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Enbridge fined $3.32 mln for failings in Line 3 replacement project
Protest signage on display at a camp established by indigenous leaders and water protectors at the Mississippi headwaters, one body of water the Line 3 pipeline will cross following a series of demonstrations in protest of the Line 3 pipeline, built by Enbridge Energy, in Solway, Minnesota, U.S., June 8, 2021. Picture taken June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi
Sept 16 (Reuters) – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said on Thursday it fined Enbridge Inc (ENB.TO) $3.32 million, citing the Canadian company’s failure to follow environmental laws during the construction of its Line 3 oil pipeline replacement.
“Enbridge breached the confining layer of an artesian aquifer, resulting in an unauthorized groundwater appropriation during the construction of the Line 3 replacement project near Enbridge’s Clearbrook Terminal,” DNR said in a statement.
DNR’s order also requires Enbridge to implement a restoration plan to stop the unauthorized groundwater flow within 30 days and conduct additional groundwater and site monitoring.
The regulator ordered Enbridge to place $2.75 million in escrow for restoration and mitigation of any damage to the calcareous fen wetlands.
DNR referred the matter to the Clearwater County attorney for criminal prosecution. If the company violates the restoration order, it would be subject to additional misdemeanor charges under state law, DNR added.
In response, Enbridge said in a statement it would continue to work closely with the agency on the resolution of the matter.
“Enbridge has been working with the DNR since June to provide the required site information and approval of a corrective action plan, which is currently being implemented.”
Enbridge is close to completing its Line 3 replacement project, which will boost the capacity of the pipeline carrying oil sands crude to Midwest refineries.
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Everyone has a role to play in stopping the Line 3 pipeline
Everyone has a role to play in stopping the Line 3 pipeline
On Monday, July 19, in a red shirt and long black skirt, Sasha Beaulieu strode toward the Middle River in northwestern Minnesota to fulfill her official role as the Red Lake Nation Tribal Monitor. The water was incredibly low from the drought, and in parts the river bed was completely dry — all of which she would report to the Army Corps of Engineers with the hope of stopping the Canadian corporation Enbridge from drilling under Middle River to install the controversial Line 3 pipeline. Enbridge had already polluted the Willow River while trying to install the pipeline, an accident discovered by water protectors and reported to regulators. Beaulieu explained on Facebook Live that the company is supposed to stop pumping water when the river level is below a foot and a half, but Enbridge was not complying.
As Beaulieu recorded her findings, 40 people from the Red Lake Treaty Camp took up positions on the bridge, chanting and holding signs, the largest of which said, “Honor the Old Crossing Treaty of 1863,” which gives people of the Red Lake Nation the right to sustain themselves through fishing on the region’s rivers, as well as hunting and performing ceremony there. Meanwhile, at the Shell River, two hours to the southeast, a different tactic was being deployed, as famed Indigenous rights activist Winona LaDuke and six other elder women sat in lawn chairs, blocking Enbridge construction in defiant civil disobedience.
What role were you born to play in social change?
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