- Enbridge (ENB, EEP), which owns twin oil pipelines in the area where Lakes Huron and Michigan converge, says it plans to spend $7M over the next two years on additional equipment that could be deployed quickly in the event of a spill, while trying to reassure locals that it probably never would be needed.
- ENB announces the equipment purchase as it kicks off a three-day public relations tour in northern Michigan designed to convince residents its Line 5 pipeline has never leaked, is in good shape and poses no risk to the scenic area and its tourism-based economy.
- Some elected officials have raised concerns about Line 5 - which carries nearly 23M gallons of light crude oil and liquefied natural gas daily - since another ENB pipeline ruptured in southern Michigan in 2010, releasing more than 800K gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River and a tributary creek.