The company that operates Line 5 is asking a U.S. judge for a measure of certainty that its controversial cross-border pipeline won't be shut down before it can be rerouted around an Indigenous band's territory in Wisconsin.
Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. wants district court Judge William Conley to clarify his earlier order that the pipeline be removed within three years from land that belongs to the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa.
"The court has the authority not to issue, or to stay, any injunction order to coincide with the reroute becoming operational to ensure that the public interest remains protected from substantial adverse consequences." The band has said it's not satisfied with Conley's order, which also included a profit-sharing formula and a US$5.1-million back payment, dating to when permission for the pipeline was found to have expired in 2013.
Enbridge has already detailed its plans to replace the 19-kilometre stretch of pipe in question with a 66-kilometre detour for Line 5 around Bad River territory.
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