Justice Department Says Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Is Trespassing on Tribal Land – By Mary Annette Pember (ICT) / April 12, 2024
However, the “filing leaves more questions than answers,” says Bay Mills Indian Community President Whitney Gravelle.
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The Biden administration has weighed in for the first time on legal challenges against Enbridge’s Line 5, a 645-mile, oil-and-natural-gas pipeline crossing Wisconsin and Michigan before terminating in Ontario, Canada.
In court brief filed with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice agreed with a lower-court ruling that Enbridge is trespassing on about 12 miles of Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa lands.
But they also urged the court to reconsider its order shutting down the pipeline altogether, saying the pipeline falls under international commerce regulations in the U.S. dealings with Canada.
