed goals towards renewable energy.

Line 5 poses a serious threat to the health and well being of commerce and the environment in the Great Lakes. A full environmental risk assessment must be done before construction is allowed to proceed. It is simply irresponsible to the people of the Great Lakes and, indeed, the entire country.