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An Ingham County judge on Wednesday lifted a restraining order on Enbridge Energy that had kept a section of the petroleum pipeline giant's controversial Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac shutdown for almost 12 weeks.On June 19, Enbridge temporarily shut down its twin 20-inch underwater pipelines after the Canadian company discovered an underwater steel support had shifted at the bottom of Lake Michigan. The steel support has since been repaired.Attorney General Dana Nessel had of both pipelines to give state officials and the federal agency that regulates pipelines time to investigate the condition of the 67-year-old pipeline carrying 540,000 barrels of oil daily across the environmentally sensitive waterway connecting Lakes Michigan and Huron.Ingham County Circuit Judge James Jamo agreed to lift after the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and its independent third-party expert "did not identify any integrity issues," according to a Sept. 4 letter PHMSA sent Enbridge."As no integrity issues have been identified in the area around the displaced anchor, PHMSA has no objection to Enbridge restarting the east leg of Line 5," William Rush, acting director of PHMSA's central region, wrote in the letter.Enbridge will resume sending light sweet crude oil and natural gas liquids through the east leg of the pipeline on Thursday, spokesman Ryan Duffy said.In early July, the judge allowed Enbridge to resume operation of the west leg of Line 5."The decision to allow the restart of the east segment of Line 5 is very positive for the many residents and businesses in Michigan and the Great Lakes region who depend on the energy Line 5 delivers," Enbridge Executive Vice President Vern Yu said in a statement.The regulatory scrutiny over the underwater steel support shifting in the lakebed is the latest in Enbridge has as Nessel has .Enbridge and others in the energy industry have long argued that shutting down Line 5 would lead to gasoline and liquid propane throughout Michigan, the nation's .Separately, Enbridge is seeking state and federal approvals to at the Straits of Mackinac to house a new pipeline. The company wants to keep using the existing twin pipelines until the $500 million tunnel project can be completed inRECOMMENDED FOR YOUMost Popular12345

An Ingham County judge on Wednesday lifted a restraining order on Enbridge Energy that had kept a section of the petroleum pipeline giant's controversial Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac shutdown for almost 12 weeks.On June 19, Enbridge temporarily shut down its twin 20-inch underwater pipelines after the Canadian company discovered an underwater steel support had shifted at the bottom of Lake Michigan. The steel support has since been repaired.Attorney General Dana Nessel had of both pipelines to give state officials and the federal agency that regulates pipelines time to...

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