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A diver examines a portion of the Line 5 oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac in this frame from a 2012 video shared with the State of Michigan by pipeline operator Enbridge Energy.
A 15,000-pound anchor “decoupled” from a barge doing maintenance work on a pair of oil pipelines under the Straits of Mackinac Wednesday.
That s according to the company operating the pipeline.
On Friday, Enbridge said it was developing a plan to retrieve the anchor and would have it off the lakebed within days.
Both the state and Enbridge said the anchor posed no danger to the line, which was shut down temporarily in 2018 after being struck by another anchor and again last year after a contractor damaged its support structure.
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The tunnel would house a replacement for a portion of Enbridge’s Line 5 that crosses the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac, a waterway connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan
Army Corps plans extensive review of Great Lakes tunnel plan
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JOHN FLESHER, AP Environmental Writer
June 23, 2021
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FILE - In June 2020, file photo, a television screen provided by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy shows damage to anchor support EP-17-1 on the east leg of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline within the Straits of Mackinac in Mich. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday, June 23, 2021, plans to conduct an extensive review of a proposed tunnel to house a replacement for a portion of Enbridge s Line 5, which could significantly delay the project. (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy via AP, File)AP