DETROIT, MI — The National Wildlife Federation claims in a new lawsuit
that federal regulators improperly permitted a controversial oil
pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac by failing to consider the
potential affects an oil spill could have on Great Lakes shorelines and
endangered wildlife.
In a 27-page complaint filed May 16 in U.S. District Court in Detroit, the wildlife nonproft claims the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) did not apply a suite of federal environmental law standards to the agency`s 2013 approval of spill response plans for the Enbridge Inc. Line 5 pipeline under the straits....
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