Enbridge Sues Michigan Over Oil Pipeline Shutdown Order

摘要

Enbridge filed a legal challenge to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's recent demand that the company shut down its oil pipeline that crosses the waterway connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.The Canadian company accused the state of overstepping its bounds, arguing that Enbridge's Line 5 was under the sole regulatory jurisdiction of the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration."This is the latest attempt by the state of Michigan to interfere with the operation of this critical infrastructure by assuming authority it does not possess," Enbridge said.Whitmer signed an order on Nov. 13 to halt the flow of oil within 180 days, contending that Enbridge had violated an easement granted 67 years earlier, and Attorney General Dana Nessel sued in state court to enforce the order.