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Panel urged to move lawsuit to state court that seeks shutdown of part of aging pipeline in Michigan

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By TODD RICHMOND
Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Michigan attorneys have pressed a federal appellate panel in Cincinnati to move their lawsuit seeking to shut down a portion of an aging petroleum pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac from federal to state court. The attorneys argued Thursday before the three-judge panel that the state’s environmental protection laws justify the transfer. Assistant Attorney General Daniel Bock said the Line 5 pipeline is of state interest because of its regulatory control of the straits. The Canadian pipeline’s owner, Enbridge Inc., filed a separate federal lawsuit in 2020 arguing the shutdown bid threatens to impede interstate and international petroleum trading. An Enbridge spokesperson accused the state Thursday of seeking a favorable venue while ignoring federal interests in the case.

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