Signed the letter of intent with The company is pledging to spend more than 10 percent of the total budget ($46 million) exclusively with core-owned businesses, including the training and hiring of tribal members. as the main line contractor for the project.
Enbridge hired Wisconsin-based Mitchell Pipeline, Inc.
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“Pipelines like Line 5 not only safely and reliably move energy where it’s needed, they free up the capacity for trucks and trains to move other goods such as paper products.”Īpart from being part of the vital energy infrastructure of the state, a independent economic impact study The Line 5 relocation project is estimated to add $135 million to Wisconsin’s economic output, increase state tax revenue by millions and support more than 1,000 jobs in the state of Wisconsin. “Wisconsin papermakers and forest product companies cannot survive without access to reliable and affordable energy,” said Scott Suder, president of the Wisconsin Paper Council. “Removing Line 5 from operation will ripple through our regional propane and fuel supplies, undoubtedly causing shortages and increases in prices that farmers simply cannot afford.” “Farmers rely on reliable sources of energy to operate their equipment, harvest their crops, care for their livestock, and heat their homes and farms,” said Keith Ripp, executive director of government relations for the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation. Carrying approximately 540,000 barrels of crude oil and natural gas liquids a day, Line 5 is a vital part of the Upper Midwest’s gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and propane infrastructure. Launched at the request of the Wisconsin Tribe, the $450 million, 41-mile pipeline project seeks to keep this vital energy corridor operating. th, the start of the public comment period. The Wisconsin DNR issued a draft environmental impact statement on Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 relocation on December 16. “Go to work and heat your homes,” said John Schmidt, Wisconsin Labor District Council president and business manager.
“Wisconsin workers and families are speaking out loud and clear that they support the Line 5 relocation project because it will create hundreds of union jobs, additional tax revenue for our communities, and access to gas, diesel and propane, which will help in the development of the economy. The coalition, known as the Wisconsin Jobs and Energy Coalition, announced that supporters of the Enbridge Line 5 relocation project had already made over 3,800 comments to the Wisconsin DNR in favor of approving the permits needed to move the project forward. A diverse coalition consisting of union activists, farmers, small business owners and forest product companies is showing strong support for a pipeline project in northern Wisconsin that is later the subject of a public hearing organized by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
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