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For Immediate Release: Enbridge Mainline Abandonment information meeting at University of Wisconsin, Superior Contact Winona LaDuke [email protected] Debra Topping & Korey Northrup (218) 721-2748 | (906) 235-9865 On Wednesday, October 21st, at 11 am the University of Wisconsin- Superior will be hosting an informational session on the proposal by the Enbridge company to abandon Line 3. Nationally there are increasing concerns on the liability to local landowners, and county and city governments about abandoned pipelines. Much of the nation’s infrastructure (pipelines, gas mains, roads, water treatment systems) are old, outdated, and crumbling. The recent gas main explosions, oil pipeline ruptures, water main leaks, and collapsing bridges serve to illustrate the problems of aging infrastructure. When this infrastructure is a hazardous materials pipeline with over 900 integrity anomalies (as is the case in Line 3), the local community needs to know the pipeline is not leaving a contamination legacy. Enbridge’s Mainline runs through northern Minnesota, and is the largest pipeline network in North America. Installed in the 1960’s many of the lines are aging and will soon need replaced. Enbridge currently has a proposal to abandon Line 3 and move it to a new corridor, along the proposed Sandpiper pipeline route. It is anticipated that Lines 2 and 4 will soon be next on the abandonment plan. Federal, state, and local regulations do not exist to adequately address the environmental legacy of an abandoned hazardous materials pipeline. As the existing national pipeline network ages, the issue of abandonment will become a larger issue. Landowners are increasingly concerned, and it may be time for local counties and the state to look at abandonment or decommissioning regulations, prior to the approval of a new line 3 by the Enbridge Company. WWW.HONOREARTH.ORG 1 PO BOX 63, 607 MAIN AVE, CALLAWAY MN 56521 [email protected] | WWW.HONOREARTH.ORG
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For Immediate Release: Enbridge Mainline Abandonment information meeting at University of Wisconsin, SuperiorContact Winona LaDuke [email protected] Topping & Korey Northrup(218) 721-2748 | (906) 235-9865On Wednesday, October 21st, at 11 am the University of Wisconsin- Superior will be hosting an informational session on the proposal by the Enbridge company to abandon Line 3. Nationally there are increasing concerns on the liability to local landowners, and county and city governments about abandoned pipelines. Much of the nation’s infrastructure (pipelines, gas mains, roads, water treatment systems) are old, outdated, and crumbling. The recent gas main explosions, oil pipeline ruptures, water main leaks, and collapsing bridges serve to illustrate the problems of aging infrastructure. When this infrastructure is a hazardous materials pipeline with over 900 integrity anomalies (as is the case in Line 3), the local community needs to know the pipeline is not leaving a contamination legacy. Enbridge’s Mainline runs through northern Minnesota, and is the largest pipeline network in North America. Installed in the 1960’s many of the lines are aging and will soon need replaced. Enbridge currently has a proposal to abandon Line 3 and move it to a new corridor, along the proposed Sandpiper pipeline route. It is anticipated that Lines 2 and 4 will soon be next on the abandonment plan. Federal, state, and local regulations do not exist to adequately address the environmental legacy of an abandoned hazardous materials pipeline. As the existing national pipeline network ages, the issue of abandonment will become a larger issue. Landowners are increasingly concerned, and it may be time for local counties and the state to look at abandonment or decommissioning regulations, prior to the approval of a new line 3 by the Enbridge Company. Winona LaDuke, Executive Director of Honor the Earth, with pipeline attorney Paul Blackburn and staff researchers, will present information about the abandonment process, issues that may arise, liability concerns, and ways to get involved.Join Honor the Earth, Debra Topping and Korey Northrup for this informational meeting. Meeting is free and open to the public and will be held at 11 am in the Great Room in the Yellowjacket’s Union Hall.
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For Immediate Release: Enbridge Mainline Abandonment information meeting at University of Wisconsin, Superior
Contact Winona LaDuke [email protected] Topping & Korey Northrup(218) 721-2748 | (906) 235-9865
On Wednesday, October 21st, at 11 am the University of Wisconsin- Superior will be hosting an informational session on the proposal by the Enbridge company to abandon Line 3. Nationally there are increasing concerns on the liability to local landowners, and county and city governments about abandoned pipelines. Much of the nation’s infrastructure (pipelines, gas mains, roads, water treatment systems) are old, outdated, and crumbling. The recent gas main explosions, oil pipeline ruptures, water main leaks, and collapsing bridges serve to illustrate the problems of aging infrastructure. When this infrastructure is a hazardous materials pipeline with over 900 integrity anomalies (as is the case in Line 3), the local community needs to know the pipeline is not leaving a contamination legacy.
Enbridge’s Mainline runs through northern Minnesota, and is the largest pipeline network in North America. Installed in the 1960’s many of the lines are aging and will soon need replaced. Enbridge currently has a proposal to abandon Line 3 and move it to a new corridor, along the proposed Sandpiper pipeline route. It is anticipated that Lines 2 and 4 will soon be next on the abandonment plan.
Federal, state, and local regulations do not exist to adequately address the environmental legacy of an abandoned hazardous materials pipeline. As the existing national pipeline network ages, the issue of abandonment will become a larger issue. Landowners are increasingly concerned, and it may be time for local counties and the state to look at abandonment or decommissioning regulations, prior to the approval of a new line 3 by the Enbridge Company.
WWW.HONOREARTH.ORG 1
PO BOX 63, 607 MAIN AVE, CALLAWAY MN 56521
[email protected] | WWW.HONOREARTH.ORG
Winona LaDuke, Executive Director of Honor the Earth, with pipeline attorney Paul Blackburn and staff researchers, will present information about the abandonment process, issues that may arise, liability concerns, and ways to get involved.
Join Honor the Earth, Debra Topping and Korey Northrup for this informational meeting. Meeting is free and open to the public and will be held at 11 am in the Great Room in the Yellowjacket’s Union Hall.
WWW.HONOREARTH.ORG 2
