Sign Our Petition to the Army Corps
In November 2024, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources approved permits for Enbridge's Line 5 Straits Tunnel Project in the state. The project still needs another key permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - expected to issue its Environmental Impact Statement in 2025. Local 798 members are supportive of a comprehensive permitting process that ensures opportunity for review and comment, and we are hopeful that our regulators will find no reason to extend the timeline on this project's already thorough environmental impact analysis.
Join us in sending a message to the Army Corps in support of a swift review so construction can finally move forward!
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
St. Paul District, Regulatory Division
332 Minnesota Street, Suite E1500
St. Paul, MN 55101
Reference No. MVP-2020-00260-WMS; Application submitted pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbor Act of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
Dear Secretary:
I stand with Pipeliners Local 798 in supporting Enbridge's Line 5 Relocation Project's repositioning of its route outside the Bad River Indian Reservation. Enbridge has already repeatedly demonstrated a commitment to maintaining the highest level of safety and environmental responsibility throughout its permitting process for the project, including providing extensive opportunities for review and comment.
Below are just a few specific reasons why I believe the Line 5 Relocation Project deserves approval from the Army Corps and other decision makers:
- Enbridge has never wavered from its transparent decision making process, consistently involving community leaders and stakeholders in discussions regarding the project route and operation plans. To this end, Enbridge reached community easement agreements following thorough discussions with landowners along the proposed new Line 5 route outside the Bad River Reservation in Wisconsin;
- The project includes a route specifically designed to avoid culturally sensitive areas, such as Copper Falls State Park;
- While developing the Relocation Project, Enbridge specifically studied potential erosion risks and is planning stringent mitigation measures;
- The Line 5 Relocation Project will create good jobs for the local workforce, many of whom include Local 798 members - the most highly trained and dedicated pipeliners in the nation.
The company has continued to work closely with landowners, tribal leaders and safety experts to ensure the safest and most efficient pipeline operation. This consideration of best practices is what led Enbridge to plan the Relocation Project from the beginning. All of these above reasons highlight why I request that the Army Corps approves necessary permits for this project without any delay.
Signed,
[Names Below]
**Local 798 may submit this petition to state and federal regulators and other decision makers to support Line 5. Earlier this summer, in just under two weeks, our members collected more than 1,500 signatures on the below comment that we submitted on July 5 to the Army Corps before the comment period was originally slated to end on the EA. You can view this submission at this link. In the weeks that followed, we collected several hundred more signatures to submit before the extended comment period concluded on August 30. Any signature collected after 5:00 am CDT on August 30 may be included in future submissions to support this project.**
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