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Pipeline Safety
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Turtle Talk
Michigan SCT Overturns Line 5 Permit
Here is the opinion in In re the Application of Enbridge Energy to Replace and Relocate Line 5. Briefs here.
Turtle Talk
Seventh Circuit Rules Enbridge Must Move Line 5 from Bad River Reservation
Here is the opinion in Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation v. Enbridge Energy Co. Inc. Materials here.
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Michigan Supreme Court Materials in Enviro and Tribal Challenges to Enbridge Line 5
Here are the materials in For Love of Water v. Michigan Public Service Commission: Oral argument link: https://youtu.be/bNRSAJCxap8?si=a76bpgyBDGBEf6FV Briefs: FLOW Brief.pdfDownload Great Lakes Business Amicus Brief.pdfDownload Enbridge Brief.pdfDownload Great Lakes…
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Trespass on Tribal Lands by Pipeline Companies Remains Legal in Wisconsin
Here is the order in Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Enbridge Energy Company (W.D. Wis.) allowing Enbridge to continue to trespass on Ojibwe lands without any…
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Enbridge Claims It Cannot Meet July 2026 Deadline to Shut Down Line 5 on Bad River Rez and Demands More Time
Here are new materials in Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Enbridge Energy Company (W.D. Wis.): 708 Enbridge Motion for Stay.pdfDownload 748 Bad River Response.pdfDownload Previous post.
Turtle Talk
Bar River Sues Army Corps over Line 5
Here is the complaint in Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (D.D.C.): 1 ComplaintDownload
Duane Morris Energy and Environmental Blog
Pennsylvania PUC Classifies Landlords as “Gas Pipeline Operators,” Subjecting Them to Federal Safety Regulations
On January 8, 2025, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PA PUC) reversed its longstanding enforcement stance, holding that landlords will be regulated as a “gas pipeline operators” when furnishing gas…
Lights On
U.S. Transportation Department Grants States $64.4 Million to Bolster Pipeline Safety
By J. Brian Jackson, Katherine Creef, Andrew Gann, Joseph L. Wilson II, Mitch Diles
On Aug. 2, 2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced the grant of $64.4 million to states to improve the safety of pipelines…
Lights On
New Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations Present Work-Product Concerns
By J. Brian Jackson, Andrew Gann, Mitch Diles
As of October 6, 2022, operators of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines must comply with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (“PHMSA”) Final Rule on “Valve Installation and Minimum…
Data Protection Report
TSA Transitions To Results-Based Approach in Revised Pipeline Cybersecurity Directive In Response to Industry Feedback
By Will Daugherty (US), Patrick Burke (US)
The Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) announced on July 21, 2022 that it is transitioning to a less prescriptive and more result-based approach in its revised emergency cybersecurity directive for critical…