Michigan officials are going back to Canadian energy giant Enbridge
for more information on the integrity of its controversial Line 5
under the Mackinac straits, but this time they want the company to
send data in a usable format.
On March 11, Michigan attorney general Bill Schuette sent a
[1]letter to Enbridge Inc. vice president Cynthia Hansen asking for
pipeline inspection and operating pressure data in an "unrestricted"
form instead of through a "read-only data portal."
That data portal was a source of frustration for Michigan officials
during a yearlong inquiry into the submerged pipeline that resulted
in a 2015 report critical of "gaps" in pipeline information that
Enbridge says it gave through the limited-access portal.
Enbridge later apologized for sending the data in a format "[2]too
complex" for state officials to understand, saying that it might
"mean something to someone who has a Ph.D in metallurgical
engineering, but its not usable data to many people."
Source: [3]Michigan to Enbridge: Give us understandable pipeline data
I know companies don't want to divulge more than they have to in order
to conduct business. Things like pipelines, especially ones so old,
require objective & current data. That Enbridge is not helpful in this
process doesn't bode well for their chances.
Were I asked to vote on this right now, I would vote to shut the
pipeline down.
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My original entry is here: [4]Michigan to Enbridge: Give us
understandable pipeline data. It posted Sun, 27 Mar 2016 03:58:59
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Filed under: environmental, Michigan, oil & gas,
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http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2015/08/enbridge_line_5_inspection_dat.html
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http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/03/michigan_to_enbridge_give_us_u.html
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https://www.prjorgensen.com/2016/03/26/michigan-to-enbridge-give-us-understandable-pipeline-data/
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