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State orders Enbridge to fix pipeline through Mackinac straits

Enbridge says it will comply with the state's request to better secure the pipeline that runs along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.
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Enbridge says it will comply with the state's request to better secure the pipeline that runs along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and the state Department of Environmental Quality have sent a warning letter to Enbridge Energy. It says the company has to do a better job of securing an oil pipeline that runs through the Straits of Mackinac.

Enbridge says it will comply with the state's request to better secure the pipeline that runs along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.
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Enbridge says it will comply with the state's request to better secure the pipeline that runs along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.

“We just want to make sure that this pipeline’s going to be safe," said DanWyant, director of theDEQ. He says a leak in the pipeline would have implications throughout the Great Lakes.

“A lot of concern about this pipeline. Sixty years it’s been safe, but we’re in a position, Attorney GeneralSchuette, I as the chief environmental officer of this state, to ensure we don’t have a problem on this pipeline,” he said.

Enbridgequickly responded it would add more anchors to its pipeline. Four years ago, a break in anEnbridgepipe dumped about a million of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River.

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Rick Pluta is Senior Capitol Correspondent for the Michigan Public Radio Network. He has been covering Michigan’s Capitol, government, and politics since 1987. His journalism background includes stints with UPI, The Elizabeth (NJ) Daily Journal, The (Pontiac, MI) Oakland Press, and WJR. He is also a lifelong public radio listener.