prevent a catastrophic great lakes oil spill - mi petroleum

Prevent a Catastrophic Great Lakes Oil Spill

To the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Michigan Agency for Energy, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Michigan Governor, Michigan Attorney General, and Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board:

I am writing to submit my official comment in response to the State of Michigan’s Line 5 final alternatives analysis dated October 26 and released on November 20. I am deeply disappointed in this final analysis. A draft alternatives report released in June was riddled with errors and omissions, and the final report contains most of the same failures.

This report fails to meet its overall purpose of “providing the State of Michigan and other interested parties with an independent, comprehensive analysis of alternatives to the existing Straits Pipelines, and the extent to which each alternative promotes the public health, safety, and welfare and protects the public trust resources of the Great Lakes.”

It lacks credibility because its author is Dynamic Risk, a firm with ties to Enbridge, the Canadian energy transport company that owns Line 5. Even worse, it absurdly underestimates the impact of a spill and ignores a viable alternative to Line 5 – use of existing infrastructure. An independent expert review in December 2015 documented the practicality of this alternative.

Decommissioning Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac is the only alternative that will prevent an oil spill with catastrophic consequences for the Great Lakes and the State of Michigan. Moreover, this final alternative report affirms that decommissioning is a feasible option with zero risks to the Great Lakes and minimal economic impacts to Michigan customers (e.g., two cents more at the gas pump and roughly 10 to 25 cents more for propane in the Upper Peninsula).

It is time for the state to reject the flawed study, exercise its affirmative legal duty as public trustee of the Great Lakes and bottomlands, and shut down Line 5. The state should use that authority to revoke the 1953 easement agreement that Enbridge has consistently violated.

The risk of a spill is too great to allow Line 5 to continue to operate in the Great Lakes. Our state government should not put the Great Lakes, our economy, health, drinking water, fisheries, and way of life at risk from a catastrophic oil spill any longer. In fact, on November 16, the Coast Guard Coast commandant testified again to Congress that his agency is not prepared to clean up a large-scale pipeline oil spill in the Great Lakes.

I urge you to act as public trustees of our waters and bottomlands, enforce the easement in light of Enbridge’s ongoing violations, and begin the process of decommissioning Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac to protect the Great Lakes from a

catastrophic oil spill. The State of Michigan has a legal duty to take this enforcement action. Enbridge’s ongoing violations cannot be remedied. It is time for the state to act decisively and with urgency.

Specifically, the report on alternatives to Line 5 in the Mackinac Straits:

1. Fails to follow the recommendations and standards outlined in the Michigan Petroleum Pipeline Task Force Report, which resulted from a process created by the governor and co-chaired by the attorney general, and therefore cannot be used by the State of Michigan “in making decisions about the future of the Straits Pipelines.”

2. Neglects to provide the state with an independent, fair analysis of the alternatives to Line 5 as required by the Task Force Report. This final report remains biased toward allowing Line 5 to continue to operate and/or allowing Enbridge to build new oil infrastructure in the Straits of Mackinac and further expand its operations. That bias grows out of past, and potentially future, business relationships between Enbridge and the report’s authors.

3. Fails to analyze existing pipeline infrastructure as an alternative to Line 5 in the Straits, which the state required Dynamic Risk to analyze, and leaving it out conflicts with Task Force recommendation 3 (b). It is unacceptable that the contractor eliminated this alternative without any analysis. The 1953 easement granted with strict conditions by the state to Enbridge does not guarantee transport of 540,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil and natural gas liquids. In fact, the 1953 MPSC Order states 300,000 bpd, which means Enbridge is currently operating Line 5 at 80 percent over design capacity.

4. Fails to analyze new evidence disclosed by Enbridge affecting the pipeline’s integrity, including external corrosion, 48 bare metal spots caused by the installation of screw anchors, compromised cathodic protection, and historic excessive pipeline spans greater than the 75-feet limit (including a 286-foot span that was unsupported for years), as required by the legal operating agreement with the State of Michigan. Dynamic Risk’s rationale, in part, is that "it would be inappropriate to speculate on any of the above aspects of the coating condition."

5. Fails to consider tribal sovereign treaty rights and feedback on the basis that Dynamic Risk was not a party to tribal and state consultations, which is an unacceptable dismissal of input by a key stakeholder.

6. Grossly underestimates the total economic spill costs at between $147 million and $310 million, when Enbridge’s cleanup costs of its 2010 Line 6B pipeline oil spill along a 40-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River cost more than $1.2 billion.

7. Overestimates an impact to propane supply, greatly exceeding what independent experts have determined would be necessary to provide the Upper Peninsula’s Rapid River facility with an alternative supply. The flawed report finds that up to 35 railcars per week or 15 truckloads per day would be necessary, while another study

found it would take only one railcar or 3 - 4 truckloads per day to replace the Line 5 propane supply to the U.P.

8. Continues to show an unfair bias towards building a tunneled pipeline in the Mackinac Straits. The report estimates a much lower cost for a tunnel than other estimates for this type of infrastructure; it fails to consider the risk of a spill to the Great Lakes, rivers and streams from other portions of the 64-year-old pipeline if the Straits portion were rebuilt. Dynamic Risk prefers new pipelines, which was evident when the firm aggressively promoted building a tunnel in its proposal to do this report, and its analysis is deeply flawed.

Submitted December 22, 2017

The following signatures were collected via oilandwaterdontmix.org.

Total signature count: 5,973

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1 Liz Kirkwood MI US

2 Alee Johnson US Hello, Im from Green Bay, and I very much would like to get line 5 shut down ASAP as well. Not just reading about exterior issues with the pipeline, but what about the interior integrity of it? With a 64 year old line, what about stress cracks and inner wear and tear? We're very fortunate to have the Great Lakes along with its eco system, and from what i have read abroad about this line, it obviously needs to be shut down. Be responsible.. stop and replace it in a non threatening environment!

3 Mitchell McNeil IL US There's no level of risk that is acceptable in this very unique situation. Zero. Decommission Line 5 immediately. No more talk. No more studies. No more running out the clock. No more lies. No more b.s. - please!

4 Bonnie Weise US

5 Emily Griffith IN US

6 William Burdett MI US

7 William Clements MI US The track record of Enbridge (spills, cover ups) and enormous risks to all of Michigan from this aging and unnecessary pipeline make this a no-brainer. What conceivable advantage to their constituents do the Michigan officials see in allowing this risk to continue another day? Please act to protect our greatest natural resource.

8 Michael Salgat MI US Keeping Line 5 operational is not worth the risk to our drinking water, our health and the livelihood of the many small businesses dependent on the Great Lakes for tourism revenue. Please shut it down now.

9 Mark Bradley WI US

10 Myles Amor MI US

11 Megan Dykema MI US Love Lake Michigan and keep her safe

12 Phillip Mikesell MI US

13 Yaloda Dye MI The unthinkable willhappen if this line goes thru, instead lets turn to alternative fuels that willnot DEATROY 205 OF THE WORLDS FRESH WATER ALONG WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF MICHIGAN'S LUCRITIVE FISHING.

14 Abby Keessen IN US

15 Barbara Hopkins MI US Please don't let this be another win for big oil. We have such precious resources-we need to protect them!

16 Phil Young IL US

17 Jason Moritz MI US This is America, right? We see something's busted and we shut it down and fix it. Line 5 is busted. Shut it down and fix it!

18 Eli Potter AZ US

19 Jeff Brady MI US

20 Silas Bialecki MI US

21 Ruxandra-Ana Iacob MI US

22 Donald Erskine MI US Shut down line 5. End violation of Native Treaties

23 Laurie Blacker MI US Laurie Blacker

24 Heather Hewett AZ US

25 Helen and Mike Lambert

MI US We must not continue to expose the Great Lakes to the destruction this pipeline will likely cause.

26 Mark Hopkins DE US Please act now to protect the Great Lakes!

27 Gregory Culley US

28 Elizabeth Leclerc MI US M.S. in Environmental Science here: shut down line 5. The pipeline is not worth risking the health and viability of Michigan waterways.

29 Paul Campion IL US The Alternatives Study is fraught with errors and absurd omissions. Be the public servants that you were elected or appointed to be and serve the interest of your constituents, not foreign business interests that cavalierly put our communities at serious risk. Shut down line 5.

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30 Ruth Vander Ark MI US This pipeline can ruin our lake(s) and streams. It is not safe. Our waterways should be a top priority. Shut down this pipeline.

31 Linda Prostko MA US

32 Linda Liedel MI US For the sake of the Great Lakes and the welfare of the surrounding states, it is imperative that the Line 5 be shut down.

33 Kate Grandfield MI US I am deeply concerned about the safety of Line 5 and believe the only way to keep Michiganders safe is to shut down the line unless/until it can be made truly safe.

34 Christina Fabian MI US Help protect the greatest source of fresh water!

35 Randall Bond MI US Shut the fucker down!

36 Jeffery Anderson MI US thispipeline is a disaster waiting to happen.

37 Kris Pagenkopf FL US

38 John Stavros US The greed, ignorance and poor maintenance that makes this discussion necessary are disgusting. Even wild boar do not soil their food (water) source. Humans will risk it all for a little temporary profit. The Great Lakes are a world treasure, infinitely more valuable than the cumulative total of all corporate benefits and greed.

39 Joe Berent MI US

40 Nicholas Mouzourakis MI US

41 Bobby Belknap MI US Please act responsibly to prevent a catastrophic Great Lakes oil spill.

42 Phyllis LeRoy MI US Protect the Great Lakes. Shut down line five pipeline

43 Virginia Wernet MI US Stop the destruction of our natural resources, save our planet for our children and grandchildren.

44 Matthew peacock MI US I urge state regulators to shut down Line 5. Enbridge has been consistently deceitful with the state and its residents. It is time for the state to put the value of the fresh water to tourism, residents, industry, etc before the value of Enbridges ability to transport oil and gas through the lakes. Nevermind, this is a company with a track record of insufficient maintenance, oversight, and emergency response.

45 Dawne Santopietro NY US Shut down line 5 before another disaster strikes, and there are major consequences to be paid.

46 Mary Crawford MA US

47 Victoria Hadcroft MI US It's past the time to shut down Line 5. This is a catastrophic event waiting to happen in the Straits of Mackinac. Shut it down now!

48 Gail Lunde OK US Keep it inthe soil! Water is Life!

49 David Nino MI US Shut Down Line 5 Before it’s too Late !

50 Tom Webster MI US

51 Kathy Getchell CO US Reports are showing many failures to this pipeline and yet it moves forward. We need clean water and land options which this pipeline does not provide. Oil in the water or on land contaminates and destroys our right to clean water. Stop this pipeline.

52 Elizabeth Paxson MI US Gambling with our lakes is gambling with death and mass destruction.

53 Ted and Pat Ligibel MI US Fresh water should never be compromised, it is essential.

54 Cheryl Jordan MI US Over time pipelines ALWAYS leak. Don't risk our most precious resource and treasure, the Great Lakes. Instead use other pipelines whose failure would be less catastrophic.

55 Martin Schnur MI US Enbridge and the pipeline have been exposed in more than one way. Stop the madness and shut this and all pipelines down.

56 Lee Engstrom MI US Protect the Great Lakes. SHUT DOWN LINE 5 N.O.W.!

57 Joanne Lakosil MI US

58 Daniel LaBar MI US Fresh water is our MOST important resource.

59 Maxime Groen NY US

60 Tara Verbridge AR US Please save the water!!!

61 Karen Kramarz MI US The Great Lakes must never be threatened with an oil spill. Enbridge only cares about profit.

62 Katherine Wojan MI US We simply cannot risk an oil spill in the great lakes. As a concerned resident of this state, I am asking for Line 5 to be decommissioned.



63 Linda Brundage MI US I have lived all my life in Michigan and enjoyed the beauty and fun. Do not let line 5 destroy thus. Shut it down!!

64 Heather Salais US Why are we creating unnecessary risk for the absolute most valuable resource, water? These people are oncelers!!!

65 Margaret Everhart MI US Don’t risk the health and safety of our citizens and our ecosystem to increase the profits of a private company.

66 Kaye Thomas MI US To much at risk.....shut it down

67 Mary Ann Idzikowski MI US

68 Sue Albert MI US Please protect our Great Lakes our beautiful resource and life source. Shut down line 5

69 Paul Wright MI US No more pollution in our country! We are losing ground on the battle to save our environment with the current administration. You have a duty to the citizens of America, not lobbyists, big corporations and the wealthy only interested in their greedy bottom line. You can and must do the right thing and stop this desecration of the earth.

70 Carole Coulter MI US

71 Terry Hangartner MN US

72 Robert Martin MI US Delays and procrastination on Line 5 are not a solution, especially when viable alternatives exist and the potential for devastation of our most significant natural resource that is nonrenewable is so great. Line Five MUST be shut down immediately and other alternatives navigated.

73 Joseph Byrne MI US It is absolutely imperative for the future environmental and economic security of our Great Lakes region that this pipeline must be decommissioned immediately.

74 Marisa Novy CA US Oil and water don’t mix.....

75 Kathie Weinmann MI US Stop gambling with our Great Lakes, that which sustains and represents Michigan like nothing else. SHUT DOWN LINE 5!!

76 Pam Toner MI US Enbridge has had too many chances and done too little. We face a substantial risk of a terrible disaster that would compromise our environment and economy. We need ot shut down Line 5. Now.

77 Fredrick Robinson MI US Another bunch of lies from big business. There will be a big leak and it will be to late to save the straights area. I wouldn't want to be the attorney general and politicians when it happens. Goodbye political career.

78 Jay Smith MI US In light of the recent developments in regards to the Enbridge "non-disclosure" of relevant important data, I believe the only option would be to prevent a potential catastrophic event by closing the underwater portion of the Line 5 pipeline.

79 Judith Brock MI US It is imperative to SHUT DOWN LINE 5. Common sense, scientific findings, studies of the pipeline, how damaged/old it is, how vulnerable our Great Lakes and connecting waterways are should there be ANY spill. This will be devastating to our fresh water supply, our economy, our tourism, many folks earning a living. IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO: Shut it down, NOW. Before it is too late and we will all suffer and be sorry. Waiting for ANOTHER FLINT WATER CRISIS? That one is unforgiveable for everyone involved.

80 Kerry Owens MI US The GREAT LAKES are too critical a resource to risk contamination. DON"T BE CRIMINALLY FOOLISH! PREVENT A CATASTROPHIC GREAT LAKES OIL SPILL!

81 Ceci Bauer MI US Decommission line 5 now. There is no real need that is worth risking our Lakes and Rivers. Embridge neglects to follow the standards and upkeep of this pipeline and others

82 Debra Peters MI US We will hold the current Michigan leaders accountable when this pipe finally leaks. And it will. Nature eventually reclaims everything made by man.

83 Pamela Parkinson US We must show as a society we are able to prevent disasters. The Pure Michigan Campaign became a national joke after the Flint Water Crisis. Let us pause and imagine the press a pine line leak in the Straights would earn us: A State with leadership unwilling to protect its most valuable resource. Even after the FWC and after the Kalamazoo River breach.

84 Jeanne Brauher US I grew up in the most beautiful state in this country, Michigan. I am appalled at the lack of action to protect these beautiful bodies of water by state government. On behalf of myself, my children and the rest of my family who still reside in the state of Michigan, this horrible line must be shut down!

85 Dan Cancro OH US This is a flawed study. If not now, when will this thing be shut down? Do you think that submerged oil pipes subject to this kind of thermal stress fatigue will last forever? This makes absolutely no sense. These pipes are senior citizens. They should have retired decades ago. As long as Enbridge earns more money than they would have to spend on cleanup, they will continue to lobby against the people of Michigan. Shut this thing down now.



86 Carol Noel MI US The saddest thing to hear is my children talking about the future of this country, of this world. They believe the environmental damage done thus far will be astronomical and everlasting. The talk about not wanting to bring children into the world to inherit the devastation. We must act now to repair what has been done, so new generations will have enough hope to raise families. We must act now, because now is all that is promised. We must act now to pave a healthy and safe environment to those who will carry the baton. Let's begin today by voting for the protection of our greatest natural resources and for alternative solutions to dangers that might otherwise bring devastation. It is our choice. It is our responsibility. It is our future.

87 Solomon Smith MN US Enbridge Line 5 is a preventable disaster waiting to happen. We have an organization with a record of malfunction and duplicity pumping pollutant fuels through long-expired pipelines. This would be bad enough on land, but under the Straits of Mackinac? At the heart of the largest freshwater system on Earth? The potential for environmental — and economic — destruction is simply too great to allow this to continue.

88 Noah Link MI US

89 Dorothy Carlson FL US

90 Jan Arnett MI US To lie about the conditions of any means of transporting any toxic substance is to risk the well being of everyone on this entire planet because all things are connected. When the family and children and employees of Enbridge or any other so-called energy company get cancer, have untreatable disease and learning disabilities and mental health issues that tie back to contaminated WATER -- WATER, our LIFE-GIVING REQUIREMENT -- who then will protect YOU Enbridge and all your cohorts in crime? The Great Lakes are our LIFE. Your lies spell death and money cannot save you or us.

91 Michael Brosko MI US I have seen the state of line 5 personally while scuba diving the straights and can testify its condition is degrading faster than any report has indicated. Exposed bare metal, angled deviations from straight lines, missing and damaged supports all are a real threat to the lines stability. This line need st be shot down, retired, and removed before it fails. Its not if, its when it fails that will utterly wipe out the entire area as well as ripple effects to the entire lower lakes system. We have a moral obligation to protect the Great Lakes for future generations to enjoy. It was not given to us by our parents, it was lent to us by our Grandchildren.

92 Karen Modell MI US The time for comments and discussion is done. This pipeline needs to be shutdown before a disaster occurs. There have been so many lies about the condition of the pipeline and it has outlived its intended life. Everything is working ok, until it's not, and the it's catastrophic. Please...decommission this pipeline.

93 Lynn Hailey MT US Shocked that Dynamic Risk, the company that produced the study has worked with Enbridge in the past, worked with them during the investigation, and will work with them after this.

Shocked that the study dismissed the obvious alternative viable option of sending oil through other existing pipelines instead of through the Great Lakes.

Shocked that the report failed to follow the recommendations and standards outlined in the Michigan Petroleum Pipeline Task Force Report.

Over 23,000 of us submitted our comment calling for the shutdown of Line 5 in August. Now, they released the final Line 5 Alternatives Study, and it is no better than the preliminary, draft version. We are once again shocked that the final study does not take into account recent news of 48 bare metal spots caused by the installation of screw anchors, and of the resulting compromised cathodic protection of this pipeline.

94 Ralph Bravata MI US Please do the right thing by protecting our Great Lakes.

95 Kristin Green US

96 Marisa Van Zile MI US Shut down line 5 and protect the Great Lakes.

97 Bonnie Archibald MI US Shut Line 5 down now!

98 Sarah Mayhew MI US Please for the love of all things living, shut down this risky pipeline that will effect more than imaginable in and around the Great Lakes region. Our environment is worth it. We all depend on it. Don't shit where you eat!

99 Gary Vetter MI US Shut it down. Enough is enough. I

100 Jeffery Lowe MI US never has there been a viable reason to have ever had the pipeline, considering the non-reversable, catastrophic damage to occur when, not if, there is a failure. Now is the time, to stop line 5 forever, and any sane, Michigan oriented politician or administrator should act accordingly , other wise, Pure Michigan is a hoax and wasted taxpayer dollars

101 Cb Schmidt MI US Please don't wait til its to late to take action on this issue. Keystone is a prime example!



102 Vincent Lasak MI US To whom it may concern: Line 5 should it rupture would completely destroy the Great Lakes Eco-system for drinking water and fishing for the entire great lakes. Please remove it after shutting it down!!! Thank you.

103 John Kotwick MI US The risk of a spill is too great to allow Line 5 to continue to operate in the Great Lakes.

104 Harrie Bleecker MI US We see oil spills EVERYDAY, somewhere, we can't afford them in the Great Lakes!

105 Marshall Blondy MI US SAVE LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE HURON please. properly repair or replace LINE 5

106 Alex Burkholder MI US I've traveled all over the world, and I believe that Michigan and the Great Lakes is absolutely, hands-down, home to the most beautiful places on Earth. It would be devastating and incredibly disappointing if that were ruined by Enbridge and the State of Michigan. I ask the responsible parties to be responsible and act pro-actively and Shut Down Line 5 to protect the place I call home.

107 Mary Gingras MI US I own a home on the shores of Lake Huron just 45 miles south of the Straits, and I'm extremely worried. Do the right thing and shut down Line 5 now!

108 Scott Golding MI US Clearly, Enbridge is being less than honest and forthright regarding the many serious breaches in the protective material on Line 5. Gov Snyder should demand an immediate shutdown! Also, it's time to re-route the line over land and remove the pipes crossing under the Straits!

109 Ed Powers MI US

110 Paul Eaton IL US I am hopeful that our elected officials will do what is right for the citizens of Michigan. Oil-free Great Lakes is what the citizens want. Line 5 is the number one threat to Michigan's greatest asset - the Great Lakes.

111 Della Smith MI US Shut down line 5 now!

112 Martin Pfaff MI US Shut down "line 5" and save our natural resources from being contaminated by a spill! This is a very old system and never maintained properly anyway.

113 Skip Bleecker MI US

114 Calli Vanderwilde MI US

115 Pat Montgomery MI US

116 Mary Boyd MI US Get the oil out of the Great Lakes!

117 Anne Felosak MI US Not even sure that this can be remedied, but at least oil could be shut off. Why are there even any questions about this.

118 Jeff Malkiewicz MI US

119 Richard Brown MI US It is imperative that we realize the great economic value the lakes and the tourism they bring provide to Michigan and to protect that economic interest.

120 Bruce Forni MI US Like i always tell my kids, when making decisions, always contemplate the potential consequences. The potential negative consequences of keeping line 5 active are just too great for so many people, wildlife, and companies too. Do the right thing ...

121 Robert Evans US Enbridge clearly cannot be trusted, based on their past deception. The Great Lakes are far too important to risk a devastating oil spill from this deteriorating pipeline. Please shut down this pipeline before it is too late.

122 Elysha rom-Povolo MI US

123 Paul Bruce MI US The risks of the continued operation of Line 5 have been proven by credible evidence to pose a major threat to the Great Lakes and the state of Michigan ( specifically the Attorney General) must immediately take action to close the section in the Straits of Mackinac to protect the public interest and revoke the 1953 easement agreement. The Dynamic Risk alternatives report lacks credibility because of the firm's close relationship to Enbridge. Also, serious issues with the structural integrity of the pipeline have cited repeatedly and testify to the fact that the aging structure poses a clear danger to the public health and environment.

124 Tari Calouette MI US The problem is that it will be less expensive for the company to pay off the lawsuits that are incurred with a spill than to fix the problem. Some how, someone, needs to figure out a way that this would be too expensive to risk. Then the company would look into alternatives. It is criminal.

125 Mark Eldridge MI US Mark Eldridge

126 Nancy Burmeister MI US The Great Lakes hold a vast amount of the fresh water available to North America. How can we choose to risk contaminating that water so that a Canadian oil company that has already contaminated our water in the past can send filthy crude oil through an old pipe under the Straits of Mackinac? Please shut it down now!



127 Douglas Hill MI US Line 5 must be shut done. Enbridge has not been fair dealing with the people of the State of Michigan. There is no evidence to support their conclusions that everything is fine with Line 5 except their own self-serving statements. What about worst case scenarios: A Line 5 rupture in February while the Straits are frozen over. Yikes.Close Line 5 now.



128 Matthew Lipinski MI US To the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Michigan Agency for Energy, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Michigan Governor, Michigan Attorney General, and Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board:




Decommissioning Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac is the only alternative that will prevent an oil spill with catastrophic consequences for the Great Lakes and the State of Michigan. Moreover, this final alternative report affirms that decommissioning is a feasible option with zero risks to the Great Lakes and minimal economic impacts to Michigan customers (e.g., two cents more at the gas pump and roughly 10 to 25 cents more for propane in the Upper Peninsula). It is time for the state to reject the flawed study, exercise its affirmative legal duty as public trustee of the Great Lakes and bottomlands, and shut down Line 5. The state should use that authority to revoke the 1953 easement agreement that Enbridge has consistently violated.


I urge you to act as public trustees of our waters and bottomlands, enforce the easement in light of Enbridge’s ongoing violations, and begin the process of decommissioning Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac to protect the Great Lakes from a catastrophic oil spill. The State of Michigan has a legal duty to take this enforcement action. Enbridge’s ongoing violations cannot be remedied. It is time for the state to act decisively and with urgency.

Specifically, the draft report on alternatives to Line 5 in the Mackinac Straits:

Fails to follow the recommendations and standards outlined in the Michigan Petroleum Pipeline Task Force Report, which resulted from a process created by the governor and co-chaired by the attorney general, and therefore cannot be used by the State of Michigan “in making decisions about the future of the Straits Pipelines.” Neglects to provide the state with an independent, fair analysis of the alternatives to Line 5 as required by the Task Force Report. This final report remains biased toward allowing Line 5 to continue to operate and/or allowing Enbridge to build new oil infrastructure in the Straits of Mackinac and further expand its operations. That bias grows out of past, and potentially future, business relationships between Enbridge and the report’s authors. Fails to analyze existing pipeline infrastructure as an alternative to Line 5 in the Straits, which the state required Dynamic Risk to analyze, and leaving it out conflicts with Task Force recommendation 3 (b). It is unacceptable that the contractor eliminated this alternative without any analysis. The 1953 easement granted with strict conditions by the state to Enbridge does not guarantee transport of 540,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil and natural gas liquids. In fact, the 1953 MPSC Order states 300,000 bpd, which means Enbridge is currently operating Line 5 at 80 percent over design capacity. Fails to analyze new evidence disclosed by Enbridge affecting the pipeline’s integrity, including external corrosion, 48 bare metal spots caused by the installation of screw anchors, compromised cathodic protection, and historic excessive pipeline spans greater than the 75-feet limit (including a 286-foot span that was unsupported for years), as required by the legal operating agreement with the State of Michigan. Dynamic Risk’s rationale, in part, is that "it would be inappropriate to speculate on any of the above aspects of the coating condition." Fails to consider tribal sovereign treaty rights and feedback on the basis that Dynamic Risk was not a party to tribal and state consultations, which is an unacceptable dismissal of input by a key stakeholder. Grossly underestimates the total economic spill costs at between $147 million and $310 million, when Enbridge’s cleanup costs of its 2010 Line 6B pipeline oil spill along a 40-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River cost more than $1.2 billion. Overestimates an impact to propane supply, greatly exceeding what independent experts have determined would be necessary to provide the Upper Peninsula’s Rapid River facility with an Signatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �7 oilandwaterdontmix.org


129 Barbara Harder MI US The report on Line 5 was authored by Dynamic Risk, a firm with ties to the energy company that owns line 5. There was no attempt to explore alternatives - Line 5 poses a threat to the ecosystem of the Great Lakes. Use alternative pipelines!

130 Dennis Moser MI US Enbridge has a demonstrated pattern of deception and lies about the condition of Line 5. They knew when they bought it that it was nearing the end of its expected lifetime and are doing everything in their power to extend it past it's engineered life. One Enbridge employee went as far to say that it "could last forever" with proper maintenance. I am amazed that anyone could make a statement like that and expect to be believed unless he ha a rather low opinion of the intelligence of the residents and regulators in Michigan. By allowing the line to continue to transport oil under the Straits you will do nothing more than confirm his thoughts.

131 Mike Lewis CA US

132 Audrey Pallmeyer MI US

133 Royce Ragland OH US Shut down Line 5 and prevent a disaster.

134 Lydia Mejia MI US If you have been to the Straights and put your feet in the pristine water there is no way anyone could ever even think about polluting that precious water with oil. Line 5 presents a huge risk to the lives of the communities surrounding the Great Lakes and the Great Lakes themselves, which is in my opinion the best part of our state. I think the answer is as clear as the water in the straights that Line 5 needs to be removed now.

135 Sydney Widell WI US The final alternatives these working groups have proposed show unbelievable negligence and blatant disregard for the people of the great lakes basin, as well as for the lakes themselves. Simply move the pipeline! The risk is not worth the reward.

136 Jazmine Harvey MI US Jazmine Leilani Harvey Signed.

137 William Szuch MI US Why not construct a new pipeline that would be attached under the Mackinac Bridge roadway. It could be encased in a steel armor tube for extra safety in case of a leak and as a layer of protection against a terrorist attack. Seems like a relatively low cost alternative that greatly reduces, if not eliminates the threat of a spill. Bill Szuch

138 Dennis Feichtinger MI US

139 Kathy Goralski MI US

140 Debrah Roemisch NJ US

141 Susan Lovell US Enbridge paid Dynamic Risk for a false report to ensure Enbridge's money interest at the cost of a very real environmental catastrophe in the making. SHUT DOWN LINE 5 Now!

142 Beth Bashert MI US Please do not allow Enbridge to continue to use this outdated and risky pipeline. Shut this down, protect our fresh water, and be the leaders that we need.

143 Barbara Wood MI US This pipeline needs to be shutdown before a disaster occurs. Please do the right thing by protecting our Great Lakes. Shut down line 5

144 Janet and Jeff Hessler MI US The Great Lakes are a national and international treasure. People flock to the beauty of them in droves every summer. A compromise in Line 5 would be catastrophic to the Michigan economy as well as the overall health of the lake itself. Please Please do your job and shut down Line 5 once and for all! Janet and Jeff Hessler

145 James Crowfoot MI US This pipeline is not well maintained by a company with a horrible spill record including the Kalamazoo River tragedy. It is reprehensible that our State Attorney General and Governor have not closed down this pipeline and instead are willing to risk the water quality of the Great Lakes in exchange for maintaining their cozy relationships with Enbridge and their network of fossil fuel corporations including the State and National Chamber of Commerce. Enough is enough. Close down this aged and failing pipeline before disaster strikes.



146 William Gonzalez MI US Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, the Strait of Mackinac, and Mackinac Island are the Crown Jewels of Michigan. They are the distillation of the entire "Pure Michigan" campaign that attracts millions of tourist to our beautiful state. To put it at risk is sheer insanity. 1. Line 5 is owned by a Canadian company 2. Line 5 pumps Canadian products 3. Line 5 pumps from Canada, TO Canada..merely taking a shortcut thru our pristine wonderland 4. Line 5 pumps combinations of the vilest, most poisonous petroleum distillates, including Dilbit, black tar thinned with Naptha (cleaning fluid) to make it viscous enough to pump. 5. Canada reaps ALL of the rewards, yet we in Michigan are the ones whose lives and livelihoods will be destroyed when it ruptures.

Do you remember the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf in 2014? Did you watch any of the closeup videos of it? Please search Youtube and view some of them... Line 5 pumps a massively greater volume than the Deepwater Horizon did. I similar size blowout in the Straits would be a thoroughly catastrophic event. It has also been acknowledged, in the winter would be IMPOSSIBLE to clean up. Devastating hundreds of miles of shoreline, poisoning and killing millions of fish and wildlife, while collapsing tourism and property values for generations. Let's amplify this even more...it was stated that a "similar" sized blowout to Deepwater would be cataclysmic, but Live 5 pumps much much more than Deepwater could ever had hoped to. How much more? -Twice as much? Try again.-Tripple the amount? Not so lucky.-Ok, TEN TIMES MORE? In your dreams.-TWENTY TIMES MORE? Maybe in a best-case scenario. The shocking reality of Line 5 is that it actually pumps FIFTY-SIX (56)TIMES MORE than Deepwater ever did. Take a second and just try to wrap your head around that figure. That is FIFTY-SIX (56)TIMES MORE of the most vile and foul petroleum compounds on Earth, surging through our pristine Straits each and every day. That is 56 Deepwater Horizon blowouts in the Straits of Mackinac all at the same time! Please try to visualize that. That's right, pure Hell !

Are we insane? Keeping Line 5 in place IS insane. It offers us nothing but inevitable devastation.

Let's also not forget that Enbridge has a long history of misrepresentation, casual incompetence, and lying to the public and the regulatory agencies. Line 5 needs to be shut down, and Enbridge needs to be kicked out on their asses TODAY!

147 Amy Cone MI US The risk of a spill is too great to allow Line 5 to continue to operate in the Great Lakes. Our state government should not put the Great Lakes, our economy, health, drinking water, fisheries, and way of life at risk from a catastrophic oil spill any longer.

148 Connor McLeod MI US As a fellow yooper, having spent my entire life growing up in the Eastern UP, we must prevent an oil spill at all costs! The damage that could happen from a spill would be catastrophic! We'll be regretting the consequences for generations to come if it doesn't get shut down. SHUT DOWN LINE 5!!!!

149 Jill Stiegler MI US SHUT IT DOWN!!!! What are you waiting for another National disaster??? Enbridge lied and got caught,what else haven't they told us???

150 Angela Martin MI US We should be using the line that does not go under the great lakes. No thinking about it, do it.

151 Ken Gothman MI US Line 5 is not a risk the residents of Michigan are willing to take with our Great Lakes. Shut it down now!

152 David Shadduck MI US

153 Ed Wade IN US This is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode.

154 Bruce Klosner MI US Shut this line down now before we all regret it!!

155 Mary Woods US The water of the Great Lakes is crucial for our state & our county. It must be protected from such wanton disregard of the danger because of an irresponsible corporation and current Michigan Governor & Legislature.

156 Celia Hallan MI US Enbridge has proven time and time again that it cannot and will not be transparent about the risk Line 5 poses to the public and the Great Lakes. This biased study only makes it more difficult for us to discuss genuine alternatives to running oil lines under the Straits of Mackinac. We must decommission Line 5 as soon as possible.

157 Alice Bagley MI US As a farmer and Michigan resident I am incredibly worried about the health of the Great Lakes. Our water resources are one of our biggest advantages as a state and we have to do better to preserve them.



158 Paula Bogleff MI US

159 Heidi Curtiss NY US Don’t put the Great Lakes at risk! Use the precautionary principle.

160 Paul Faverio MI US Regarding line 5...As we have said over and over again... Do not endanger our Great lakes for us and our children's future. For the last time please fix this situation before it gets out of control. Elon Musk is a great inventor and his technology may help this situation.

161 Julie Todter MI US

162 Bobbi Varaljai MI US Shut down line 5 !

163 Suzanne Eastman MI US Shut down Line 5. Terrible for Michigan.

164 Laurel Hill MI US Line 5 is a disaster waiting to happen. We can't rely on luck or hope. We CANNOT sully the best supply of fresh water in the world. Shut it down!

165 Larry Gephart MI US Enbridge has continually under reported the faults in this line to the point that they have no credibility when they tell us there is no danger. Even with what they report they are out of conformance with the legal operating agreement both in terms of capacity and structural requirements. The risk of a catastrophic is too great.

166 Margaret Pierson MI US Margaret Pierson

167 Ann Turner MI US

168 Colin Haggerty MI US Enbridge is disrespecting our Great Lakes, Our State, Our Country, and our Earth for some cash. Trump may be instilling this money-first ideal but we wont stand for it

169 Noah Mitchell-Ward MI US

170 James Pushaw HI US Do what’s right! The danger of a spill is so great and it could never be fully cleaned up!

171 Mario Maraldo MI US mario maraldo Time to shut it down.

172 Dan Sloboda IL US The State of Michigan has the legal and moral obligation to shut down the Line 5 pipeline to protect its citizens and the freshwater resource. Enbridge continues to mislead the state and public while placing the health of our freshwater secondary to the line's economics.

173 Jim Linck MI US Even the slightest risk to are Great Lakes is too much if we have alternatives then it should be a nobrainer to Shut Down Line 5 . The protection of these lakes should be of the greatest concern both environmentaly and economically!!!!!!

174 Gary Jarvis US gary jarvis

175 Susan Betts-Barbus MI US

176 Lindsey DesArmo MI US Hello,

Each year, I make a pilgrimage back home to "Pure Michigan" to enjoy the great lakes. We grew up in Cheboygan, Michigan on Lake Huron. I recently visited my hometown and surrounding area and filmed the trip where the viewer enjoys aerial views of Mackinac Island, Lake Michigan sunsets, night sky at the Headlands, our parent's lakefront home on Huron and the Cheboygan River. All of these which will be severely affected when pipeline 5 ruptures.

Here is the video link. It is only 5 minutes. https://vimeo.com/171815924

I support efforts to shut down line five and have contacted my state representatives and senators to ask what they are doing to ensure the line is shut down as soon as possible and share this video that my family, friends and anyone who lives in or visits northern Michigan can relate to. We all love our Pure Michigan.

Thank you for your time.

For love of water,

Lauren DesArmoRaleigh, NC

Hometown: Cheboygan, MI

177 Michael Peikert MI US I live near the oil spill that occurred in SW Mich a few years ago. I am a physician and cared for some of the people who’s health was affected by the spill. Even a small risk of spill is not worth the possible health and economic impact to the Great Lakes ecosystem.

178 John Schumacher MI US



179 Eric Ferguson MI US I support closing Line 5 and other hydrocarbon pipelines running through or near the Great Lakes as the only option to prevent devastating harm to our state and the Lakes over the long term.

180 Rob Watt US The Great Lakes are a natural wonder. Water is our most precious resource. Shut down the Line 5 pipeline now.

181 Annette Beatty MI US The state of Michigan must represent the interests of the citizens of Michigan and protect our great lakes by decommissioning line 5. Further delays only increase the risk of a spill taking place.

182 Mary Szlachetka MI US My heart is breaking that this pipe line may let go. Our beautiful Great Lakes are at risk. I can’t understand how a wealthy company has such lack of conscience that it won’t do the right thing!

183 Gretchen Sullivan SD US Close the old Lake Michigan pipeline now.

184 Stephen Mitchell MI US The time has come to decide what is more important to our State. The Great Lakes, or the Companies that profit from Line 5. Will they wait until a failure causes catastrophic damage, or will Common Sense prevail. Time will tell.

185 Tom Leone MI US Line 5 needs to be shut down as it crosses the whole U.P. and exposes multiple wet lands too. We cannot afford a catastrophic leak in to the largest group of fresh water lakes on the planet period. Many other transport pipelines available as alternatives.

186 Nancy Devonshire MI US We must protect our people and the environment. It is up to our generation to look to the futute for all people. Please take the route away from our Great Lakes.

187 Evan Ricker NY US This is a horrendous injustice.

188 Nichole Diederiks MI US Please shut Line 5 down before it becomes a bigger problem.

189 Cliff Yankovich MI US I cannot believe that the State of Michigan continues to allow a Canadian Oil Company to endanger the water supply for millions of people - to say nothing of endangering the tourism industry in Michigan - by allowing this pipeline to move toxic crude beneath the confluence of two of our Great Lakes. Please shut down this dangerous pipeline NOW.

190 Eric Lester CO US

191 Cheryl Kacan MI US Shut down Line 5. The Great Lakes are a valuable resource to be protected for now and future generations. The issues with the pipleine are clear. It has been neglected and is in significant disrepair. It must be shut down NOW!

192 Tyler Fitch MI US The great lakes are a precious natural resource and it's clear that line 5 would recklessly endanger them--and in the process support an industry and process that threatens biodiversity and livelihoods across the world.

193 Denise Hosta US

194 Robert Jordan SC US don't gamble with the potential of an oil spill that will foul the land and our precious water supply with the short term gain of monies made from shipping any oil found offshore

195 John Wright MI US An independent study without any links to Enbridge must be undertaken immediately to replace this flawed study. The danger to the Great Lakes is enormous and clear alternatives are available. Line 5 should be decommissioned as soon as possible.

196 Nancy Strodl MI US I am shocked by the the Line 5 Alternatives Study's recommendations and the fact that the writers of the study have worked for Enbridge. The Great Lakes need to be protected from the possibility of oil spills. Since line 5 is showing its age and should be shut down immediatly.

197 Jordan Lindsay MI US I support our government agencies shutting down line 5 to prevent a devastating oil spill in the Straits of Mackinac that would impact our great lakes.

198 Dawn Schumann MI US I wish to be included in the opinions above. This issue is really international. Twenty percent of the earths fresh water is contained in our Great Lakes. It our responsibility to protect this precious water for the future as well as ourselves.

199 Lana Jerome MI US As a life long Michigan resident, I deeply appreciate our natural resources including the Great Lakes. The disregard for the health and well being of our lakes by Enbridge and associates is appalling. Line 5 must be shut down.

200 Robert McGillicuddy US You cant drink oil!

201 Alice Miller MI US Alice M Miller- It's terrifying to think of the environmental damage to the Great Lakes, the flora and fauna, the economic impact a leak would cause! It couldn't be in a worse place. Shut line #5 down!

202 Noa Iacob MI US

203 Gae Winn MI US We voted for you to protect our natural resources..not to destroy them..your selling off the water to a cooporation ...now if you don't act to protect the lakes we will find some one else to do the job..remember your children and those who come after need you to act before it's to late.



204 Joel Krzan US It would be tragic if generations of children were denied the ability to utilize one of the most precious natural wonders in the world.

205 Donna Carter MI US I am not in favor of the pipeline under the bridge or any where in the Great Lakes! There has been too many leaks in the lines. The Greak lakes are critical water supply for our nation and we must do everything possible to protect this precious water supply.Fresh water is more important than any money or big business .

206 Lee Burton US There should be no oil or other fossil fuel products transported under the Straits of Mackinac or anywhere else under the Great Lakes for that matter. The risk to the environment as well as the economic impact that would follow a spill are too great to allow. There are alternatives to pipelines under the Great Lakes that would not pose such a great threat to the environment and the people who live in the region.

207 Patricia Finder-Stone WI US This paralysis of positive action must stop!

208 Linda Francisco MI US

209 Patricia Anderson MI US

210 Tom Pietras US Stop the Canuck robber barons from endangering our great lakes Lock them up for Kalmazoo which is still not over

211 Heather Ouro MI US Please find an alternative method than the Great Lakes. If these beautiful Great Lakes are ruined, this will be detrimental to the economy of the state of Michigan. The majority of Michigan coastline economy comes from water related activity, and if these waters are damaged, then business owners will suffer and we will see a LARGE decrease in out of state visitors. If there is an oil leak you can say buh bye to your Pure Michigan advertisements.

keep our water Pure for PURE MICHIGAN!

212 Julie Morris MI US I am appalled that Line 5 is still operational. It is a disaster waiting to happen. The Coast Guard acknowledged that they didn't have a clean up plan. Enbridge certainly doesn't have a plan that would work.

213 Matthew Trecha WA US

214 Autumn McDonald MI US Please don't wait until it's too late! Our water is sacred! Shut down line 5!

215 Anne Birkam MI US It is shameful that our elected officials would ever put profit ahead of human and environmental safety. I cannot say I am surprised by this since it seems to be part and parcel of human history. I can say that water really is life, without it life does not exist in any form. We should be treating it as the essential resource it is instead of allowing its abuse by the few wealthy who reap profit from its abuse.

216 Sara Gay Dammann MI US

217 Catherine Murphy SC US The Great Lakes are one of Michigan's greatest assets. Damage done to these lakes would be devastating to the state's economy. Please do the responsible thing and decommission Line 5.

218 Steven Mangas MI US We have a company, Enbridge, who's total disregard for our Waterways is bordering on criminal! They have continued to violate agreement after agreement. The Kalamazoo Rv. debacle proves to me that Enbridge is not prepared to handle an environmental crisis of the Magnitude of a Great Lakes Oil Spill! Please shut down Line 5 and protect our economy and our Great Lakes Waters industries! Steve Mangas Clay Township, St. Clair Co. MI 48001 Lifelong Resident

219 Lara Post MI US Please do not risk an oil spill near the Great Lakes!

220 Martha and Lawrence Wallen

MI US No amount of oil is worth polluting our Great Lakes! The risk is huge! Shut line 5 down!

221 Edward Bobinchak MI US As a resident of Michigan, I use the waters of Lake Huron and the Mackinac straights, frequently. I do not believe that the study of Pipe Line 5 has adequately addressed the recommendations of the Michigan Pipeline Task Force report. Please do not allow heavy crude to continue to be passed through Pipe Line 5!

222 Margo Smith MI US Please don’t allow Enbridge to continue operating Line 5. Enbridge and it’s ally company that files reports are not truthful in reporting flaws in the pipeline. People of Michigan deserve clean water without the threat of a major oil spill from pipeline 5. Alternative routes for the oil/natural gas are available. Protecting our water is a sacred trust. Please shut down line 5.

223 Edith Lewis US The findings from this poorly designed and executed study do not provide adequate support to continue the travesty that is Line 5. Please protect our environment and stop this project.

224 Heather Perrin US Water is one of our most valuable resources. Please keep it clean for future generations. Shut down line 5.



225 Nancy Belanger-Iott MI US Water is life. Literally.WHEN Line 5 fails. It threatens millions of peoples drinking water, tourism disappears, the ecosystem fails.We don't need dirty oil flowing through our state.The 21st century technology for clean renewable energy exists.Are your allegiances with the people of Michigan or Enbridge?Shut down Line 5

226 Christine Moellering US The Great Lakes are one of our largest natural resources and we need to stop taking this huge risk and look at the value of our waterways. This is a huge potential disaster in the making. People depend on this water for drinking and survival. Please shut down this pipeline.immediately.

227 Gary Turner MI US Having a major oil pipeline paaing through the precious great lakes was an ill convieved notion to begin with and never should have been allowed. The recent oil spill of the brand new keystone xl pipeline proves that oil corporations should not be trusted, especially when the public opposition is so great yet completely ignored. The profits of a few oil tycoons should not be what makes decisions concerning the welfare of our environment and the health of the people in it. Fossil fuels must be eliminated for the immediate future of life on this planet.

Enough is enough, do the right thing, execute the will of the people, de comisiion line 5 immediatley!

228 Paul Baumgartner MO US It is time to shut down line 5 permanently. The risks to the environment simply outweigh any economic benefit this line brings to the Great Lake States and Canada.

229 Julie Spencer MI US We need to protect our fragile environment from a process we know has significant chances of leaking oil into vast sources of water. It's a question of when, not if it will leak harming flora and fauna and contaminating water sources we utilize. Put the environment above greedy profit.

230 Hannah Walters MI US Stop this insanity. This could be a worse disaster than Flint an.. d even more expensive and harmful to the entire state. Shut down line 5..

231 Karen Chadwick US

232 Laura Rose MI US The risk of an oil spill in this pristine lake system is too great! I am in favor of shutting down line 5 now. If oil were transported by truck, many more jobs would be created and sustained.

233 David Chapman US The question here is whether government supports not only the people of this state and also the welfare of the state itself, both geographically and economically , or whether it supports Big Oil. The people are watching. If a mistake is made to NOT shut down Line 5 and an ensuing disaster destroys one of the greatest natural wonders on the planet, there will be hell to pay. There shouldn't even be a debate as to what must be done - Line 5 must be shut down and an alternate line can be run around Lake Huron to the southern depot. Sensibility must trump greed.

234 Brad Miller KS US No oil or other fossil fuel products should be transported under the Straits of Mackinac or anywhere else in the Great Lakes for that matter. The damages to the environment as well as the negative economic impact that would follow a spill are too great to allow. SHUTDOWN LINE 5!

235 Judy Doot MI US Shut it down. It isn't a matter of time before it gets worse than it is already. Is it worth not having water?

236 Fred Overeem US Enbridge has a history of oil spills from inadequately maintained pipelines. They have proven themselves to be irresponsible. The Enbridge pipeline line across Mackinac shows stress and damage. An oil spill in Lake Michigan would spread a disaster affecting people from Michigan and Ontario to the Atlantic ocean. While I believe a pipeline is safer than surface transportation. It is irresponsible to not close the Mackinac pipeline.

237 Patricia Cox NE US

238 Thomas Steeg FL USdont Let corporate Lies for profit Destroy the Great Lakes and This counties largest source of fresh water!

239 C. Knipper IL US

240 Lauren Starowicz US It is essential to protect the Great Lakes!

241 Barbara Pratt MI US The world cannot afford the loss of the Great Lakes. Line 5 threatens that loss every day it exists, and the company responsible for the line knows it. So do the so called inspectors that continue to allow it to exist.

Millions of American taxpayers and voters know it, too. The secret is out. It's time to take the money intended to keep that secret and put it to use to correct this heinous situation.



242 Jim DesRocher MI US Only a corporate serving fool would be willing to gamble the future of the Great Lakes and the northern Michigan economy on a beaten up, damaged old pipeline that has existed long past its prime. It is pretty clear our politicians owe their allegiance to corporate donors , not to their constituents. Shut down Line 5 now.

243 June Picard LA US The Great Lakes must be protected at all costs from greed and shortsightedness!!!!!!!!!

244 Carol Yacavone MI US Shut Down line 5. The risk to our Great Lakes is too high. Think of future generations!

245 Carol Johnson MI US Absolutely INSANE to let this pipe line exist!! Would you let your your children/grandchildren play in a kitchen with a leaking gas stove valve and a can of kerosene on the counter????? Where is your HEART, for God sake?

246 Terry Deegan MI US TheGreat lakes are natural treasures that we, the people of the surrounding states, not only revere for the view, but as a source for clean drinking water; a source that provides billions of dollars of income (and taxes) from fishing, lodging and dining recreation. We simply cannot any longer tolerate the risk of age and the very real potential of a catastrophic failure of Line 5.During the 2010 Chgo to Mac race while sailing over crystal clear deep blue waters through the Straits we ironically learned of the tragic Enbridge line rupture and spill in the Kalamazoo River. Spills can and do happen! To allow that perpetual risk to go on in Lakes Michigan and Huron is perpetuating a crime against nature. Shut Down Line 5 Now. Please! Before it's too late!

247 Cheanne Chellis MI US The world cannot afford risking the Great Lakes. Line 5 is a risk to our lakes. Line 5 is old and even with routine maintenance, old things wear out. Take a look at Enbridge’s record with “accidental” spills.

248 Carol Purdy MI US The flow of petroleum in Line 5 should be turned off now. Period. Risks of a breech are too great to allow it to continue. Any further analysis, reporting, planning should be done after the flow is turned off. Protect the Great Lakes. First things first.

249 Amyra Archuleta US It is very important to keep the water in the great lakes safe from contamination. The great lakes contain 20% of the worlds fresh water, and we cannot afford to endanger that water source. Shutdown Line 5 to protect the water for the people, the environment, and the health of future generations.

250 Caroline Wolber MI US Line 5 is a danger to our Great Lakes and needs to be shut down.

251 Timothy Schacht MI US Enbridge is untrustworthy. They've lied and deceived us, putting our safety at risk. We don't need to make their fossil fuel shipments to Canada more convenient for them, at the expense of our water security. Line 5's too dangerous and benefits MI little if at all. Shut it down. They've got enough $ to figure out something else.

252 Roger Moore MI US I just read today's agreement between Enbridge and the state, regarding the possibility of tunneling under the straits and a study to determine that feasibility. Way too little and as usual, just procrastination on the part of Michigan's environmentally hostile government. Shut the pipeline down! Today! Do your study, but keep the pipeline shut down until a workable alternative ( if there is one) is completed. How can our legislators possibly be so callous about our Michigan shoreline? The only reason must be that they're in the pockets of the oil companies that buy their seat in the House or Senate. Governor Snyder, your legacy is already tied to Flint. You could salvage some measure of respect by ordering the pipeline shut down immediately, instead of agreeing to another "study."

253 Deanna Geelhoed MI US

254 Paul Bonfiglio MI US Shut down line 5 now!

255 Barb Leahy MI US

256 Katherine Goldberg IL US

257 Tracey Paulson MI US With the issues that are currently happening, and issues with other pipelines. How can this continue?? There are other options, please protect our Great Lakes.

258 Lissa Spitz MI Please decommission and shut down this recklessly risky line immediately.

259 Phil Simpson MI US The catastrophic risk that Line 5 presents to not only the Great Lakes States and their citizens, but to the entire country far outweighs the benefit it provides to the oil companies. Stop thinking of your bottom line and shut down line 5.

260 Samantha Feuss NJ US

261 Marie Lannen MI US Our magnificent Great Lakes are a source of enduring beauty and inspiration for our region and the entire world. Not to mention an incredibly vital source of clean fresh water. Please do not allow oil to be pumped through this decrepit pipeline under what is perhaps the most turbulent area of the Great Lakes system.

262 Karen Joseph MI US This is a no-brainer. We know the facts and if the line should burst, so much would be lost. Support Michigan by shutting down Line 5!



263 Peter Mantei US

264 Karla Passalacqua MI US It is hard for me to believe that we are still debating the presence of this pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac. The State should shut it down now, end of story. The risks are WAY to high, and the lame excuses of the State and of Enbridge are sadly laughable - but this is apparently what passes for serious discourse in the Alice-in-Wonderland political landscape we now live in. SHUT THIS PIPELINE DOWN NOW - IT HAS NO PLACE IN THE GREAT LAKES!!!!Thank you,Karla D. Passalacqua, Ph.D.

265 Carla Bloom MI US

266 Ron Katz MI US

267 Iris Arthur MI US From all I have read and heard I believe the pipe line running under the Straits of Mackinac should be shut-down. Time and time again we have the disastrous results of a broken oil line somewhere in the U.S. We fail to act to prevent these disasters because of the lobbying by the owners of these pipeline companies. Then, we act to clean-up the spill which is expensive and takes years to complete. Hindsight thinking and action will not preserve our Great Lakes. Shut down Line 5!!!

268 Robert Lowing MI US I volunteer in two different Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore programs, beach cleanup and the avian botulism study. I am a regular SBDNL visitor and spend a great deal of time on Lake Michigan sea kayaking. I am horrified at the thought of a spill. Please prevent this. Shut down Line 5 immediately.

269 Judith Hicks MI US Line 5 is a disaster waiting to happen and needs to be decommissioned. As a voter I shall be closely following this situation as the midterm elections approach.

270 Taylor Sting MI US Why is risking the worlds greatest resource in the world not worth more attention? if a pipeline is going to risk our resources, it at least should be done in a low risk manner, rather than having a company produce a flawed report with minimal action. They dont act like they care now, they will only care once they are on the hook for the environmental impacts they make and it will be too late to save our great lakes at that point.

271 Janet Kahan MI US

272 Mark Bearss MI US Get that line shut down NOW. Lip service isn’t cutting it and will not cut it at the voting booth in the Fall.

273 michael patterson MI US SHUT DOWN LINE 5 NOW

274 Richard Schudiske MI US it is one thing after another with LIne 5.. this thing needs to be shut down and an alternative found

275 Jayne Hamilton MI US

276 Dale R Pratt MI US Please shut down line 5 until it can be properly replaced, or re routed. The benefits do not out weigh the dangers of the condition of this pipeline currently.

277 Henry Homburger MN US This pipeline puts a priceless resource at risk. It must be decommissioned.

278 Ann McKinley MI US I can't imagine why the pipeline under the Great Lakes was OK'd in the first place or is even being considered now. Our water is priceless. Construct your pipeline overland.

279 Max Offerman US Just because you can legally be financed by corporations does not mean you should be devoid of morality.

280 Kathi Geukes US It's time to shut it down!!!! If the line should rupture....who will the State blame when it clearly will be their fault?? It's time the STATE gets it's chit together and do something responsible for a change!!!!! Instead of bowing to their millionaire backers!!!!!

281 Matt Markell MI US Canadians running this company are criminals for which the Canadian Government is culpable, this issue is that simple. They have proved this on more than one occasion. Get Canadians off our soil and out of our water.

282 Barb Frisk MI US The Great Lakes are too precious to risk having this pipeline in it. Independent studies have pointed out many issues with the pipeline that have been ignored by the "official " studies. Please don't allow line 5 to continue.

283 Jean Sayre MI US We have been waiting too long for action to be taken to make repairs; also have waited too long for our governor and sttorney -general to work for the people of Michigan to take action by cancelling the easement for the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline and decommissioning the pipeline. I ask for action to be taken immediately.

284 Dennis Hansen MI US

285 Pamela Hall-Kincaid US I'm a cancer survivor and my health is very important along with my family.



286 Edith Tovar IL US 20% of the world's freshwater is at risk because of this 60+ year old pipeline. It's time to shut it down!

287 Patricia Pennell US

288 Gregory Klimczak IL US

289 Sallyann Garner IL US Please do NOT allow Line 5 to operate in the Great Lakes. Decommissioning Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac is the only alternative that will prevent an oil spill with catastrophic consequences for the Great Lakes and the State of Michigan. Moreover, this final alternative report affirms that decommissioning is a feasible option with zero risks to the Great Lakes and minimal economic impacts to Michigan customers.

290 Jacob Kaiser US jacob kaiser

291 Steven Yankoviak TN US Shut down Line 5 NOW. Too much of a risk for our state.

292 Steve Trecha MI US Dear Madam/ Sir,

Let's prevent a catastrophic Great Lakes oil spill. Given the valid concerns. I support decommissioning the pipeline.

Thank you Steve Trecha

293 Nancy Heckel NH US I am deeply disappointed in the Line 5 final analysis. A draft alternatives report released in June was riddled with errors and omissions, and the final report contains most of the same failures.

294 Kirt Gross VA US I am writing to ask that this pipeline please be shut down. I watched the debacle at Standing Rock and I am appalled to see once again the interests of the people and the environment steamrolled by government and business. Note, according to a 11/17/2017 news report 210,000 gallons of oil have already leaked from the Keystone Pipeline. Clearly Line 5 is a time bomb. It seems that it is not a question of "if' but rather, "when."

295 Susan Kaiser US Susan Kaiser

296 Julia Colasanti MI US If Line 5 is not shutdown, a spill is inevitable. The spill will destroy the health of the Great Lakes and everything that our state, nation, and world hold dear. The economy will collapse in Michigan from the decline of tourism. The already straining fight for water rights will become even more complicated and unjust because one of the largest freshwater sources in the world will have been contaminated beyond remediation.

297 Pamela Mitchell MI US JOIN US and tell the State of Michigan the only acceptable way to protect the Great Lakes is to SHUTDOWN LINE 5. The future of the Great Lakes depends on us!

298 Nancy Ward NY US I have family who live in Michigan. The Line 5 pipe line must be shut down

299 Jacquelyn Kendall MI US We can't drink oil. We can't bathe in it, cook with it, water our gardens to help feed our families. The few Michigan families who are served by Line 5 oil have other alternatives (i.e. LP gas trucked in) which could be subsidized by the state if necessary to protect the most precious resource we have in Michigan.

300 William Cejtin US William Cejtin

301 Steven Kopacki MI US How stupid are we as a state , why are we waiting tell it's to late again!!! KZoo river was too much. Drain the swamp and get rid of politicians that are bought and paid for. This is public water, shut it down and direct them to tap into there new pipe line. What happened to Rep. Bill Schuette protecting us from Enbridge. He no longer has my vote including Wayne Schmidt. They both are all talk, we need representatives that will take action for the people of Michigan.

302 Benjamin Badalamente US

303 Laura Leyrer MI US There must come a point when we begin to put our earth and our citizen above corner cutting and corporate profits. The time must be now. Our environment is so fragile and so delicate and to jeopardize the balance in favor of short term profit is immoral. You MUST find other alternatives than running poisons under the largest clear water reserves in the world. WAKE UP. Do the right thing.

304 Jeffery Chase MI US Please Shutdown Line5. Don't destroy our environment for profit.

305 Johanna Bogater MI US Protect our water and in turn the health and safety of Michiganders! Not to mention the tourism and fishing industries that would be devastated by a spill!

306 Judi Pawloski MI US The Great Lakes must be protected against a potential catastrophe. Shut down Line 5. Water is more important than oil. Other substitutes for oil can be found but not water.

307 Charles Mcsweeney OR US please shut itdown before it spills!!!!



308 Allison Veldheer MI US As a Michigan Native I take pride in the Great Lakes and the measures we take to keep our lakes pristine. Allowing Enbridge to transport oil through the Straits with Line 5 is not protecting our Great Lakes. We need to do everything we can to protect this great resource we have. There are other alternatives to oil - there are no alternatives to freshwater.

309 Katherine Nachtegall MI US I love the Great Lakes and I love Michigan. Our outdoor tourism is huge. We can not afford to risk the safety of our lakes, people, and wildlife. Just imagining the risks being taken here to ship oil is terrifying. This is greed, plain and simple. We need more alternatives for transporting and creating energy. The fact that this is still an issue is so backward.

310 Jacquie Stout MO US All pipelines leak and are not invincible. A prime example is the 210,000 gallon incident in South Dakota. Are you sure you want this to happen in the Great Lakes? You know it will happen. Line 5 is not wanted nor is it needed. Wake up, oil and water do not mix.

311 Leah Olson CA US

312 Jacob Gardner MI US Shit it down

313 Susan Allen MI US Please reroute Pipeline 5 so it does not endanger the Great Lakes and ruin the beautiful waters in the Straits of Mackinac and beyond.

314 Luke VanDusen MI US Our Great Lakes are at stake!

315 Susan Burack MI US It is time to stop risking our Great Lakes. Shut Down Line 5 NOW!

316 William Durkin ME US

317 Katherine Grech MI US Please protect our most valuable resource our great lakes. Companies will lie to make their profits. In the political climate our counrty us in, it important to speak up on these life altering instances. If or when a catastrophe happens it will be TOO LATE! WAKE UP PEOPLE! THIS IS NOT FAKE NEWS!

318 Amy Johnson MI US

319 Brad Martin US Please look at our past mistakes to make the right decision here.

320 Vic Lacca MI US Let's be proactive, and get this situation rectified BEFORE a catastrophe. The cost to fix this or find an alternative is far less than cleaning up the water way down current for hundreds of miles. Think of our environment and the people of this state, instead of oil companies, investors, and cost of line shut-down. Think.

321 Barbara Barense US I think Line 5 should be completely shut down permenantly. It is no benefit for Michigan and it is a major accident just waiting to happen. I don't trust a word they say about its safety. That's always what you hear and then when a horrific accident happens, all we will hear are excuses. SHUT IT DOWN!

322 Gregory Johnson US Please do not ruin our great lakes with this pipeline.

323 Malia Cole US There is no way it could possibly be worth it to maintain using this line. The devastation that we're tempting by continuing to rely on something so outdated and dangerously unsupported is practically unfathomable and yet it remains a serious threat posed to our country and the environment of the world. The fact that we put so much at risk in the first place honestly still boggles my mind. I want our beautiful area to have a healthy future and that means protecting our freshwater sources.

324 Tom Baker CA US Dynamic Risk almost certainly has a huge conflict of interest in this case. Its findings should be disregarded. Line 5 needs to be shut now, or you will have your own Deepwater Horizon disaster on your hands!!

325 Carol Rall MI US Shut down Line 5. Do the right thing for the Great Lakes.

326 Diane Martin-Brodak TX US These pipelines need to be shut down for good..their too old and dangerous for our waters. As we all know, they ALL leak sooner or later, as we have witnessed time and time again. Every week somewhere there is an oil or gas leak in this country, which these companies try to keep hidden from us. Enough is enough with all these questions, and these Alternative studies, over and over again, when we KNOW the correct thing to do. Shut this pipeline down. WATER IS LIFE....for every living thing.

327 Linda Perry MI US There is no reason to continue to keep Line 5 running when there is obvious risk to our state and our water. I support the shutdown of Line 5 immediately. I will also vote for those candidates for public office that will work for a shutdown.

328 Kerry Hodges MI US The Great Lakes is the drinking water for over 4 million people in the Great lakes basin. An underwater break and leak of the 65 year old line 5 would be catastrophic to our environment. Shut it down!

329 James Johnson OH US



330 Anthony J. Stein TX US SHUT DOWN LINE 5, THE RESIDENTS OF MICHIGAN AND SURROUNDING STATES,CANNOT AFFORD NOR DO WE WANT AN ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. GIVEN THE HISTORY OF ENBRIDGE,THE SPILLS HAVE OCCURED AND THE CLEANUPS WERE UNSATISFACTORY !!!

331 Christiana Zilke MI US There is simply NO JUSTIFICATION for keeping Line 5 active. Shut it down today !! Thank you.

332 Eliana Herman MI US Line 5 needs to be shut down. It presents a terrible threat the our Great Lakes, and the risk is not worth it.

333 Sonja Whitley MI US Shut down line 5 to protect our Great Lakes. We have enough problems with keeping our water safe.

334 Kaye Preston CA US please save our water and land. shut down line five.

335 Gail Ross MI US SHUT DOWN LINE 5!!

336 Robert Aguirre MI US It is time to take action before we destroy what is our duty to protect. There is no good or sane reason for allowing this to continue. disaster is just around the corner and it will fall on your shoulders.

337 Lori Rochette MI US Line 5 is just too dangerous . It must be shut down to keep our great lakes safe.

338 Lori Rochette MI US Line 5 is just too dangerous . It must be shut down to keep our great lakes safe.

339 John McLane MI US Shut it down! Enbridge is already displacing the volume that goes through the straits by upgrading compression, and facilities with existing infrastructure--ex parte filiing works for them; no permits necessary!

340 Ed Dvorscak MI US Every day that Enbridge is allowed to pump petroleum products through line 5 under the Straits is another day closer to a major environmental disaster for the Great Lakes.

341 Brenda Kennedy-Muraski

MI US It's time to shut down Line 5 before it leaks oil into the Great Lakes. The risk of damage an oil leak would do to the Great Lakes is not worth it.

342 Patty Barrons CA US Shut it down.

343 Nora Zorich MI US our great lakes are a critical economic resource for tour state. we cannot take these chances - any risks is NOT acceptable.

344 Merry Jane Benner MI US Use the safer route. Keep the Great Lakes safe from the eventuality of oil spills. I’ve been in Santa Barbara CA with my kids in the 80’s and the beach was dotted with globs if oil and it made it impossible to be on the beach or in the water. Shame on anyone supporting Pipeline 5.

345 Chris Koerner IL US

346 Hunter Thane MI US We only get clean great lakes once, don't ruin that.

347 Linda McMath MI US Line 5 must be shut down. There are alternatives which do not carry the unacceptable risk of irreversibly destroying the Great Lakes.

348 Don Finwall MI US

349 Peter and Martha Blom MI US Lets stop TALKING ------- Something MUST BE DONE to avoid a catastrophic happening !!!!!

350 Jane Ebbett EnglandGB Please shut down Line 5 -- I don't want the beautiful Great Lakes polluted with oil and to see pictures on TV of wildlife choking to death, caught in sticky oil.The Great Lakes must be protected for people and wildlife to enjoy and not put in danger for financial gain.People around the world are watching -- please don't gamble on these old pipelines and risk an environmental disaster. Thank you.

351 Mitchell Menard MI US

352 Merry Ossenheimer MI US The pipeline is an accident waiting to happen. Too many rely on fresh water from the Great Lakes to allow that.

353 Richard Straub IL US As a Michigander and Midwest resident I am concerned over any action that threatens the safety of our Great Lakes. Shut it down.

354 Lisa Miller MI US Line 5 must be decommissioned.

355 Dick Landback MI US We keep getting bad news about Line 5. Now we hear Enbridge wants to replace it. NO WAY!



356 Gregory Robison CO US As a child I grew up visiting Lake Michigan with it's pristine waters, beaches, recreation and deep blue waters. Please do everything possible to eliminate Line 5 and it's possible devastating effects . Viable alternatives are being ignored. The Straits of Mackinac will be endangered for my children's future, our outstanding water supply and unspoiled beauty. Profits are being placed above natural beauty, citizens health, and beautiful places for citizens to experience nature. Loss of Economic impact ALONE from visitors would far outweigh any pipeline 5 profits to oil companies. Local economic impact from construction will vanish shortly while the inevitable disaster WILL eventually be placed upon our shores for all to see and experience.

357 Grace Pynnonen MI US

358 Laura Otwell MI US For the future of the great state of Michigan and all her residents, I implore state elected officials to be proactive and shut down Line 5 now. The risk is far too great. Alternatives exist.

359 Barbara Steer MI US The same thing I said when I went to the meeting of the PSAB during a snowstorm earlier this year: SHUT IT DOWN. NOW. The evidence of need to SHUT IT DOWN NOW is there. Do the right thing. SHUT IT DOWN NOW. You can do this.

360 Charles Creasser MI US I wonder who’s getting the kick back on this tragedy? It’s so obvious our government officials are not representing the citizens but well financed special interests groups! I hope when the spill occurs government officials go to jail

361 Charles Dildine MI US it seems incomprehensible that a co. will put greed and money ahead of proper installations or diversions of oil transfer to other pipelines for the sake of the greatest source of fresh water on earth. by keeping highly viscous oil going through line 5 under the straits which has to be highly heated and thereby creating greater pressure to this compromised pipeline is an act of treason to the people of Michigan and surrounding other state communities and Canada. the "ceo and other officers of the co. involved in this conspiracy should be held responsible for the high potential of breakage of this line. Not dealing with this problem is not only an act of treason against many people and communities but also an act against God's creation- our natural resources.

362 Cyndi Kress MI US Shut it down now, before a rupture occurs.

363 Elizabeth Miller MI US

364 James VandenBerg MI US James VandenBerg

365 Kenneth Ward MI US A rupture, which one day will surely occur, will devastate Michigan environmentally and economically.

366 Thomas Hickey WI US !"#$��%�&' .....Please protect OUR Great Lakes

367 Audrey Peters MI US

368 Laura Kennett MI US The Great Lakes are the largest freshwater system of lakes in THE WORLD. How can you put a price on that? They should be protected at all costs. If contaminated, there is no way to undo the damage.

369 Tim Janssen MI US A powerful, irresponsible corporation is being treated with kid gloves by the usual suspects. Fight to the death.

370 Jennifer Anderson US

371 James Hoitenga MI US Pipeline 5 is too close to a catastrophic failure that would devastate our incredible Great Lakes and all but kill tourism in both the northern lower peninsula and devastate the U.P. The study is flawed in several ways. Shut down Line 5!!!

372 Judith Baxter MI US The risks to our Great Lakes and thereby he state of Michigan our neighbor lake states is catastrophic and undeniable and not worth any possible benefit. There is no leakproof or breakdown proof pipeline. .Any leak will poison all the Great Lakes as they are all connected and flow together. The pipeline's location deep underwater means any leak is is causing irreparable harm before it can be discovered - the damage is already done and will continue unchecked unless and untll discovered stopped and repaired. Any leak will poison all the Great Lakes as they are all connected and flow together. Once it leaks the damage is done and irreparable. The people of Michigan and the people of the surrounding lake states, and the majority of Americans clearly and overwhelmingly value the Great lakes over Line 5. CLOSE DOWN LINE 5 NOW ,

373 Amy Carpenter GA US Shut down Line 5. The risk of an oil spill is too great and would ruin our water, our wildlife, and our economy.

374 Dean Marks MI US Keep ALL oil lines away from any fresh water. Accidents with pipe ruptures happen all the time!

375 Sarah Wunsch NY US We must not take our fresh water for granted. The condition of Line 5 is UNACCEPTABLE. A break or serious leak is more than likely and must not be allowed to happen. Please wake up and smell the oil!

376 Rosemary Dressler US Totally inadequate report. Must stop line 5. The risk is too great.



377 Maryann Cacciaglia MI US Please do the right thing. SHUT DOWN LINE 5 NOW. As a lifelong Michigan resident I beg you to protect our beautiful Great Lakes and all the people and wildlife that depend on it. Please, before it is too late!

378 Michael Kordek MI US Michael Kordek

379 John McCarthy RI US Shut down Line 5. No pipelines near fresh water sources. Period.

380 Peter Schadlich MO US The risk of Line 5 is to great! Please shut it down to save a precious habitat.

381 Mary Malo WI US

382 Rebecca Kane MI US Dear Stakeholders,I am tired of #KochRoachGovernment, where installed Officials collude with Corporate Lobbyists and Contractors to defeat empirical Science, roll back Protective Regulations, privateer Public Wealth, Resources and Institutions and thwart Civil and Human Rights which are clearly spelled out in the Bill Of Rights and the Constitution. The proper solution for the good of We The People is to prevent any and all unncessary toxic Corporate Profit Layers infringing upon our legal rights to Government defense of our liberty, freedom and pursuit of happiness. The gradual takeover of Public Resources, including Lands, Water, Soil, Air, Minerals, and Infrastructure by Corporate entities solely for the purpose of corporate profits endangers the Peoples' Rights to Health and the Common Good. These corporations raise costs to the Public while lowering the safety and quality of the resources they control. The Public suffers when the water air and soil are polluted; when the rails, roads and bridges are weakened and in disrepair because Corporate use results in more damage than corporate contributions to the economy pay for; and are far outweighed by the costs of clean up, repairs, rebuilding and complete loss of ownership and control of these Public Resources for the common good.These old repurposed pipelines were never meant to bear the loads and mass or the contents of the current agreements. Adding to the pressure limits, reversing direction, expanding the scope and ingredients of transported petroleum liquids; all completed without legal and proper consultation with the Public; and the Native, Indigenous population of the State of Michigan; without empirical oversight and investigation, without factual evidence based knowledge of catastrophic outcomes or safety plans; without independent oversight, without retaining clear direct routes for damage claims and complaints is both foolhardy, negligent and smacks of malfeasance on the part of the Government and the Corporate Parties involved.Under the current plan the risks to the water supply, soil and air quality will be borne by the People, not the Corporations or the Government, while the benefits will go to Corporate profit centers and into donations to political PACS.

383 Kimberly Morrow MI US I am disappointed that our government puts profits over lives. Who gets to spend the money if we are ALL poisoned and die?

384 Laura Kemp MI US Despoiling this pristine treasure that has been a part of my life and my children's lives would be a tragedy beyond anything Michigan has ever experienced. It's time to stop putting 'band aids' on our energy crisis and find cleaner, renewable resources. Once gone, we can never get our wilderness areas back and our children and grandchildren will be the victims. Give them the gift of tomorrow and a clean, beautiful Earth to enjoy for generations to come. Thank you

385 Craig Engwall MI US Please STOP pumping oil through Line 5!!! People's lives are at stake!

386 Melanie Czartoryski MI US I am deeply saddened that money means more than having the greatest freshwater source in the country. You're only supposed to do business with people you trust. Enbridge has proven itself to be a liar and not capable of holding up their end of the agreement so why honor them with a HUGE contract. When your child does something wrong, do you reward them?

387 C R MI US Do not destroy the Great Lakes. Prevent the possibility of any oil spills. We need solar and wind energy alternatives, not more oil. Do you have ANY integrity? YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE in every sense of the word if there are spills.

388 David R CA US A pipeline is not the answer.... alternative energy is the answer.

389 Albert Rollings MI US One bright spot in the Michigan economy is tourism. We live on Lake Michigan near Sleeping Bear Natl. Park and tourism is driving the economy in Northern Michigan and the state. If the only thing our republican legislators understand is MONEY, then understand that the economy will be devastated if that pipe line ruptures. Stand against big oil and shut down line 5. MaryBeth Rollings

390 Marie Lundheim MI US

391 Nancy-Laurel Pettersen

MI US Continuing to risk the Great Lakes based on a report that is *not* free of conflict of interest -- this is a shocking attack on the future of our children.

392 Harry Bennett WI US This pipeline was a bad idea in 1953 and is still a bad idea, the water resource of the Great Lakes is too precious to allow the risk of a spill.

393 Xenophon Skufis MI US SHUT IT DOWN! There are 5 State of Michigan employees on trial for manslaughter in the Flint water crisis. You folks blow this, there will be more deaths - premeditated MURDER charges.



394 Diana Dyer TX US Shutting down line 5 now is the only sane action.

395 Adam Tobey UT US

396 David Purucker IL US Failing to shut down Line 5 could very well result in a historic ecological catastrophe. You can prevent that from happening. And you can prevent such a disaster from being your own legacy - because if you let it happen, the world will not forget.

397 Daniel Worth MI US Snyder has done enough to ruin Michigan., and there's been zero accountability.

398 Luke Allen MI US Luke Allen

399 Brianna Hansen MI US Every year when I go to my cottage in Montague, MI, I swim in Lake Michigan and marvel at the beauty that it holds. I am 18 years old. I cannot sit and watch as my state, a state that I hold above all other states and will defend until my dying breath, sits idly by while our greatest treasure is held in the palm of an oil company's hand. We saw what happened a year after the Dakota Access Pipeline was installed - a catastrophic spill. Do we want our children swimming in an oily Lake Michigan? Do we want our children asking us why there are so many dead fish, birds, and wildlife? Is this what we want in the world?

400 Allison LaPlatt MI US

401 Sarah Merrifield MI US We can't gamble our environment for the sake of profit.

402 Theresa Rose MI US Don't let greed destroy our most prominent natural resource. YOU CAN'T DRINK OIL OR EAT MONEY.

403 Katherine Grzesiak MI US This report fails to provide the State of Michigan and its citizens with an independent, comprehensive analysis of alternatives to the existing Straits Pipelines. Decommissioning Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac is the only way forward that will prevent a catastrophic oil spill in our irreplaceable Great Lakes.

404 Barbara Lynn MI US SHUT IT DOWN, NO TUNNEL!!!

405 Bradly Adamczak MI US This country has had enough. Snyder and big oil need to take a long leave.

406 Jennifer Debler MI US Shut down this dangerous pipeline.

407 Haneen Mahmood NV US

408 Keith Stricker MI US This out dated pipeline must be shut down before any catastrophic failure occurs. Understanding that no current failure is present does not warrant the significant dangers posed by the continued use of this line.

409 Joanne Robb MI US There are other, more cost effective alternatives, please consider them. Line 5 needs to be shut down completely!

410 Karen Bravo IL US

411 Pam Medelis GA US It has been PROVEN they are in violation of their contract and have lied - Why are they not shut down!!

412 Amy Thelen MI US Amy M Thelen We are entrusted with protecting the largest freshwater systems in the world. We cannot afford the tragedy that would result in the failure of pipeline 5. Have the courage to shut it down NOW!

413 Colleen Rohloff MI US I'm sure when Line 5 breaks, President Trump will arrest those responsible and also those politicians who allowed this to happen. But then it will be too late. Enbridge isn't worried, their insurance company will take care of it.

414 Geoffrey and Paula Thompson

MI US

415 Mary Schwartz MI US Not acceptable, reject this proposed tunnel and shut down Line 5 - keep our waters clean.

416 Susan Bender MI US People who aren't pro-active about resolving this issue remind me of others who gave flying lessons to men who only wanted to learn to take off.

417 Jacqueline Fortino MI US The Great Lakes are the lakes of all the people. Not just those who will financially benefit

418 Rhonda R MI US Shut down #Line5

419 Bruce Woodburn MI US My wife and I moved from Illinois along the banks of the muddy Mississippi to the upper peninsula of Michigan to live on the pristine clear water of Lake Michigan. We do not want to see the lakes become contaminated with oil that could spill from a break in Line 5. Close that pipeline now, and utilize other lines to pump oil to its destinations.Thank you,Bruce Woodburn



420 Mary Hazebrook MI US I want line 5 shutdown. Besides being a sailor who loves the water, I love Michigan waters. Keep us safe and shutdown line 5

421 Ineke Way MI US Since Dynamic Risk has worked with Enbridge in the past, I question whether this is a truly independent report. Please incorporate the in-depth concerns being raised and exercise the state's legal duty to ensure safe environmental safeguards.

422 Monique Musialowski MI US

423 George Furman MI US Line 5 will cause the worst spill in Michigan History, and it will happen because Embrigde has a history of LYING!!!!!!!!!!!!

424 Tim Marvil MI US

425 Daryl Denning NY US Shut down Line 5!

426 Nolan DeSanto MI US This pipeline is placed in a precarious location, in the Straits of Mackinac and if there were a spill (which is just a matter of time due to its old age and poor maintenance) the result would be detrimental to the environment, human health and the economy.

The Oil would be sent in many directions exuding into Lake Huron and Lake Michigan exhausting our natural wonders and crippling our economy and tourism. Line 5 needs to be shutdown

427 Roberta Noss MI US Shut down line 5!

428 Kenneth Ford MI US

429 Margaret Gould WI US

430 Diane Klarich MI US This line needs to be shut down now before it breaks and pollutes the Great Lakes Diane Klarich

431 Joshua Denner MI US

432 Kelsey Kruzel IL US Shut down Line 5 now!

433 Mrs. James Keene MA US

434 Jamie Winters Mi US Please shut down Line 5. Water is our life blood!

435 Steven Wulfekuhle MI US The time is now to require these companies to re-build their pipeline infrastructure to be modern disaster adverse systems.

436 Julia Laing MI US

437 Valerie Biro MI US Shut down line 5 permanently. Do not agree to add new tunnels, say NO to adding new pipelines under the Straits of Mackinac or anywhere in the Great Lakes. Stop Enbridge!

438 Deborah Keefer MI US This needs to be shut totally DOWN NOW!! It is going to leak at any time and they still do nothing. Just shut the thing down forever they have lied about its safety for years and our stupid government does nothing except let them keep using it. It will destroy our fresh water and tourists will no longer want to come. So it will hurt everything. SHUT IT DOWN NOW!!

439 Shelly VanWart MI US

440 Mary O'Neill MI US Water is way more important than OIL! Close it down NOW!

441 Kathy Smith MI US Are you kidding me? After the lies and corruption from Unbridle you want to give them a way out? NO, NO, NO! Take the pipeline out and run it through Canada. I'm tired of taking their trash, medical waste and now oil. Get out of Michigan Canada!!

442 Robert McKeown IL US

443 Kirk Bails MI US

444 Julia Strimer MI US The final study does not take into account recent news of 48 bare metal spots caused by the installation of screw anchors, and of the resulting compromised protection of this pipeline. Patty Swaney , 11475 Hogan Rd., Manchester, MI 48158

445 Kyle Peterson MI US

446 Judith York MI US keep our pristine areas they way they are without oil being mined in Michigan

447 Angela Hill US Shut it down!! Remove the pipeline! Save our earth.. Green energy is safe and costs less. Corporations are not people.

448 George Felton MI US When this thing blows, it will be on all of you, and we won't forget. Save the damned planet. Try. Start already.

449 Jasmine Maurer AK US Please shut down line 5. It is irresponsible to operate a pipeline that doesn’t meet current standards.Signatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �22 oilandwaterdontmix.org


450 Shayna Kotzian MI US

451 Thomas Erickson MI US Shut down line 5. I've heard and seen enough. If our elected officials won't act, they need to be thrown out of office.

452 Amy Pflughoeft MI US The people and wildlife of the Great Lakes are not obligated to provide a profit to Enbridge. The risk has been, and remains, too high.

453 Harold Rice MI US Enbridge has continually placed profits over the health of the environment and those who live in it. To let this pipeline continue to bring in crude oil and natural gas products would be a gross negligence of protecting one of the most pristine resources on our planet. A spill would be catastrophic for all those in the region, and without addressing this pipelines diminishing structures, you are placing the lives and livelihoods of those people in jeopardy.

454 Kevin Crupi MI US

455 Gary Osborne MI US Gary Osborne

456 Patti Harpenau MI US Shut down ANY oil pipeline, waste storage facility, anything that threatens the Great Lakes. They belong to Michigan’s citizens, not any one industry.

457 Tina Smith MI US

458 Darlene Jakusz WI US

459 Ronald Kruske MI US

460 Justin Smith MN US Justin Smith

461 Jon Krueger MI US Shocked that Dynamic Risk, the company that produced the study has worked with Enbridge in the past, worked with them during the investigation, and will work with them after this.



462 Gerrit Schaap NV US Save our water, our land, and our biodiversity from an oil spill. Our beautiful Lakes need to be kept well and clean for us and our future generations.

463 Donald Bogle-Boesiger WI US This report and Enbridge claim to be doing inspections on this area of Line 5 daily through a number methods. However, in spite of all of their inspections, there are still a number of areas that are not supported adequately per code and more bare metal continues to be found. If inspections on a daily basis can't keep up with the errors of this short stretch of the pipeline, then how can we expect to not have any negative impacts here?

Moreover, the declaration in the report stating that the alternate to decommission the section under the Strait as "not feasible" seems to be bias towards Enbridge essentially stating that they will not be making as much money so they'll have to raise prices elsewhere. Let's be sensible and keep our Great Lakes for the benefit and enjoyment of the many... not the few.

464 C Farrance MI US

465 Thomas Skaff IL US Shut it down!

466 Mark Schutte MI US The line 5 is passed it's functional age. Please shut it down before a disaster occurs!!

467 William Stewart MI US The cost of reacting to a spill is greater than the cost of being proactive and preventing one. Do the right thing, shut it down

468 Christopher Pretto MI US Gross neglect of duty on behalf of our elected officials. Shut this pipeline down!

469 Nancy Kenyon MI US Shut this and all other oil containing pipes traveling through our Great Lakes water before we have a man-made disaster. Nancy Kenyon Harbor Springs, Mi. 49740

470 Marcia Pearson MI US Don't put our Great Lakes in jeopardy. You don't have the right

471 John Dietz MI US

472 Randy OConnell WI US There will be hell to pay if there is a leak on Line 5. And Enbridge, you are going to pay for it. Shut it down !



473 Anya Berghoef NY US

474 Brendan Johnson MI US Please put the American people and environment first; shut down Line 5 immediately. Thank you for your time, and I hope you have a good day!

475 Isabel Maternowski MI US

476 Karen Brady MI US Shutdown the pipelines under the Great Lakes, especially the ones at the Straits of Mackinaw! Do not give up the the greatest source of drinking water, recreation and fishing to a company who is not able to take care quickly to mitigate problems such as the Kalamazoo area leak which is still a problem for the residents!

477 Deborah McNamara MI US Deborah McNamaraNo more lines! Shut down #5

478 Lorrie Ogren US Last summer we read the dreadful Line 5 Draft Alternatives Study and frankly, were shocked.

Shocked that Dynamic Risk, the company that produced the study has worked with Enbridge in the past, worked with them during the investigation, and will work with them after this.



Over 23,000 of us submitted our comment calling for the shutdown of Line 5 in August. Now, they released the final Line 5 Alternatives Study, and it is no better than the preliminary, draft version. We are once again shocked that the final study does not take into account recent news of 48 bare metal spots caused by the installation of screw anchors, and of the resulting compromised cathodic protection of this pipeline.

WE the people call for a Line 5 shutdown once and for all.

479 Raymond Mathiesen PA US .

480 Joanne Tollison MI US Countless communities, jobs and wildlife will be impacted by an oil spill. It would be devastating both to Canada and the US. The Great Lakes are the international water supply for both of us.

481 Ruth Mutchler MI US

482 Sarah Buranskas MI US

483 Fred Kathi NY US

484 Annelissa Gray-Lion MI US Disgraceful! This simply adds to thge fodder for your prosecution, Mr. Snyder.

485 Shirlee Miller NC US The Great Lakes are miraculous, natural monument. Do not ruin their greatness by putting oil/gas pipelines iamd ruin them. That would a terrible wate of a natural resource. .

486 Janis Wesley MI US There is nothing to argue here. Line 5 needs to be shutdown immediately. To not do so is arrogant, lazy and irresponsible.

487 Janel Sweeney MI US

488 Gwen Marston MI US The report failed to follow the recommendations and standards outlined in the Michigan Petroleum Pipeline Task Force Report which isn't good. I'm calling for the Shutdown of Line 5. WE MUST PROTECT OUR GREAT LAKES!

489 Sondra Loucks Wilson MI US The best way to avoid even the possibility of a catastrophic oil spill in the Straits is to decommission Line 5.

490 Barbara VanDyken MI US

491 Meredith Anderson IL US

492 Lisa Barrett MI US I am adamantly opposed to the continued use of LIne 5. Please listen to the desires of your residents/constituents and begin decommissioning Line 5. Governor Snyder, I vote in EVERY election.

493 John Geiser MI US

494 Sara McAuliffe GA US

495 Kelene Luedtke MI US Our water for Enbridge's profit. I do not see why we risk our health for someone else's bottom line. There are alternatives to the pipeline. There are no alternatives to our tourism money once this pipeline leaks. It is a time bomb that can easily be defused. There are no alternative Great Lakes. Respect them and do the right thing. Shut Down Line 5.



496 Doug Carter MI US This pipeline needs to be redesigned and built above ground, this way leaks can be noticed immediately. Do residents of michigan get incentive for this line? Why is gas so expensive here in Michigan

We do not want another oil spill from Enbridge like they did the Kalamazoo River . We do not want an oil spill in some of the most valuable freshwater in the world these people that manage this pipeline are morons , or are just plain criminals, who don't care at all about the well-being of others. Shut down this pipeline or rebuild it so it's safe for the environment

497 Karol Walker MI US Karol Walker

498 Zack Van Huysen MI US Shut down line 5, history has continually proved that pipelines are unsafe and it is a matter of when, not if the pipeline will leak. The great lakes are michigan's greatest resource and biggest tourism draw. PROTECT THEM

499 Barrie Dunseath MA US Our waters aren't troubled-so we don't need oil poured on them- SHUT DOWN LINE 5 !!!

500 Jacob Clauson CA US To the state of michigan, its not wroth the money or what it will do to the land and water, stop your unhealthy habits and give back to the earth by stop oil spill in the great lake, theyre all ready dead because you guys,

501 Julie Kurylowicz OH US

502 Paul Gorley OH US oil and water don't mix . do not be so stupid as to try

503 Michelle Bienkowski MI US

504 Mary Loesch MI US Mary E. Loesch says don't risk our water.

505 Thomas Miskovsky MI US

506 Joe Zook NY US

507 Joan Doney MI US Please do the what's right to PROTECT OUR GREAT LAKES!!

508 Laurie Mackowiak MI US I am begging you to shut down this pipeline. I do not believe that we have a plan to clean up a spill under ice. I can't imagine any reason why we would put at risk the world's largest freshwater reserve, as we face a global water crisis. It makes no sense whatsoever, especially when there are alternatives! This state relies on fresh, beautiful lakes for out tourism industry. To take them for granted and put them at risk is foolish, frightening and unnecessary. Be smart. Do not play politics or party on this issue. Michigan residents have nothing to gain, and everything to lose in the event of a spill.

509 Karla Hair MI US Please shut down Line 5. It is a hazard to all of the Great Lakes and people that live in the area & beyond. It is a disaster waiting to happen & could be prevented if it is shut down. Please shut it down soon. Thank you.

510 Chelsea Thompson KY US We all saw the destruction that Enbridge Line 6B wreaked on the Kalamazoo River Valley. The environmental impact was only the first in a chain of devastating consequences to the Kalamazoo area's quality of life, its tourism draw, and ultimately its economy. As someone who moved both their life and business to the Lake Superior region *because* of its natural beauty and purity, I stand adamantly against the preservation of an oil line that, by virtue of its location within the Straits of Mackinaw, could wreak even greater destruction on this region. The environment here is foundational to every factor of our lives, personally and professionally. Do not endanger our economy and our quality of life by allowing this oil line to remain here any longer. Decommission Line 5 and allow the Great Lakes region to flourish.

511 Marilyn Bardill MI US Line 5 puts our drinking water at risk

512 Elena Mudrak OR US

513 Ryan Franchi MI US The Great Lakes are way too valuable a resource to allow this line to keep running, fix it or shut it down immediately. I was living in Kalamazoo when Enbridge had the huge spill in the Kalamazoo River, and they handled the situation terribly.

514 Susan Koenig MI US The public has already spoken about this BAD plan, line 5. It must be SHUT DOWN. There's no argument for its continuation, as it is a threat to Michigan's waters and its people!!

515 Anon Nix NY US

516 Michele Reynolds MI US Stop the posturing about being outraged that Enbridge has lied about so many Line 5 safety issues. Shut it down!

517 Debbie McCarthy ME US

518 James Holland OR US James Holland

519 Dianne Haddock MI US



520 Matthew Cooley OH US It is time that this ridiculous stonewalling stops. It should be plainly obvious by now how dangerous this pipeline is to the Straits area and beyond. Please do what is right and shut this line down until the proper alternative is decided upon.

521 Kathie E Takush PA US Kathie E Takush

522 judith kauchak MI US judith kauchak

523 April Mckenzie BC CA Outrageous, but not the least surprising as it has become the usual across this continent... the backhanded murder of our children by all the ignorant parents greedy for short-term monetary gain. Very sad & disgusting.

524 Steve Wisniewski MI US A 64 year old submerged pipeline bisecting 2 of the largest bodies of fresh water in North America is absolutely ludicrous to defend. This pipeline has been on borrowed time for far too long.

525 Priscilla Foran MI US Priscilla Foran

526 Michael Kwitt MI US

527 Judy Sarosik MI US Everyone in the state of Michigan...please if you love your drinking water, fresh fish, water birds, beautiful beaches ...You MUST respond- we need great numbers!! Right now there is nothing more important than the gov and legislators hearing from those that put them in office! I cant say enough!!! Shut line 5 Shut line 5 Shut line 5NOW

528 Ben Scott-Brandt MI US The Great Lakes are our greatest resource as Michiganders, and we simply *cannot afford* to risk their contamination by continuing to ignore the dangers of this pipeline. Let’s switch to an alternative that protects our waters!

529 Ryan Bramer MI US Oil doesn't taste good with drinking water. So why risk having one of the largest freshwater sources become polluted with oil. You're sick if you're in this for the money. Lives are more important than your profit.

530 Gale Phelps MI US Governor Snyder must shut down the line 5 pipeline now! The Great Lakes are Michigan's crown jewel and the source of fresh water for millions of people and animals. We can not take the chance that there will be a spill. Enron has not been truthful and can not be trusted. Please do what is right, not what is profitable.

531 Devin Post NY US Dear Anyone in Charge, Please anyone who has any ability to make any normal, rational decision on this please do it. The fact that a company is allowed to push the State of Michigan around and tell them what they are going to do is ridiculous.If legislators and lobbyists are making it easy for companies to make the decisions rather than the citizens and the State is crazy.

Do your jobs, enforce laws, try harder to do what a majority of the CITIZENS want.

532 Deborah Tengler MI US Line 5 should be shut down. Not repaired. Totally shut down and the end. The people know the facts, they've stated what they want. The Governor and Attorney General should be held accountable.

533 Donald Chapman MI US This is a disaster waiting to happen!

534 Ashley Sweeney MI US

535 Diane Koch KY US

536 Julia Wood MI US

537 Cathi Edman IL US I do not believe this plan sufficiently protects the Straits of Mackinac, particularly when there is a spill going on elsewhere in the country right now. It shows how imperfect the pipeline is.

538 steven owens MI US Shut it down, before it is too late

539 Nicole Dambrun MI US Our state's natural resources are what make it special. We must not put them at risk!

540 Raymond Keeling MI US

541 Lisa Shoemaker-Young MI US OIL and Water DO NOT MIX! Water TRUMPS Oil, every time!

542 Barbara Lane MI US

543 Michele Roberson MI US Line 5 threatens our water supply and put the lives of alll Michigan residents in peril. Why would our fresh water be made hazardous simply to feed the greed of corporate interests. Our health and safety so the swamp creates can feast and enlarged. In the words of the president SAD!



544 Paula Tabor MI US We shouldn't have to worry about our Great Lakes. Enough said already to scare any conscious citizen in this great state of MICHIGAN...SHUT IT DOWN...LINE 5!!!

545 Jo LoVasco MI US Please reconsider the consequence of not making a change to these documents and protect the Great Lakes from any possible threat or reality.

546 Debra Godlewski MI US Please shut it down! You ignored Flint and look what happened there!

547 Kathryn Petrof MI US Is our Michigan government smart enough to prevent a disaster, or will it wait to apply a patch to an environmental crisis that will make our state poorer in many ways for generations?

548 Heide Fossum MI US Oil is not more important than water!

549 Anne Dwyer MI US Embridge's Line 5 pipeline is in worse condition than Embridge has admitted. Line 5 threatens the lives and livelihoods of thousands of Great Lakes residents and businesses. Embridge is already responsible for the spill and inadequate clean up of the Kalamazoo River.fLine 5 must be shut down before another winter!Line 5 must be shut down.

550 Dawn Goodwin MI US While the threat to habitat and environment is real and compelling, it should be apparent to everyone, not just tree huggers, that this pipeline presents an unreasonable risk. Imagine the actual dollar losses to the tourism industry. We are trying to reinvent Michigan as a destination state. "Pure Michigan" and an oil spill in the Great Lakes? Not the ad campaign we had in mind.

551 Susan Kelly MI US The State must take responsibility and shut down Enbridge's Line 5. Enbridge has withheld information from us about the integrity of the pipelines being clear that they are not to be trusted. Let this independent Canadian company figure out a business plan that does not endanger the Great Lakes.

552 Fred Becker WA US I am a stakeholder with deep concern for the continued high quality water of Lake Huron. This pipeline is a dinosaur who's time has expired. The technology is old, too old. The pipeline is too old. It needs to be shut down NOW. These pipelines ALL FAIL eventually. Risking the high quality of Lake Huron is TOO BIG a RISK to take by continued operation of this pipeline. Shut it DOWN NOW.

553 Roseann Jenkins MI US Roseann Jenkins Our Great Lakes should remain "Our Great Lakes." Shut this Line down. You know the saying "Better safe than sorry".

554 Mary Anne Zears MI US Please consider alternatives as we have already seen too much destruction to our national lakeshore

555 Elaine Smiley MI US I am at a loss for words. This impending disaster seems so obvious to me.

556 Callie Lockwood NY US Shut down Line 5! Oil spills happen all the time from lines that we are assured are safe. They are not. Stop oil spills. SHut down Line 5!

557 Anthony Cap MI US The Great should not be put in danger by an irresponsible polluting Corporation.

558 Kim Proffitt MI US shut it down

559 Jordan Buzzy MI US

560 Patricia Lommel CA US The fresh water of our Great Lakes is far more precious than the oil carried by line 5 or any pipeline that would run under the lakes thereby threatening a large portion of the world's available fresh water..

561 Gary Yarocki IL US

562 Barbara Lindsey MI US Shut down line 5 immediately.

563 Julie Dybdahl MI US Line 5 needs to be shut down NOW. The actions Gov. Snyder proposed today are not enough. Shut it down, then reroute it or build and maintain a more secure pipeline.

564 Karen Gritter MI US

565 John Hagen MI US

566 Matthew Haugen MI US

567 Julia O'Connor MI US We do not want our Great Lakes fouled by an oil spill. Past history would say there will eventually be a spill. It has taken years of work to clean up the Kalamazoo River spill, and one in the Great Lakes would be far harder to fix.

568 Rosalie Austin MI US

569 Ray Vinton MI US This pipeline needs to be shut down now before a Keystone spill devastates the Straits and beyond! Enbridge has been caught lying repeatedly about the condition of this pipeline and a catastrophic failure like we recently saw with Keystone would be far more damaging to the Great Lakes environment and far more difficult to clean up than any ground spill. Shut down Line 5 now!!

570 Julie Renner MI US Keep the Great Lakes great. Shut down Line 5.Signatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �27 oilandwaterdontmix.org


571 Claire Donovan MI US Come on elected officials!!! The people of Michigan have spoken....again, again and again!! What will it take for you to listen...loss of position, an oil spill???DO THE RIGHT THING!! My vote hinges on what happens to this pipeline.

572 Jude Holloway NY US Our great lakes are some of the most precious natural resources on earth. Without water we die. These lakes mean so much to so many. We need to put protecting them as a high priority. Anything, such as Line 5 that could risk ruining these waters needs to be corrected. Please, protect our waters.

573 Steve Kline MI US Both sides of this issue will continue to bring “expert” facts, testimony and professional analysis to this debate—adnauseam.

Simple common sense should tell everyone involved that the ONLY way to be SURE there will not be a major environmental disaster associated with a significant spill is to shut down the existing line and prohibit the construction of any line in the future.

My understanding is that closing the existing pipline would have minimal negative economic impact and job related losses for Michigan.

The environmental resource and all that it means to ALL Michiganders is irreplaceable and very precious....

CLOSE LINE 5!!! AND KEEP IT CLOSED!

574 John Van Dam MI US Lets shut down pipeline 5 “Before” we have a major catastrophe in the Great Lakes, our most precious resource!!!!

575 Debra J Borchert MI US Please shut line 5 down! Mackinac Island gets drinking water from the water in the straits. This would be devastating to tourism and the locals on the island. Enbridge has proven that they can’t be trusted by NOT maintaining their oil lines!

576 Myles Davis MI US Enbridge has lied to the public and to regulators. The danger is too big to wait for them to fail. Close down the line.Myles Davis

577 Diane Cheklich MI US

578 Gregory Smith MI US As a degreed Metallurgical Engineer from the University of Michigan I can tell you that design lives Matter! The design life of line 5 means what it says. All factors were taken into account at the time of design, and construction of the pipe line, and the passage of time doesn't add life to anything. You have to remember, Corporations are in the business of making profits by offering goods and services to its customers. Never forget that of goods, services, and profits, profits are always #1.

579 Barbara Schmidt-Bailey

IL US

580 Carrie Hatcher-Kay MI US Please preserve our precious water upon which we are all dependent. Imagine if you or your children or grandchildren could not go swimming, fishing, or boating in Lake Michigan in a few years because of a pipeline accident. We should do EVERYTHING we can to PREVENT an oil spill accident. It's just like with prevention and preparation for car accidents: we wear seat belts and laws require that car companies have the MOST up to date protective material and air bags possible. Companies have to RECALL cars once they become aware there is risk of significant error. Let's DO THE SAME: Recall Line 5 because there are just too many problems with the existing pipeline infrastructure. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE use common sense. YOU and YOUR CHILDREN and YOUR GRANDCHILDREN might not get to swim in these great lakes the next two decades because of the damage from an oil spill. PLEASE! Thank you for opening your heart and mind to this message.

581 Suzanne Beauregard MI US To me, you cannot trust an aging man made pipeline. Look at the huge leak just recently in South Dakota and that is new pipline, above ground, not subject to the pressure and currents of water, the freezing temperatures. WE DRINK WATER FROM THESE LAKES. The Great Lakes have enough pollution. I can remember as a child, 50+ years ago walking the shore off Lake Huron while trying to avoid stepping on piles of dead alewives, trash and tar from the freighters. No matter how hard I tried, my Mom still fussed at me, while making me sit while she scrubbed at my feet with gasoline to remove the tar. I have nightmares thinking the Mackinac Straits will be frozen and the pipeline will start to leak and we won't even know there is an issue because of the ice. We worry about the economy. What happens when tourists don't visit Mackinaw Island and the nortthern shores of lower Michigan because of contaminants. What about the livelihood of fellow Michiganders. WE need to shut it down and get it replaced. We have been very lucky so far. Let's cash in the chips and not lose the whole pile.

Thank youSuzanne Beauregard

582 Debra Hayden-Schmid MI US



583 Toni Rubin OR US My family owns summer homes on Bay Beach in Ontario. Oil pipelines that in any way threaten the Great Lakes are unacceptable.

584 Nathan Burnell MI US We must protect our water!

585 Mary Anderson MI US Please do not risk harming beautiful Lake Michigan by allowing Line 5 to continue to carry oil. Oil and water Do Not Mix!

586 Pam Doty-Nation MI US Why do you want to be known as the worst administration in the State of Michigan’s history? This is a travesty against the good people of this state.

587 Norma Bailey MI US

588 John Murphey MD US Decommissioning Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac is the only alternative that will prevent an oil spill with catastrophic consequences for the Great Lakes and the State of Michigan.

589 Tamara McArthur West MI US Don't put our Great Lakes at risk!!

590 Carol Jansson IL US The only alternative is to shutdown Line 5. Putting making money ahead of the tremendous cost to the environment and to those of us who live in the Lakes should never be top priority. Let's put the people, the wildlife and the precious lake environment top priority.

591 Sherry Knoppers MI US

592 Judy Deam IL US Pipelines leak....it is impossible to create a perfectly sealed-for-all-time pipeline....repairs can't possibly patch up all problem areas for indefinite future by short-sighted planners ...if the people enjoy the prospect of most likely permanently damaging drinking water from the Great Lakes for an unnecessary pipeline for a few individuals benefiting no one else, then forget the people and water and go for it!

593 Aaron Nordman WA US

594 Ryan Graydon MI US

595 Debra Moore MI US

596 Patricia Benson MI US Line 5 poses too big of a risk to ignore! Please act now to protect our Great Lakes!

597 Lynn Kantor MI US Shut down Line 5 now. The oil leak in Battle Creek is just the beginning. Aging oil lines will only continue to deteriorate. You can’t just say ‘it’ll be ok, trust us.’ No one trusts your major conflict of interest here. What we do trust is science. Use existing lines instead. Get your oil & propane out of our drinking water. Remember, you have to drink this water too

598 Faith Schoon MI US I am thankful that Michigan residents are being made aware of the risky pipelines in our cherished lake. Enbridge knows that pipeline #5 is not safe. this company is relying on analysis and reports from sources tied to the oil industry. I am asking that all the regulating agencies with jurisdiction in this matter please ask for independent reports and be proactive in protecting our lake. So much depends on making the right choices in this matter.

599 Andrew Jones MT US

600 Jon Johnston MI US It is unacceptable to add so much environmental risk to the great lakes for the benefit of a foreign private business. If the Enbridge business model is so fragile that it needs this dangerous pipeline to stay in business, it is a poor investment even for those who think fossil fuels have a future.

601 Arden Atkinson MI US Gov. Snyder, this is a 'blood on your hands' situation. Once a leak occurs, and at some point it will, the Great Lakes will be changed forever and not for the good. This is avoidable. Please shut it down!

602 Jared Andrews MI US

603 Janice Ouellette MI US Seriously? You really want me to believe, as a geology major, that huge waves on the surface of the Straits of Mackinac, can affect a pipeline that is under 270 feet of water! Check with geologists.

604 Barbara Bentivolio MI US Shut down L5 now!

605 Cheryl Parker MI US This pipeline is well beyond its shelf life. We are pushing our luck as we continue to use this antiquated system. We need to shut down Line 5 before we damage our BEAUTIFUL GREAT LAKES. Use your heads Water and Oil don't mix!!!

606 Scott Kelley MI US It is time for our future. Please protect the Great Lakes by removing the risks of all possible harm.

607 David Ano MI US

608 Michael Casler MI US ENOUGH is enough..!!this pipeline and THIS COMPANY absolutely have to go!! NOW!!!

609 Ken Morgan MI US Ken Morgan

610 Ilene Kazak MI US



611 Cheryl Clark FL US

612 Nancee Marchinowski MI US

613 Chris Thatcher US

614 James Perkinson MI US

615 Susan Eggl MI US Please DO NOT put the precious waters of the Great Lakes, in Jeopardy.....The result of a spill would be DEADLY to the great lakes....Their Beauty and all of the shorelines and parks....Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park...voted the Most Beautiful park in America .....Imagine thedevastation of MICHIGAN'S ECONOMY....when thereis not a lake to recreate on.....lake to fish on.....to transport materials on.etc.

DON'T BURY YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND.....THIS SPILL CAN HAPPEN.....DON'T LET IT HAPPEN ON YOUR WATCH.

616 Kathleen Dintaman MI US Pay attention to the past performance of Enbridge. Fool me once.... They do not follow through.

617 Catherine Lehman MI US There is nothing more important than our fresh water supply and anything that even remotely threatens the Great Lakes is a tragedy waiting to happen. Line 5 is ancient, having passed its expected lifespan, and is in dire need of repairs that aren’t being made. As a resident of northeastern Michigan with property on Lake Huron I wholeheartedly lend my support to shutting down Line 5 before it’s too late. It’s time to stand up to big oil and put the interests of the millions who rely on the Great Lakes for their drinking water and livelihoods first. Playing Russian roulette with one of God’s greatest gifts is nothing short of crazy.

618 Judith Morey US Please shut off LINE 5!! PREVENT A DISASTER TO OUR GREAT LAKES!!!

619 Kelly Thayer MI US

620 Katie Petersen MI US This old pipeline has got to go!

621 Rachel Havrelock IL US There can be no calculus in which putting the potential profits of a Canadian pipeline corporation above the drinking water and economic future of the people of Michigan makes sense.

622 Marcus Good ON CA Do what’s right, save the water! We are made mostly of water

623 Nancy Parsons MI US

624 Matthew Genaze MA US Future generations' resources, health and prosperity is dependent on us acting immediately, significantly and broadly.

625 Lynne Coles MI US

626 Mary Remer MI US Mary Remer . Never should have been approved. It's too risky.

627 Michael Krajnik MI US Remember the 2010 spill or leak? That is a few miles from me. It's affects are still ongoing. Is Line 5 another incident waiting to happen? Based on what I read, I believe it is. It is expensive to construct pipelines, and takes continual effort, attention and expense to maintain them. Resources many organizations are not willing to expend - better to beg forgiveness than to take preventive steps.Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. From what I read we're headed for the shame on me situation. And is preventable. There is no real way to predict the cost in all forms of a line 5 leak or failure. But I am certain it is less expensive and safer for us all to shutdown that line and replace it to proper standards, or simply shut it down before there is a leak or rupture. Such an occurrence is predictable and most importantly preventable.Do what is right for the present and the future. Shut it down before it's too late. Think about the incident in 2010 and the more recent problem in the Dakota's, we do not want that here. And there is no amount of money that would compensate for all the potential damage and it is preventable if we take action and shut it down.Do what is in the best interest of all who inhabit and depend on the great lakes region.Be leaders. Do it now. Respectfully, Mike Krajnik

628 Jo Ann Potashnick IL US

629 Samantha Paasman MI US Let's keep our Great Lakes GREAT SHUT DOWN Line 5

630 Harvinderjit Saran MI US

631 Barbara Inwald US

632 Matthew Lope MI US This is a JOKE. shut it down!!!!



633 Annemarie Askwith MI US As a Michigan resident surrounded by a global treasure of rare fresh water, I vote for the highest possible safety standards. Standards are not measures for the purpose of limiting investments and cream for the few already criminally rich CEOs. Standards are measures to protect our most necessary and sacred resources upon which all profits rest.

It is time to vote out all the fake politicians who do not serve life by enhancing the conditions that life requires. We need politicians that will give us a government that is full of very intelligent and competent persons that appreciate the rarity of this planet, who know we cannot live weeks without fresh water, who know we live in a historical time when we have to choose to steer all our technologies toward restoring our air, waters and soils, who know our generation is at the turning point of the health of our planet..we either will all cooperate and change our way of doing business or we will be responsible for the dumbing down our inheritance.

634 Dick Dragiewicz IL US Protect the Great Lakes...close Line 5 today. Its too risky to keep this pipeline open. Look what happened in Flint and what's happening in Rockford...you don't want similar problems from Line 5.

635 Mary Kondrat US Shut down Pipeline 5. It is poised to ruin life as we all know it in the Great Lakes region. This is a train wreck waiting to happen. Stop risking the welfare of the people and wildlife that inhabit and will be adversely affected if the line fails.

636 Artemis Asproyerakas IL US It's the largest body of fresh water on the planet.DON'T fuck it up!

637 Lucille Scotti LA US Line 5 must be shut down now! The risk is too great to our Great Lakes.

638 John Meeks IL US Why are you waiting for a disaster to happen?

639 Virginia Cook MI US This needs to be stopped before that is a catastrophic event in our beautiful great lakes.

640 Johanna Stone HI US E launa pū mai nō me mākou ma ke ala ānuenue, he nani nō ma ʻaneʻi.

641 Marilyn Kopp MI US Please do your jobs and protect the Great Lakes from an oil spill

642 Sue Pitt MI US We need to prevent an oil spill!!

643 Cindra Moore MI US Water is our life blood!

Say no to enbridge!

Stop the madness!

644 Amanda Starrett MI US "Our state government should not put the Great Lakes, our economy, health, drinking water, fisheries, and way of life at risk from a catastrophic oil spill any longer. "

645 Vince Bouwsema BC CA This is unacceptable

646 Nelson Stockdill MI US

647 Carol Bobolts NY US Next we need a new governor. His inaction on this issue puts the livelihood and well being of the whole state at risk. Unacceptable!

648 Jan Tervydis IL US

649 Patty Swaney MI US

650 David Steele MI US Please enough of this. Look @ flint . Without clean water kiss life good bye. Stop being GREEDY. GO SOLAR ALREADY. GROW HEMP FOR HEMP OIL

651 Deborah Colvin MI US For the sake of all life-beings. For the sake of the amazing Great Lakes. Do the right thing and SHUT THIS MOTHER DOWN!!!!!!!

652 Dogan Ozkan AK US

653 Michael Foley MI US

654 Jean Saltzman MI US



655 Susan Unger MI US I’m very concerned with Line 5 Draft Alternative Study and hope that the Michigan government acts in a manner to protect our great asset the Great Lakes and shut down the Line 5 pipeline.Enbridge continues to distort the truth and not address a very serious issue. I was shocked that this final study does not take into account recent news of 48 bare metal spots caused by the installation of screw anchors, and of the resulting compromised cathodic protection of this pipeline. This study, which was prepared by Dynamic Risk Company and is not impartial due to prior business engagements with Enbridge. This study also dismissed the obvious alternative viable option of sending oil through other existing pipelines instead of through the Great Lakes. This report also didn’t follow recommendations and standards outlined in the Michigan Petroleum Pipeline Task Force! As Michigan government representatives, you have the duty to protect the people of this State and ensure that our most important asset our Great Lakes is preserved.

656 Matthew Martyn MI US

657 Cheryl Garayta MI US

658 Robert Lachapelle US

659 Linda Heemskerk MI US

660 Dawn Lyons MN US

661 Carol J McPherson McPherson

MI US Please decommission line five, the Governor and Attorney General have not been positive about keeping line 5 going. Our great lakes are too valuable to endanger.

662 Bob Back IL US

663 Rhoda Maschino MI US Shut down Line 5!

664 Sally Wagoner MI US One mistake cannot be undone.....

665 Michael Gilbert MN US

666 Kathy Tuckerman MI US

667 Dr. Kathleen Connell MI US Please do not risk our greatest resource, our Great Lakes. A leak would be disastrous to people and wildlife of the area and greatly affect the economy.

668 Jaylyn Kelly MI US

669 Susan Hoppough MI US This pipeline must be shut down!

670 Candice Leapley MI US

671 Patty Morse MI US Michigan’s leaders must lead, for the sake of our country! Shut down that line 5!!!!

672 Verlyn Rosenberger IL US Do it right.

673 Lauren Hucek MI US

674 Laurel Kayne MA US There is a reason they are called the GREAT Lakes...they are the most incredible, vast fresh water resource in the world—enjoyed by millions of tourists and a hub of the Midwest economy. Don't threaten this natural and economic resource with an idiotic pipeline to transport a fuel that will put the Great Lakes at terrible risk, not to mention further the catastrophic global warming already underway that threatens every single human on the planet—especially YOUR GRANDCHILDREN.

675 Dana Montague MI US

676 John Kurczewski MI US It's time to permanently shut down line 5. We can't afford to wait for a leak that would devastate a major source of the world's fresh water supply.

677 Melanie Hilliard MI US The risk of an oil spill is too great to allow Line 5 to continue to operate in the Great Lakes.

678 Mary Jane Fedder MI US Shut it down NOW! I know it takes time to begin the process. Begin it NOW! We do not want a catastrophe in our Great Lakes.

679 Cheryl Vosburg VA US The analysis is deeply flawed to build a tunneled pipeline and the plan fails to consider the risk of spills in not only the Great Lakes but other rivers and streams.

680 Kathy Glish MI US An oil spill into our Great Lakes would be a disaster. Shut down Line 5 before it fails and causes a catastrophe to Michigan's economy and beauty.

681 Dawn Bushouse MI US Please prevent an oil disaster in our great lakes! No more oil in lone 5!

682 Kathy Cook MI US KATHY COOK

683 Ryan Anderson MI US

684 Susan Heynig TX US Current Snyder propal not enough.



685 Ellen Link MI US Gov. Snyder and Attorney Gen. Bill Schuette have long had the power to shut down Line 5 and have refused to do so, partly at the bequest of the Chamber of Commerce and other business interests--even though Enbridge has repeatedly proven itself to be careless and trustworthy. The so-called studies they use as an excuse for not acting to prevent one of the greatest environmental disasters waiting to happen are just smoke and mirrors. Their duplicity is outrageous and unconscionable.

686 Samantha Damren MI US Don't risk the health and financial wellness of this and future generations by polluting our greatest resource.

687 Jeanne Esch VA US

688 R. Palmateer MI US Time for talking is over, time for doing is now.

689 Jeffrey L. Smith MI US STOP!!!

690 Cory Hirst MI US

691 Nancy Klein US

692 Jeff Woollam MI US Jeff Woollam

693 Jamie Wilcox MI US Shut down line 5!

694 Christian Latuszek VA US SAVE OUR GREAT LAKES! Shut down line 5!!!!

695 Matthew Stolle FL US It is glaringly obvious that Line 5 is a disaster waiting to happen. Protect your constituents! Decommission this monstrosity now!

696 Mary Ardwin MI US SHUT DOWN LINE 5!! We can not endanger the Great Lakes ... get rid of the pipeline!

697 Lawrence Robbins MI US

698 Marilyn Burgard MO US Please shut this down so as not to destroy the Great Lakes.

699 Don Van Duren MI US This is too too big a risk to trust this company and it's lackies, with their proven history of failure pollution, neglect, deception. Stop this madness now and prevent the inevitable disaster ahead. Dilution it NOT a cure for pollution.

700 Brittney Borowski MI US #shutdownline5 I find it so concerning that the state of Michigan is still negotiating with Enbridge. I will never stop fighting to protect our waters from this entity. In all seriousness that is what Enbridge is to the pristine waters of the Great Lakes. Why is this even up for debate when everybody knows that nobody has the funds to clean up the catastrophe that we will all be facing in the future; it's not if, it's when?

701 Ren Renforth MI US They will allow this to happen till it ruptures and leaks , two late to stop the destruction....Then they will insist they clean it up ,which they will do a crap job by putting a bandaid on a severd arm .....Tell them they have to pay fines that they will plee bankrupsy , and that will be that ....But don't forget we only have so much water on this planet and at the rate we are pullouting it doesn't just hurt the animal's it also speeds up our extinction and that of our planet......

702 Jonathan Garling MI US NO oil,gas or petroleum under our water!

703 Grace Strong OH US

704 Melissa Boitos MI US

705 Nancy Gallardo MI US

706 Lorri Coburn MI US This is a no-brainer. Don't let your legacy be a Great Lakes oil spill. Shut down Line 5. Thank you.

707 Carla J. Wood MI US Let's try something new. PREVENT the expensive disaster instead of waiting till it happens and forcing taxpayers to fund an endless cleanup all so some companies can make extraordinary profits. We are the great lake state. We seem to be gaining the reputation as the contaminated water state.

708 Julie Ortiz MI US Our governor and Attorney General could deny them a renewal on the easement. I don't understand why they are siding with Canadian business and putting our Great Lakes and the Billions of dollars in tourism, fishing, etc at risk. We need government officials that will stand for Michigan and the Great Lakes. Good think 2018 is just around the corner. It's time to vote for Michigan and Michigan interests!

709 Susan Barber MI You are on the wrong side of protecting our beautiful state and fresh water governor.

710 Melanie Lanier NM US Shut down Line 5!!!

711 Kevin Haight MI US Even a small risk of an oil spill under the Straits is a gamble Michigan cannot afford. Shut It Down!

712 Jean Blair MD US No, no, no! An immediate shutdown of Line 5 is the ONLY way to prevent a certain disastrous oil spill in our beautiful Great Lakes!



713 Judy Deater NM US TRYING TO PREVENT A CATASTROPHIC GREAT LAKES OIL SPILL, OIL AND WATER DO NOT MIX!

714 Emily Noffsinger MI US

715 Lisa White Symons MI US Line 5 is bad for Michigan residents and our economy- shut it down!

716 Susan Kitzman MI US

717 John Schroeter MI US

718 Mark Cole Jr MI US Shut down Line 5 before it is too late! Winter is coming!

719 Tad Archer HI US Please keep things safe for our future generations!

720 Steven Tomlinson MI US Steven Tomlinson does not support line 5

721 Jaime Redding PA US Please put the Straits of Mackinac above money for once. Shut down line 5!

722 John Hartmann IL US SHUT DOWN LINE 5

723 Nancy Peress MI US The disastrous Keystone spill is a wake-up call for Michigan. The only way to avoid a similar disaster is to shut down Line 5 NOW!

724 DeNell Benner MI US The alternative temporarily accepted by the State for Enbridge Line 5, only requires Enbridge to further study safety measures for the line under the Straits. Yet, Enbridge has proven by previous studies that they cannot be trusted! In the meantime the clock is ticking on this aged & damaged pipeline. At the veryleast, the line should be shut down until August, while Enbridge is studying safety measures. It takes away the risk of a spill during this period and provides Enbridge with incentive to come up with a viable plan. The only viable plan, in my opinion, is to shut down this line, and let Enbridge find an alternative means of getting their crude to Canadian refineries.

725 Amy Doyle MI US Our Great Lakes are too important to be put at risk. Michigan needs to act NOW and act DECISIVELY to completely shut down Line 5. No compromises, no stalling! Enbridge continues to show it cannot be trusted to protect the Great Lakes.

726 Patricia Hetes MI US The Great Lakes border several states and Canada as well. No where else in the world is there a larger concentration of fresh bodies of water. We and animals all need water to live. Period. Where on earth are the Enbridge's brains? Money$$$$!!! Wake up Canada!

727 Abbey Stolle NY US

728 Tom Emmott MI US SHUT IT DOWN! It's going to blow and you will be responsible. New evidence is being found all the time.

729 Linda Hersey MI US Misconceptions about the safety of Line 5 are numerous. It's time to shut down line 5 beforethere's a catastrophic oil spill in our precious Great Lakes and tributaries.

730 Katie Mcgauley MI US The safety and protection of our Great Lakes is the most important safeguard of our economy in Michigan. How could we possibly justify trusting everything to Enbridge with their recent track record. This agreement is reckless.

731 Robin Ripmaster MI US Shut down this pipeline before the Great Lakes are destroyed by an oil spill! The pipeline isn't even there for the United States. Tthere are better ways to have cooperation between the USA and Canada than risking the health of our shared Great Lakes!

732 John Marin CA US Endangering this American jewel is short-sighted and reckless. Please prevent a catastrophic mess and shut down Line 5.

733 Sarah Ricks MI US

734 Patrick Smith MI US

735 Virginia Hughes ME US With all the oil spills that have happened in this country, I do not see how you can justify endangering a major water system.

736 Ryan Enderle MI US We can not afford the risk of allowing continued operation of Line5. This poses far too large of a risk and should be shut down immediately.



737 Marshall Clabeaux MI US We hold an increasingly important responsibility of protecting 1/5 of the WORLD'S fresh water. We cannot continue to put that resource at risk. We know pipelines fail, let alone 65 year old ones. We know we have the technology to reduce our dependence on the product in this pipeline. We know Enbridge's track record. We know we must be PROACTIVE, it will be too late to be reactive. We would not build this pipeline today even with 'state of the art' pipeline technology. This is THE most sensitive spot in the world for a pipeline.

To our Governor and AG who wants to be Governor, now is a great time to exhibit leadership and protect what makes our state so great.

SHUT DOWN LINE 5! THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!

738 Jose R Perez-Sanz MI US Please enlighten me, what is so attractive to the State and the people of Michigan about this pipeline? Do we receive a treasure trove of benefits? Is there no or minimal risk to the beautiful waters and shores which are among our greatest treasures? Who is profiting from this deal? Whom is this deal serving? I simply do not understand why we even need to talk about this.

739 Earl Bash MI US Base on The catastrophic results if the pipe line is compromised and considering what Michigan gets from the line. It’s time to shut line 5 down.

Enbridge is certainly taking advantage of the situation now strictly for economic reasons with little regard for people who live in northern Michgan.

Old contract - not suited for today.

740 Jennifer Sommerfield MI US When are the leaders of Michigan going to take care of it and act responsibly? Pure Michigan oilspill is going to be our reality. Sad none of our Michigan politicians or celebrities take this seriously. Why do we need a disaster to happen until officials care?

741 Greg Surma MI US The down side: Michigan tourism wiped out by trusting a 63 year old pipeline. The State of Michigan is supporting a Canadian company and gets no financial compensation for the easement. A potential act of sabotage has to be accounted for. The Kalamazoo River is testimony to the "profit at any cost" attitude of the company. The them the risk is just a cost of doing business. Replacing or tunneling the pipeline would just be "kicking the can" down the road for 30 or 40 years and would be a horrible legacy for our generation to leave.

742 Alyssa Blakeslee MI US

743 Gina McCrackin CO US By continuing to invest in finite resources for energy, we are only taking a step back towards the goals of our future- renewable resources. PLEASE, if you have any decency, do NOT initiate the line 5 pipeline.

744 Brenda Kirkpatrick MI US Brenda Kirkpatrick

745 Kailey Kanaziz MI US The carelessness and irresponsibility being portrayed by state officials in their failure to take action in removing Line 5 is disappointing. It is more important than ever to decommission Line 5, as the condition of the pipeline is only worsening with every passing day. The indisputable evidence showing the inevitable dangers that Line 5 poses to Michigan's ecosystem, economy, and way of life cannot be ignored any longer. Preventative measures must be taken quickly to ensure an oil spill does not occur in the beautiful lakes that we are known for and call home.



746 Brenda Rusch MI US Many organizations over the years have presented expert, irrefutable, scientific data and exposed extensive corruption regarding Line 5 safety.

Obviously, given the events of the last few days, a few members of the DEQ are listening.

UNFORTUNATELY, Lansing is still not listening.

Michigan GOP leaders continue to close their ears, to guard their pockets, to build their political careers, to make deals with Enbridge, and, in the end, show they care little about the good of their constituents and offer only excuse after excuse and delay after delay.

Over the last several years, while Lansing has refused to act proactively to shut down line 5, new and ever creative terrorist methods have emerged in this rapidly unpredictable world.

I believe the two 20" Canadian-owned Enbridge Line 5 pipelines, each 5 miles long, and their pump stations, lack even the appearance of appropriate security.

Given the significance a rupture, and the results a subsequent oil spill would have on the incalculable value of the Great Lakes; I believe these two pipelines are unacknowledged and unprotected terrorist targets.

Unfortunately, two hours of research, using only the Internet, made clear how credible and uncomplicated a terrorist attack on the line 5 pipelines would be.

Until now, the line 5 pipelines have been seen primarily as a Michigan problem.

I contend the GOP controlled legislature of Michigan has failed miserably to act in the best interest of the people they are supposed to serve.

Due to the their lack of responsible action, the pipelines are now potential terrorist targets and threats to all members of the Great Lakes Compact which declares itself "the primary legal safeguard of the Great Lakes' water supply.

The Great Lakes Compact, comprised of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania , Wisconsin, and the provinces of Ontario and Quebec all surround the five interconnected freshwater bodies, known as the Great Lakes, and equally share the responsibility of protecting the Great Lakes.

Fortunately at a national level, Homeland Security is watching. For the last 58 years, traffic was allowed in two lanes of the bridge during the Mackinac Bridge Walk. In 2017, the Bridge Walk Event was identified as a terrorist target and the Bridge was closed to all public vehicle traffic to comply with a request from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in light of the recent increase in terror attacks where terrorists used vehicles to target large crowds of people.

In February of 2017, the United States Department of Homeland Security and Canada took steps "to combine expertise and experience to further both nation’s abilities to better prevent, respond to and recover from hazards and homeland security threats”. I reiterate, any threat to the welfare of the Great Lakes is a matter of both National and International Security.

The U.S. Coast Guard has stated they have no plans to address a spill in the Straits of Mackinac during open water weather or ice covered weather. Furthermore, while the US Coast Guard's Underwater Intruders Detection and Alert System (UIDAS) is effective in safeguarding shipping harbors and their entrances, UIDAS is completely ineffective in wide perimeter areas.

While a protection buoy system, consisting of high frequency, high-resolution, active sonar, which can be set to fixed or selected search sectors, transmitting alerts to an on-shore command post, exists. There is no evidence this system is in place in the Straits of Mackinac.

Meanwhile. the Straits remain a vulnerable, extremely well traveled year round shipping route.

Over 1000* commercial and cruise line vessels, just up to last Sunday, passed through the Straits.

During the summer, the Straits are the ultimate playground of countless pleasure craft, races, wind surfers, kayakers canonists and even jet skiers.

To sum up, the US Coast Guard, the U.S military branch responsible for maritime law enforcement in both domestic and international waters, operated under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during peacetime, has neither the capability to detect a terrorist attack or a plan to clean up a resulting spill in the Straits of Mackinac. The Great Lakes are the largest surface freshwater system on Earth. They hold 84% of North America's surface fresh water.



747 Allison Manker MI US Please side with common sense, environmental stewardship and the health of your constituents. This is dangerous, unnecessary and poses threats to our most cherished resources.

748 Bruce Barber MI US We have the opportunity to preserve our Pure Michigan resources. It is a sad day when(not if) the pipeline catastrophe occurs and our Great Lakes will forever be changed.

749 Joan Callahan MI US Pipelines don't last forever... there is a 100% probability that it may break in installation and in the future as it wears out. The coastal area of Michigan is a treasure to be guarded at all costs. This is a shortcut to benefit an industry, not community.

750 Ryan Gallagher IL US Ryan Gallagher

751 Candy Petrick MI US Please protect our Great Lakes from a disastrous oil spill

752 Patricia Weber MI US Enbridge has failed over and over it its truthfulness and its transparency. It's time to move them out of our waters.

753 Hilary Austin IL US

754 Helen Donahue MI US I am appalled that public input will have no bearing at this point. How can a deal already have been made to clear the way for lines to continue to be used under our Great Lakes. Money talks while our environment and future generations are left with the problems to solve later. We need a removal operation not a bandaid.

755 Carol Carter MI US There's no way that an oil pipeline, crossing the largest concentration of fresh water in the world, is a good idea. It needs to be stopped now, and when scientists and environmental engineers have a good plan, review it with the people and move on that. This is far too important to be left to chance, or the honor system of the company profiting from it!!

756 Kay Fricke MI US

757 Kimberly Kinnan MI US The Great Lakes are just that, GREAT, for so many reasons. Lets protect them as much as we possibly can and shut down the dangerous Line 5!

758 Lois Furry MI US I am signing this petition and calling for the shutdown of Line 5 as the only alternative that will truly protect the Great Lakes from an oil spill. The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world's fresh water. We must be diligent stewards of this critical resource.

759 Robin Raley MN US There is nothing that the state of Michigan stands to gain by continuing to allow Enbridge to keep their pipeline 5 open under the lake. We only stand to be destroyed as a state in which tourism is such a huge part of our economy, when (and it is inevitable) the pipeline fails.

Enbridge has proven over and over again to be unable to be honest about the condition of this pipeline- the information has to come from individuals who care and are not affiliated with Enbridge-never from Enbridge itself. Pipeline 5 is in bad shape and will eventually fail . The company will then move on and use a different pipeline to move their oil and Michigan will be in the same shape that poor old Detroit has been in for the past few decades- or Flint's water has been..a sordid mess and an embarrassment to the state. Tell Enbridge to close this catastrophe-waiting-to-happen NOW and find another safer and easier to repair land pipeline to move their oil . Waiting will get us our catastrophe...please don't let this state have another Detroit or Flint-let's avert this one BEFORE it happens.

760 Lois Bahle MI US From what I am currently reading , it seems that Enbridge wants to appear to compromise to get this off their backs and continue to operate. The best result is still to close this pipeline.

761 Elliott Ross MI US UNBELIEVABLE!!!! NOBODY CARES AND THE RICH GET RICHER. WHAT AN AWFUL COMMENTARY ON PEOPLE.

762 Joann Constantinides MI US Another Michigander against Line 5 :)

763 Charley Ziriax OK US Shut down Line 5 pipe before damage is done.

764 D. Beth Boehs MI US No line 5 please. You cannot clean up when it blows! And it will! Stop NOW!

765 Walter Zarnoch MI US Shut it down.

766 Mallory Dee NC US Please help us project our Great Lakes for generations to come.

767 juliana cizekj MI US

768 Jeanne Graham FL US

769 Linda Hoff MI US I am disappointed that the state of Michigan did not take a stronger stance with Enbridge. Enbridge should be facing stiff fines for misleading the state's investigation on damage to the pipeline. Additionally, executives should be facing legal charges for being complicit in misleading as well as omitting information that is critical to the health and safety of the Great Lakes and all who live here. Clearly, they have shown time and again that they are a company that cannot be trusted to do what is right for Michigan, our citizens and our environment. It is well past time to shut the pipeline down. No excuses.



770 Karen Harvey-Tuner IL US The Great Lakes are the largest body of fresh water on Earth and millions of people depend on them. The risk of a catastrophic oil spill is simply too great to allow Line 5 to continue to operate., and no credible study has been submitted to show otherwise. Please revoke the easement to Enbridge and seek alternatives that will not endanger the health and economy of the region.

771 Anne Baker MI US This i the heart of PureMichigan. No oil under the straits.

772 Peter Heilemann MI US Fossil fuels mean that an enormous amount of pollution goes into the ground, water, and air.

773 Mindy Binsfeld MI US The final Alternatives Study is no better than the draft. There is no inclusion of the possibility of moving the oil through other pipelines that do not go through the Straits, no inclusion of the areas of the current pipeline that are compromised and in need of correction and the fact that if a spill were to happen, the chance of cleaning it up is limited.It's time the state of Michigan put it's residents ahead of a Canadian company's profits.Shut down Line 5 before a spill happens. After will be too late.

774 Rebecca Grossmann MI US The Great Lakes are at high risk and this problem needs to be more expressed to Michigan citizens to push action.

775 Cynthia Haley MI US We should prevent a disaster while we still can, rather than trying to deal with it after it happens. The rupture of Line 5 will make the Flint water crisis look like a non-event. It's only a matter of time.

776 Mary Warbasse MI US Please have the fortitude to shut this down. Tourism, hunting, fishing, pleasure are just a few reasons to protect this most unique -in- the -world fresh body of water. Let's not be known for Flint and ruining the Great Lakes.

777 Laurel Evans MI US The fact that Enbridge has not been honest about the defective coating on the existing pipeline certainly makes them untrustworthy. Please be responsible and protect our greatest, invaluable resource - our freshwater great lakes.

778 Margot Stemen MI US

779 Cadey Sontag MI US We are required to buy auto insurance, health insurance, home insurance, etcetera. What insurance do we have if our water is contaminated?No remediation would be possible. Line 5 is too big a risk. We should not accept it.

780 Sarah Galt MI US

781 Steve Haluska IN US One of the planets greatest treasures, not to mention clean drinking water for millions & millions of people should not be put at risk. Enbridge has already proven that they are incompetent by the Kalamazoo oil spill which is one of the worst inland spills this country has even experienced. I may not live in the state of Michigan, however I do live on Lake Michigan & am an avid outdoorsman/Great Lakes surfer who is deeply concerned.

782 Lesley Miller MI US Decommissioning Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac is the only alternative that will prevent an oil spill with catastrophic consequences for the Great Lakes and the State of Michigan. Shut down line 5.

783 Cynthia Greene MI US

784 Morgan Barrie MI US Michigan should be doing more to expand the use of wind and solar. Investing in fossil fuels at this point in time makes no sense. We are threatening the waters that make our state an amazing place to live. Please reconsider this plan.

785 Heather Nicholas MI US It is not worth the risk to our Great Lakes to keep this pipeline in operation. A spill would devastate our unique natural beauty.

786 Mary Beth Gentry MI US I am totally opposed to this pipeline. Anything short of it being shut down is unacceptable. We do not need to take the risk it poses. Shut it down now.

787 Eduardo Icaza MI US We need to be responsible stewards of our great lakes. Line 5 is simply outdated and unsafe and run by a company with code violations, this is a no brainer, shut line 5 down

788 Spencer Breen MI US Huge companies are so great at covering stuff like this up with the capital they have available. Lived in Michigan 22 years and just now learning about this is messed up.

789 Rachel Loui-Clower CA US Line 5 is clearly outdated and it is ridiculous that it has not already been shut down. It is a ticking time bomb. The Great Lakes are too valuable and precious a resource to risk.

790 Gloria Defilippi MI US

791 Deborah Czerkie US It's time to stop playing Russian Roulette with the failing and compromised Enbridge Line 5. Shut it down. It is the only ethical and moral decision that can be made. Let the legacy of the Great Lakes be one of continued reverence for what it is. The largest fresh water watershed in the Continental U.S. Nothing is worth compromising its integrity and the integrity of those who depend on its preservation. Shut it down. The people have spoken. It is up to you to listen.



792 Carol Hoffman MI US Please, please put politics aside and take on the huge responsibility of maintaining the beauty of the Great Lakes Region for the generations to come to be able to know it as we have.

793 Cindy Eby MI US Cindy Eby

794 Natalya Aho MI US NO oil under our Great Lakes! Please protect our water, one of our most precious resources.

795 Jane Greiner MI US

796 Margie Hanshaw VA US These people will dink around until its to late then we will not have great lakes.

797 Alicia Chiaravalli MI US

798 Cordie Puttkammer MI US Shut down this hazardous line 5

799 Jeff Kronick MA US Line 5 is dangerous to the Great Lakes. The safest course of action for Michigan is to shut it down.

800 Emily Votruba US

801 Carole Ivy MI US Even moments after the oil gushes from an age-related-damaged line will be too late and it will be too late, soon.

802 Judy Bradley MI US

803 Valerie Wolters MI US Why must The Great Lakes be at risk from an underwater pipeline, when it seems that a trans-Canadian transport system would be much more appropriate? "Business as Usual" must come to a halt. Business as Responsible Stewards of our Planet must be at the forefront of Great Lakes business plans. Present and Future generations deserve a Freshwater Future!

804 Jeffery Guess IN US I live minutes from Lake Michigan and it makes me sick to my stomach knowing that at any moment something terrible could happen that’d take it all way from us.

805 Ilana Marder-Eppstein IL US

806 Lynn Bekkala MI US We can NOT trust Enbridge to protect the lakes. Enbridge’s notorious $800 million fail that caused the Kalamazoo River tar sands spill was due to KNOWN and RECURRING poor safety practices and errors. Our state government is legally required to protect the Great Lakes and, because Enbridge is criminally negligent, the government MUST therefore decommission Line 5 to prevent a future catastrophe at the Straights.

807 Ersyla Nellajoy CA US Governor Snyder should have been prosecuted for his handling of Flint. he should not be in any position to make any kind of deals for the welfare and natural resources of the state of Michigan or anywhere else.

808 Amber Schiavone MO US

809 Adrienne Winter UT US

810 Lynn Hartung MI US

811 Aria Everts MI US Please protect our precious water.

812 Laura Duncan MI US

813 Carol Finkelstine MI US

814 Sam Reed US

815 Richard LaBudie MI US



816 Leonard Page MI US COMMENTS OF LEONARD PAGEMEMBER OF SACCPJE

PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING, DECEMBER 12, 2017 ON DYNAMIC RISK FINAL REPORT LITTLE BEAR ARENA, ST. IGNACE, MICHIGAN

I WISH TO THANK THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF OF THE VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PSAB FOR THEIR SERVICE. YOU HAVE SPENT MANY HOURS ON THIS LINE 5 ISSUE. HOWEVER, WE SHARE THE FRUSTRATION AT THE LACK OF PROGRESS AND THE SAD FACT THAT ANY PSAB RECOMMENDATIONS - NOW PUSHED BACK UNTIL LATE NEXT YEAR - ARE PROBABLY DESTINED TO BE IGNORED. WE HAD HOPED THAT THE WIDESPREAD AND DETAILED CRITIQUE OF JUNE DRAFT WOULD CAUSE DYNAMIC RISK TO CORRECT ITS MANY DEFICIENCIES. INSTEAD, DYNAMIC CHOSE TO SIMPLY RESTATE ITS CONCLUSIONS, BUT WITH EVEN HIGHER LEVELS OF ENGINEERING JARGON AS ITS SMOKESCREEN.

DYNAMIC RISK HAS UTTERLY FAILED ITS PROMISE TO DO A COMPLETE, INDEPENDENT AND BALANCED REPORT ON THE LINE 5 ALTERNATIVES. DESPITE THE CLEAR LANGUAGE OF STATE’S RFP, DYNAMIC ELECTED NOT TO DO A THOROUGH STUDY OF EITHER ALTERNATIVE 2 (USING THE EXISTING PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALTERNATIVE 1 (CONSTRUCTING A NORTHERN ROUTE PIPELINE THROUGH ONTARIO). DESPITE HAVING THIS CLEAR CONTRACTUAL VIOLATION BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION, DYNAMIC STILL HAS REFUSED TO COMPLETE ITS AGREED-UPON ASSIGNMENT. I ALSO URGE YOU AND EACH MEMBER OF THE PSAB TO CAREFULLY REVIEW DR. ED TIMM’S RECENTLY (12/11/17) RELEASED FINAL TECHNICAL PAPER ON THE BIAS AND ERRORS IN DYNAMIC RISK’S WORK HERE. WHILE THIS IS PRIMARILY AN ENGINEERING DEBATE, EVEN NON-ENGINEERS CAN SEE THE PROBLEMS OUTLINED BY DR. TIMM. I SUBMIT TIMM’S PAPER PROVES THE POINT THAT THE STATE MADE A GRAVE ERROR IN ASKING AN OIL INDUSTRY SUBCONTRACTOR TO DO AN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS. DYNAMIC RISK WILL NOT RESPOND TO TIMM UNLESS YOU MAKE THEM. MAKE THEM! BETTER YET, ASK THE MEADOWS RISK STUDY GROUP TO DO A PEER REVIEW OF THE FINAL REPORT AND DR. ED TIMM’S RESPONSE.

ONE EXAMPLE THAT THE TIMM REBUTTAL HIGHLIGHTS IS THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE TWIN PIPELINES FROM 1953 TO 2003 AS REVEALED IN THE KIEFNER REPORT. WE KNOW THAT IN 2003, INSPECTIONS SHOWED 16 UNSUPPORTED SPANS GREATER THAN 14O FEET, INCLUDING ONE AT ALMOST 300 FEET. THESE EASEMENT SPAN VIOLATIONS SHOW THE FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN ERROR IN PLACING THE PIPELINE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE STRAITS WITH AN ERRONEOUS ASSUMPTION ON THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF HIGH CURRENTS. BOTH DYNAMIC RISK REPORTS CHOSE TO PASS ON THE DAMAGE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THESE EASEMENT VIOLATIONS - CLAIMING THAT ONE INLINE INSPECTION IN 2014 SHOULD QUIET ANY CONCERNS. DYNAMIC RISK SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED TO ARGUE THAT A TEST FOR CRACKS WOULD HAVE DISCLOSED OTHER STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS ATTRIBUTABLE TO 50 YEARS OF NEGLECT.

THIS RESULT- ORIENTED CONCLUSION SHOWS A DEGREE OF BIAS AND FLAWED ANALYSIS THAT DEFIES COMMON SENSE--AND IS ALL TOO TYPICAL OF THIS REPORT. DR. TIMM’S RESPONSE TO THE 2014 ILI TEST WHITEWASH (PAGES 16-20) IS SIMPLY DEVASTATING TO DYNAMIC RISK’S ALLEGED EXPERTISE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT IS YET ANOTHER WARNING SIREN TO ANYONE TRULY INTERESTED IN KEEPING OIL OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES.

THE CRITICISM RAISED BY DR. TIMM PAPER SHOULD NOT BE FILED AWAY LIKE THE PSAB’S 2018 REPORT. THE WORST THING THAT THE PSAB CAN DO IS TO ACCEPT AN INCOMPLETE AND TECHNICALLY FLAWED FINAL REPORT FROM DYNAMIC RISK. IT’S BAD ENOUGH KNOWING THE PSAB’S EFFORTS MAY BE IGNORED. DON’T MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE BY LEAVING A TERRIBLY FLAWED FINAL REPORT AS THE PSAB’S ONLY LEGACY.

____________________________LEONARD PAGE9482 PAGE ROADCHEBOYGAN, MI 49721age



817 Annette Hill MI US Shut it down! Our future generations are at risk.

818 Chris Zoet MI US

819 Paul McKinley MI US We cannot afford one drop of oil in our magnificent lakes. It is obvious that enbridge cannot be trusted. We need to eliminate those pipes

820 Marala Paolino MI US Marala Paolino#SHUTDOWNLINE5

821 Shannon Jones MI US

822 Barbara Schneider MI US We the People call for SHUT DOWN of line 5

823 Ron Collins IL US With 20 % of the worlds fresh water in the and surrounding waterway we must preserve its cleanliness. This is about life, not one companies profits. Act and shut down line 5!

824 Thomas Aube MI US

825 April Yates WI US this is dirty energy, being considered with a dirty analysis, prepared by a dirty company. PLEASE keep iur great lakes clean!!!

826 Amber Leonard Thome MI US Line 5 should be shut down and an alternative route used to move oil. The Great Lakes are too precious a resource to continue with Line 5 and risk a catastrophic potential oil spill. The study assessing Line 5 is biased, doesn't follow recommendations and standards, doesn't provide fair analysis, doesn't analyze existing infrastructure, and doesn't address corrosion issues.

827 Suzanne Hoff MI US No one, NO ONE, can fully imagine or prepare for a worst case oil disaster. If so, they. wouldn't occur. Close pipeline 5 NOW

828 Brad Busch IL US Shut down Line 5 once and Forever. It poses a Catastrophic Danger to the Great lakes!

829 Kathy Atchambeau MI US We cannot afford to risk an oil spill in the Great Lakes!

830 Tom Harrington MI US The risk of a spill is too great to allow Line 5 to continue to operate in the Great Lakes. Our state government should not put the Great Lakes, our economy, health, drinking water, fisheries, and way of life at risk from a catastrophic oil spill any longer.

831 Martin Kimpston IL US

832 Linda Wynbeek MI US We simply must act in the best interest our incredibly beautiful yet so vulnerable fresh water Great Lakes! SHUT DOWN LINE 5 !!!

833 Paul Green CT US Please !

834 Karen Gabbert IL US Don't risk the wonderful Great Lakes ..........rule in their favor and the people that live along them. The evidence against this company's duplicity has been made very visible for all to see. It is puzzling why the leader of the state of Michigan would chose Canada's side over the safety of his own state and all of states on the Great Lakes.

835 Lisa Cleeves FL US Please do not risk polluting our source of fresh clean water. Imagine oil contaminated water at your own table, in the mouths of your children. Without clean water there is only sickness and death. No profit or system is worth compromising our very existence.

836 Jean Sturgis Pays de la LoireFR Jean Sturgis

837 Amy Sitzler MI US I have reviewed the alternatives analysis and this summary fairly represents my viewpoints with respect to that analysis. Please Decommission Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac.

838 John Scott MI US Protect our Great Lakes

839 Nancy Simon MI US Enbridge and Governor Snyder cannot be trusted. Line 5 needs to be permanently shut down.

840 Laurie Ball MI US

841 Ben Joseph MI US Shut down Line 5! The stakes are too high

842 Grace Bouwman MI US Please shut down Line 5 in the Great Lakes. It is not worth the risk.

843 Vicki Shy-McGrail MI US

844 Patricia Garvey MI US The Great Lakes are a priceless asset of the states that border it. An aging pipeline could ruin them, kill the wildlife that lives in them, and destroy much of Michigan's coastal economy. Shut down Line 5 now!

845 Beth Latto OH US This is an unacceptable risk...I support the shut down of Line 5.

846 Rebecca Baker MI US Pipeline 5 needs to be shut down!



847 Amy Moore MI US Shut down the pipeline! It is beyond comprehension that this shoddy nightmare is allowed to continue in the face of overwhelming evidence about its clear risks and known dangers. STOP THIS MADNESS!

848 Melissa Regan MI US Line 5 needs to be shut down before it's too late! Too late for the environment, too late for our aquatic/wildlife and too late for our thriving tourist industry!

849 Marilyn Rollinger MI US Please shut down Line 5 to protect our beautiful Great Lakes from an oil spill for the people and businesses of Michigan!

850 Gregory Welage IN US Can you imagine the impact if this pipeline fails? Another one of our public resources will be severely damaged- imagine the impact on the economy and environment around the Great Lakes. Why take the chance? For the sake of green paper in your pocket for sucking up to the energy companies? Stop thinking about yourself and think about everyone else for a change. Think about future generations- your kids, grandkids, nieces, and nephews.

851 Radcliff Turkin IL US Radcliff Turkin

852 Michael Stauffer MI US The Great Lakes are the life blood of the economy of the State of Michigan as well as the drinking water supply for it's people and other states that boarder the lakes. an oil spill would completely kill this state. Reject that flawed study and just shut down Enbridge line 5

853 James Girardy MI US This pipeline should be decomissioned as soon as possible. It represents senseless risk to the greatest fresh water resource in North America and the heart and soul of the State of Michigan.

854 John Baublit MI US Bill Schuette wants to be our next Governor yet he does not shut down Line #5 as 99.99% of Michigan citizens want him to do. When Line #5 bursts, Bill Schuette should be held "criminally" liable for his refusal to act. He has all the legal power to shut Line #5 down, but instead he continues to put us at risk by calling for another frivolous study of the problem. Enough with studies, shut it down before Line #5 bursts and pollutes the Great Lakes for the next 1,000 years.

855 Ryan Kemp MI US Please shut down Line 5 to help save and preserve our beautiful Great Lakes & state!

856 Ardine Burgess MI US Recent studies by an outside agency shows that Line 5 is in worse shape than the parent company would have us believe. It is imperative that this be addressed and Line 5 as well as any other plans for underwater pipelines be shut down at once.

Risking the drinking water and the fisheries is not an option. Our legislators need to protect the environment and the people who elected them from the potential for disaster that Line 5 and others pose to the Great Lakes Basin.

857 Eric Flora WI US This is the worlds most precious and delicate resource We can not have a decayed pipeline waiting to destroy it. I just don't understand why anybody would take this chance

858 Maria Ibarra-Frayre MI US

859 Kimberly Ford IL US Growing up in Michigan, running a small business there, and having a family cottage enjoyed by 4 generations on Lake Michigan, I feel strongly that the only responsible action to prevent an inevitable disaster is to shutdown Line 5 promptly. Please don't risk this lovely area's unique beauty and natural resources which benefit our whole country. We should carefully preserve them for future generations by acting responsibly now and shutting down Line 5 before it is too late.

860 Susan Vayette IL US Lets not wait til its to late. Take action now and fix. This is crazy just sitting back and doing nothing! Fix now! Don't wait!

861 Jackie Schmitz MI US

862 Thomas Bartley MI US

863 Elizabeth Hanley PA US Ever since visiting Traverse City, Mackinac Island, and the Upper Peninsula a few years ago, I am adamant about keeping the oil away from these pristine areas (well, as pristine as any area can be these days)! No pipeline is totally secure and it would be a horrific disaster to let it be built in this area.

864 Lori Greenlaw FL US

865 Lynne Hall MI US Decommissioning Line 5 is ABSOLUTELY the only decision to make and it must be done safely and soon! The consequences of failing to do this are unthinkable. PLEASE, will someone do the right thing!

866 Kelly Dumas MI US This is fox guarding the henhouse solution from the state, guard our lakes from corporations especially when the people in Michigan DO NOT BENEFIT from this oil.

867 Marie Chuchvara MI US Protect our Great Lakes

868 Toni Roberts MI US Please shut this line down before we have a Michigan tragedy!

869 Teresa Gingras MI US



870 Louann Kohlbeck FL US

871 Renee Gregory MI US I just listened to Enbridge's public affairs officer tell the NPR audience that they can't shut down line 5, because Enbridge says so. He said line 5 is "critical" to Michigan - but avoided giving an accurate economic or scientific reason why.

The agreement Enbridge has entered into with Governor Snyder is a joke. ALL of the focus should have been on shutting down and replacing 63 year old line 5 but it was diluted with other concerns and minimal actions.

When line 5 ruptures, every one of you bozo brains who has been avoiding the issue should be required to publish your home addresses so that we can dump the clean up results on your property to enjoy.

872 Cecelia Samp IL US

873 Kristi Sattler MI US I believe in zero tolerance when it comes to risking the health and well-being of the Great Lakes. No amount of monetary gain would justify the cost to our economy, health, ecology, or the damage to one of the most beautiful ecosystems on this continent. No amount of risk is acceptable.

We are caretakers of this earth. Our footprint as human beings is inevitable. We change landscapes and use resources. We should do so wisely, with thoughtful intent, with a vision of the needs of future generations and balancing our own needs/wants with the needs of the woods, waters, and other other species who are also dependent on those same natural resources. Oil and water simply do not and should not mix in the Great Lakes. There are other alternatives.

874 Yvonne Craw MI US Common sense knows that Line 5 needs to be closed. Why are we willing to kill our land?

875 Jill Haldeman MI US JILL HALDEMAN

876 John Lorand MI US Enbridge has a poor safety record. A spill at the Straits of Mackinac will devastate Lakes Huron and Michigan for decades. The risk is not worth it. Please do the right thing. Thank you.

877 John McDonald MI US Wee must shut down line 5 now, before it is too late and we damage our greatest asset, the great lakes.

878 Ray Slager MI US This is a disaster waiting to happen - after it does it is too late. Thinking of the issue in Kalamazoo a few years ago - still not resolved

879 Diana Aug MI US Our first obligation is to the safety and clean water of the Great Lakes. It is not our responsibility to insure the greatest profit to any business. Find Line 5 alternate. Your decision will live with us forever.

880 Rachelle Babcock MI US This pipeline 5 is all about Corporate goals and earnings! There is nothing in their corporate literature speaking of the value of fresh water in our future, or a public's right to expect fresh water!

881 Michaeline Barnhart MI US Dear Trump-Brain-Look-Alike Leaders of the current Government of Michigan. Erring on the side of risk (vs. caution) is deeply unsound decision making and not representative of the position of the citizens of Michigan. Shut down Line 5.

882 Michal Polce MI US

883 Stephen Graham CA US Stephen Graham

884 Andrew Harrington MI US Lets plan ahead now to prevent a disaster. I would love to see prioritization of long term goals over short term ones, for a change. I would hate to see our great lakes ruined by an oil spill we had the opportunity to prevent. I would also be ashamed to live in a state that stood by and did nothing to prevent a catastrophic oil spill. I don't want the next Deepwater Horizons in my backyard. NIMBY!!!

885 Zachary Bartel MI US

886 Amber Quinn MI US

887 Glenn Warners MI US There should be no pipeline in the Great Lakes.

888 Cory Hensley MI US Please protect our Great Lakes by shutting down pipeline 5

889 Deborah Coleman IL US Born and raised Michigander who strongly encourages every Michigander to contact their State Representative / Senator in Lansing to get this pipeline OUT of our Lakes!! Our waters not only serve in providing us entertainment (fishing, boating, skiing) but fresh drinking water. We consider the Lakes ours, despite that they border other states and Canada. C'mon Michigan! Let's protect our precious Lakes!

890 Jacob Glenn MI US

891 Mary Mcgregor SC US



892 Vanessa Jelsma Pays de la LoireFR I have had the opportunity to live and travel to several foreign countries, and yet none of the beauty I had the privilege to see abroad compares to the natural wonders of Pure Michigan. Please, Shut Down Line 5 and help to protect the environment, economy, and health of all those living in the Midwest and beyond who rely on the freshwater in the Great Lakes for life and prosperity. It only takes one leak to destroy the land and lives of so many and evidence points to the fact that it is a real threat in the near future. Although Enbridge has not proven trustworthy, elected officials can maintain/regain public trust by acting in the best interests of all who would be affected by a disaster.

893 Colette McLogan MI US

894 Dianne Karsh MI US I am a resident of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and value our water of the Great Lakes. Line 5 is a threat to our water. Shut Down Line 5! This is a dangerous threat to our water! Don't put our water at risk!Shut Down Line 5Dianne Karsh DeTour Village, MI 49725

895 Marian/Mari Mulholland

MI US Michigan would lose SO MUCh financially and otherwise if something happened to our beautiful lake. I can't believe anything other than a no to this dangerous pipeline is even under consideration

896 Eunice Gautsche IN US Close down Line 5,now. Before it leaks oil into our beautiful Great Lakes!

897 Nancy Potter MI US Nancy J Potter

898 Dell Todd MI US

899 William Boersma MI US Shut down Line 5 so that you do not have another water crisis on your watch, ie, Flint

900 Jon Kinne MI US What are you waiting for? Shut Down Pipeline 5 immediately! You have been irresponsible in not acting before!

901 Brian Kainulainen MI US

902 Susan Lombardi MI US Gov. Snyder, do not make ANOTHER mistake with the health and integrity of our precious waters. The truth should overide all carefully crafted reports that hide the devastating consequences of continuing this pipeline.

903 Kristi Avery MI US As a business owner and an investment advisor who specializes in incorporating environmental and sustainability criteria as a tool to mitigate risk and maximize returns I truly believe operating sustainably isn't just something that looks good in a portfolio, it is the wise thing to do. Understanding how integral the Great Lakes are to our region’s economy and in creating healthy, prosperous lives, it is mind-boggling that we haven't already shut this pipeline down.

904 David Cawthon MI US The risk to 20% of the world's frash water is not "0". The risk of a pipeline spill from Enbridge's Line 5 is also not "0". Decommissioning Line 5 gives the only "0" risk option for the Great Lakes.

Please take this option!

905 Kathy Bradshaw MO US These lies and pipelines have to stop, no more Oil. We can’t drink oil or eat money. Clean Water is a God Given Right!

906 Stacey Chacon MI US

907 Susan Swanson MI US

908 Ann Mcinnis MI US It is totally unbelievable that our own Michigan government officials are willing to risk the pollution of 20% of the world's fresh water thus risking billions of dollars of business revenues and life giving water for consumption . How can our government official risks this for even one day more? Have they no concern nor care for those who elected them.? Not only are the #5 pipelines not needed as alternative means of transport exist but the continued use of fossil fuels is putting all of civilization in jeopardy of serious conflicts and even extinction. Michigan could instead be leading the world in renewable energy and eliminating the life threatening use of continued use of fossil fuels.You can bet your bottom dollar that no elected official will be elected again unless this pipeline is shut down ASAP.

909 James Voorheis MI US



910 Jane Speer OH US I was deeply troubled, if not insulted and outraged, that Governor Snyder went ahead and negotiated an agreement with Enbridge Energy Partners several days after release of the final version of the Line 5 Independent Alternative Analysis Report and prior to any public comment period. I consider his action an attempt to gag the public and devalue any say we might have in protecting the Great Lakes.

Regarding the final recommendations of the Dynamic Risk Alternative Analysis report, I believe that it is biased and narrow inscope. For example, the report states that it would be more expensive to decommission Line 5 than to build an oil tunnel under the Straits to house the pipeline. How does this make any kind of sense?

The whole idea of building a tunnel is problematic for several reasons: (1) it ignores the feasible alternative of using existing pipeline infrastructure around the Great Lakes, (2) remains still vulnerable to spills because of corrosion and human error, and (3) contradicts Michigan's legal policy against oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes.

In conclusion, we should have made a decision on Line 5 this summer. We had plenty of technical and scientific analysis data to reference, for example, The Technical Update Note on Enbridge Energy Partners and Line 5, completed by Dr. Edward Timm (July - November, 2018) which clearly outlines Line 5's potential for disaster.

Instead of moving toward a plan to uphold the public trust by protecting our state's most valuable resource, the governor has placed us right back into the untrustworthy hands of Enbridge.

Enbridge is rewarded for their regulatory neglect while the people of Michigan face a disaster comparable to the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.

Janet FairchildNortheastern Michigan People for Social Justice EnvironmentalCommittee, Alpena, Michigan

911 Alison Lake MI US This aging pipeline needs to be closed down now before another catastrophic Enbridge spill occurs.

912 Andrea Rivera MI US

913 Nicole Buikema MI US

914 Isabee Demski MI US I heard a talk by a man who is helping to stop rust on the pipe. Risking our Lakes or one third of the fresh water in the world is crazy.

915 Judy Stocki MI US The Great Lakes are so great, they can be seen from space. We are privileged to have in our care the largest body of fresh water in the world! We need to take this stewardship seriously, it is our job to protect this invaluable resource and gift that we are privileged to call home. This pipeline needs to be shut down before its to late, we will never recover from a spill, we can't trust a line that is already 65 years old!!!f

916 Cristin Cunningham MI US Get it out of our Great Lakes before it destroys everything!

917 Evie Rohs MI US

918 David Werner MI US I cannot believe that our government would put the Great Lakes at risk with Line 5. When Line 5 fails and pollutes the lakes and shoreline those who fail to act will be criminally responsible.

919 Cara Spindler MI US

920 Christopher Binning PA US

921 Catherine Marshall MI US

922 Douglas Kohlbeck MI US The risk to the public outweigh the corporate benefit to Enbridge. The lack of transparency that has recently come to light should demonstrate that Enbridge is holding the benefits to them higher than the risks to Michigan residence. If and when an accident happens, those responsible will be long gone and the cost of time to the rest of us could out live a generation. Our elected officials must work for those who elected them and not for the benefit of a single corporation.

923 Elizabeth Rodgers MI US What a horrible thing it would be if Line 5 were to fail! The revelation that the company that conducted the investigation was so compromised by conflict of interest makes me even more adamant about demanding that Line 5 just be SHUT DOWN!

924 Monica Bower MA US

925 John Wingard HI US Please move forward on decommissioning Line 5. Thank you.



926 Kathy Constantinides MI US Please decommission Enbridge Line 5 with all due speed. The welfare of the Straits and, by extension, the Great Lakes, should not be in the hands of people with a conflict of interest.

Kathy and Angelos Constantinides

927 Leonard Fieber MI US Gov.Snyder, I think you are playing Russian roulette with our Great Lake. It is time to listen to the comments of the people you work for and shut down line Line Five.

928 Amber Sullivan MI US Don't threaten The Great Lakes with this pipeline!

929 Tracy Reed MI US

930 Grant Webb MI US They are called great lakes for a reason, they are to great of an asset to risk

931 Patricia J. Abraham MI US Come up with an alternative or shut line 5 down before an accident happens in the Great Lakes. You, Governor Snyder will not be able to plead ignorance like you did with Flint’s water supply.

932 Gretta Van Bree MI US A line 5 failure in winter under the ice would be devastating.

933 Kathy Oppenhuizen MI US

934 Lyn Solms MI US Please protect our lakes!!!

935 Jim Becklund MI US Jim Becklund

936 David Brown MI US DAVID BROWN

937 Patricia Kwasek MI US

938 Leslie Miler MI US Shut down line 5 now. 700 miles of shoreline in the Straits are threatened as is the drinking water for millions. Governor Snyder and AG Schuette will be accountable for any spill. The economy of Michigan will be ruined if there is a spill. Enbridge is a Canadian company so they don't care if Michigan is destroyed. They won't run such a line through their country.

939 Betsy Willey MI US

940 Karen Fisette MI US It's really sad that the people who are in charge of Michigan aren't protecting the people of Michigan.

941 janet Repp MI US

942 Jennifer Reinert MI US Jennifer Reinert

943 Robert Wielechowski MI US Robert Wielechowski

944 Judith Hartman MI US You people (ENBRIDGE) Aren't going to be happy until you contaminate Michigan are you? If it happens, I hope the judge makes you drink and eat from the water and land you contaminated. You should be looking a head and preventing a contamination, not trying to save your company $'s at the expense to us MICHIGANDERS!

945 James Corbett MI US An oil pipeline built in 1953 is overdue to rupture and cause environmental and economic disaster for decades.

946 Mary Howard MI US Leaders are taking a very risky gamble with auntrustworthy corporation.

947 Joanne Miller MI US

948 Karen Cayer MI US Oil &!water don’t mix. I have zero confidence in line #5 not leaking into our water.

949 Anne Laurance MI US Shut down Line 5 now. How much evidence does it take to make polluters finally see the light? We don't need more 'education,' we need action.

950 Robert Lee MI US

951 Mary Powell MI US I can't believe that this line is still being considered viable. The resources of the lakes are more important than money.

952 Susan Welsh MI US Susan Welsh

953 Stan Gregg IA US

954 Sheila Morway MI US

955 Claire Lannoye-Hall MI US

956 Clifford Babcock MI US

957 Susan Peters MI US

958 Jeri Sawall MI US Do the right thing. No pipeline is safe in our precious resource, the Great Lakes.



959 Carlos Valdes MI US Keep it in the ground! Solar and Wind are cheaper and dont pollute. Why are you putting Michigan citizens in danger for higher cost of living?

960 Brad Thomas MI US

961 Karin Larsen PA US How can we continue to ignore the facts and danger embedded in the Pipeline 5 issue? When it is even the topic of my 2 and 3rd grade classroom it sounds a another alarm. Stop this foolishness of supporting inept businesses over the lost of one of our biggest natural resources.

962 Margaret Slawson MI US Margaret Slawson

963 Pam de Alth MI US There is too much at stake to allow Enbridge to get away with not doing the right thing . NOW is the time to take action and replace this aging infrastructure with a safe alternative.

964 Garry Rasmussen, Ph.D.

MI US I am a retired Environmental Geologist and I am not sounding a frivolous alarm based on unscientific research. The Line 5 risk to the Great Lakes are far too large to let greed and money blind us to the near impossibility of ever being able to clean a massive spill from it into the Straits. We do not have the right to destroy the environment of the Great Lakes we inherited and are caretakers of for our children. Wake up and earn the right to use your slogan on our license plates "Pure Michigan". It is already a hollow enough motto after poisoning Flint's water and people (killing and permanently damaging who knows how many people whose only sin was trusting their State was providing clean and safe water when they turned on their faucets in Flint) and letting Enbridge skate with minimal cleanup of their massive pipeline spill in the Kalamazoo River. The current administration's environmental record is shameful.Garry A. Rasmussen, Ph.D.Environmental Geologist and Michigan Citizen for a Great Lakes Saved for the Future Generations

965 Michele Helfrich MI US

966 Steven Goldfarb MI US Steven Goldfarb

967 Susan Liebetreu MI US It's important to address the possibility of an oil leak before it becomes a reality. Shut down Line 5 immediately.

968 Kathryn Foyle MI US

969 Sarah Flum MI US Keep Michigan Pure. Any spill would end our outdoor life and tourism. sarah flum

970 Joseph Klimovitz MI US

971 Rudite Schmidt MI US What on earth is wrong with our Gov. that he would allow this. Was Flint not enough of a wake up call. The people of Michigan deserve clean water for drinking and all our animals deserve a clean place to live. Shame, shame on the Governor .

972 Peter Zubulake MI US

973 Nora Reid-LeZotte MI US Nora Reid-LeZotte

974 Fredrick O’Neill MI US The risks of continued use of line 5 outweighs any benefit. SHUT IT DOWN!!!

975 Clyde Joslin FL US You Sir should be held accountable.

976 Leah Marcus MI US

977 Mary Spence MI US This pipeline is a very dangerous threat and must be immediately shut down: It threatens our health, economic welfare, safety and security.

978 Robert Dunn MI US Asian Carp, oil, zebra mussels, and many more pollutants destroying our Great Lakes we need strong advocates leading our state not leaders owned by irresponsible corporations.

979 Vanessa Friedman MI US Let's get ahead of this inevitable catastrophe by preserving (and improving) the health of our great lakes for our children and generations to come. This earth isn't ours to ruin for the sake of oil and money. Our children, grandchildren and future generations to come deserve better from us.

980 Sandy Glick MI US Sandy Glick

981 Lenora Nawara MI US Please preserve and protect what is left of our healthy environment that supports the lives of millions of people and the beauty and health of Michigan’s natural gifts. Considering Flint and it’s aftermath, and the Line 5 issues, what are the moral, ethical, and humane scruples of this administration? Please, Michigan Congress and Governor Snyder, examine your conscience and intelligence while making your duty-bound decisions to represent your constituents.

982 Chris Sack MI US The best option for the State of Michigan and it’s residents and businesses is to decommission Line 5 now. We can’t wait for disaster to strike - that is foolish and imprudent. We Michiganders are better than that! We deserve a healthy Great Lakes. We are entitled to oil-free water.

983 Annie O'Neill MI US Annie O'Neill



984 Julie Preuss MI US This was a chance for Gov. Snyder to show MI residents that he was standing up for our state and our environment, but again he sided with big business no matter what harm it might have on us. Flint, MI is a prime example of his poor leadership. When are we going to take back our state and start doing what's right for the people? If this pipeline starts to leak, the water will be contaminated all down the coast directly effecting our drinking water.

985 Sylvia Pow MI US This is totally unacceptable. Why not put that money into renewable sources....

986 Dwight Sanders MI US

987 Sara Addington GA US

988 Nancy Dargan MI US

989 Earl Cantner MI US

990 Darcy Bluhm MI US Because of the numerous flaws in the Line 5 Final Alternatives Analysis and the fact that is was written by Dynamic Risk, a company with clear conflicts of interest, it is vital that Line 5 be permanently decommissioned . It is a disaster waiting to happen and we cannot afford another crisis like the one in Flint. Have you not learned from that crisis? Common sense and objective reality needs to prevail here and it is more than obvious that both are completely missing from the Line 5 Final Alternatives Analysis. People's lives and the Michigan economy are dangerously at risk and it is your responsibility to avert that.

991 Leveta Fisher CA US Winter Water Wonderland. This is the State of Michigan quote I grew up with. It’s foolishness to even consider allowing this in the world’s largest fresh water supply. Oil and water don’t mix.

992 Erin Burkett MI US Erin Burkett

993 Kathy Kibbie MI US What is wrong with Snyder? This pipeline goes from Canada - through the U.P. under the Mac. Bridge, through the lower peninsula and back into Canada near Windsor. We take all the risk - Canada gets all the profits. How stupid is this to allow a 64 year old pipeline to place these precious Great Lakes in danger..... Shut it down.

994 Pam Kies-Lowe MI US

995 Lyda Stillwell MI US As a resident of Kalamazoo, we know full well the "care" Enbridge gives to its oil lines....

996 Joyce Janicki US

997 Thomas Van Dis CA US The Great Lakes are natural resources that are unique in the world. It’s unacceptable to take any risk of an oil leak in these waters. Line 5 is in anachronism; a vestige of the kind of thinking that was common decades ago when environmental factors were not considered or under appreciated in business and governmental decisions. Our state and our country have paid a heavy price for that kind of thinking. We have come a long way toward including environmental considerations in business and governmental decisions for projects like pipelines. Allowing line 5 to continue to operate in our great legs would be a dangerous step backwards. Please don’t let this happen. History will hold you accountable for a spill that damages this precious resource.

998 Cynthia Schultz-Condon

MI US

999 Jan Champion MI US Gov. Snyder had the chance to avoid another catastrophe (think Flint) and, once again, he sided with big business and is jeopardizing the health of his constituents , not to mention the future of the Great Lakes.

1000 Jean Gramlich MI US The economic and health consequences of an oil spill in the straits would be catastrophic. In winter it would be almost impossible to mitigate the effects of a spill.

1001 Robert Soderstrom MI US

1002 Michael Washenko MI US

1003 Ronald Howard MI US

1004 Pam Pfeiffer MI US

1005 Gloria Shay MI US

1006 Mary Lebert MI US



1007 Peggy Malnati MI US We who are lucky enough to live around the Great Lakes have a moral responsibility to protect them. Not only are they home to thousands of plant and animal species, but they represent 20% of the world's surface fresh-water supply. In a changing world that is warming, this water could become even more important than it is now.

The Line 5 pipeline is old and at serious risk to leak. It should never have been laid under the Mackinac Straights to begin with; it should now be removed and other arrangements made to move petroleum around the Great Lakes.

1008 sandra collins MI US Line 5 should be shut down ASAP!

1009 Stefania Johns MI US

1010 Mark Haslem MI US This is critical.

1011 Bruce Oshaben MI US

1012 Isabel Francis MI US After Flint, an administration should learn the importance of clean water. Please do not risk the purity of our Great Lakes for the profits of a corporation! We, the people, will not stand for it.

1013 Joel Quamme MI US

1014 Barbara Neri MI US

1015 Lin Leslie MI US Who is holding what over the heads of every member of this committee for them to not see the facts and shut this line down? They should all be ashamed of themselves! Snyder is such a crook--Flint, now Great Lakes!

1016 Diane Dowling MI US

1017 M.E. Leszczynski MI US

1018 Lucinda Bingham MI US Lucinda Bingham Shame on you, Gov. Snyder. You did not learn anything from the Flint water crisis, and now you are turning a blind eye to a potential spill that will effect Michiganders and a lot more for many years to come! Doesn't it matter that Enbridge lied about the condition of Line 5? I am saddened by your disregard of our beautiful Great Lakes.

1019 Sandra Giraud MI US The Great Lakes are Michigan's finest asset. Don't put our environment, our tourism industry, and our future at risk. This is just another giveaway of a public resource to private interests.

1020 Dawn Skok MI US Put it in Snyder’s backyard. Maybe he will see it differently!

1021 Daniel Croft MI US Daniel Croft

1022 Terry Austin MI US We demand that line 5 be shut down , Enbridge has NO right to endanger the water and all the citizens of Michigan. Terry Austin

1023 Melissa Whitt MI US

1024 Chuck Mulligan MI US This pipeline must be shut down and drained!! Even the slightest chance of a spill in the Great Lakes is far to risky and damaging to consider.

1025 Norrie Zaret OH US

1026 Diane Carr MI US i think snyder should be brought up on charges for what he authorized for the switch of water in flint and its environmental impact on that city as well as murder, and human illness charges pertaining to the people of the city! I am sick about the way the republicans get away with their total disregard for the environment and the people of this nation!!! NOW it's line 5! this should have been shut down along time ago! enbridge has NEVER been good environmental stewards of this planet! their track record is atrocious ! how long are they going to be allowed to destroy our water! Face it the most valuable commodity on this planet is blue gold WATER! nothing can exist without it!!!!!!

1027 Barbara Line MI US These pipelines are bad and pose a terrible threat to our environment.

1028 Liz Wasserman MI US

1029 Carol Fletcher MI US The Great Lakes will never be truly protected until Line 5 is shut down. I value "my" Great Lakes. Close Line 5 and support sun and wind power instead.

1030 Ryan McCarty MI US Our water is our most precious natural resource in Michigan - don't let it be put in danger!

1031 David Wanty CA US

1032 William Mcallister MI US what ever happened too commen sense.????

1033 Rebecca Karsten MI US Let’s not wish we could have prevented a spill. Let’s prevent the spill!

1034 Mark Wright MI US

1035 Laura Haldane MI US



1036 Dan Magennis MI US Dan Magennis

1037 Peggy Johnson MI US Please either display rational, intelligent, considerate behavior or immediately schedule a series of appointments with any reputable mental health expert. It's clear you are in desperate need of clinical help if you allow this greed-filled plan to continue.

1038 Elly Korstanje CA US Water as we should know by now is our MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE ON THIS PLANET. We need to consider in what condition we leave our land and water for the generations to come!!

1039 Robert Korstanje CA US Robert Korstanje

1040 Sue Sweeney MI US

1041 Dawn Wing MI US we have 20% of the WORLDS fresh drinkable water. After the pipeline burst and polluted Kalamazoo river don't you think it is more important to save a great lake that thousands drink from.

1042 Val Rasmussen MI US Shut down Line 5 NOW!

1043 Furlo Bengtsson MI US We all know when it comes to protecting the people especially in this regime we have now that those who hold the money bags are the ones who get protected so as they can fill those coin purses of the legislators and of course the buyers themselves. Simple stated the oil companies will not protect us against these spills.

1044 Suzanne Hewitt MI US The crude oil is flowing across the Straits as we are getting nowhere fast with sensible logic to shut down Line 5. The trustees of our water, Governor Snyder, Enbridge, and others will do what they think is right. If that means keeping the crude oil flowing, does that mean they're willing to take the risk that it won't spill into the fresh clean water - on their watch or beyond?

Grave concerns have been communicated regarding this crap shoot. Please listen to this: I am not willing to take any risk that will cause a catastrophe of the magnitude of a Line 5 oil spill. Not on my watch.

1045 Bev Pollard MI US Rick Snyder, the governor of MICHIGAN, has been at the bottom of the list of governors in the US for quite some time. In other words, he is the WORST governor in the country! He was elected because he is a business man and he continues to support business rather than the people who elected him. Just remember how he allowed the water of Flint to be poisoned. Children are suffering with lead poisoning, and for the rest of their lives, because of him. He is a crook! He should be in jail! And once again he has sided with big business, Enbridge, the company whose leak contaminated the waters of the Kalamazoo River which nearly reached the shores of Lake Michigan. Endbridge fought the cleanup! Imagine what would happen to one of the worlds largest bodies of fresh water, the Great Lakes, if Line 5 would Spring a leak! WHY!

1046 Ralph Tuscher MI US Governor Snyder, Either you are with the millions of people who rely on the Great Lakes for clean drinking water and recreation, or you are a paid Enbridge corporate lackey. Just like all Republicans in the country are paid corporate lackeys. Shut down line 5!

1047 Robert and Mary swain MI US NOT WORTH ANY RISK!!!!!!!

1048 Nicholas Paganelli MI US Last thing any of the world’s fresh water needs is another oil spill. Line 5 needs to be shut down immediately!!

1049 Zachary Hayes MI US Zachary M Hayes

1050 Steve Kovacs MI US PIPELINE NO. 5 IS GOING TO POLLUTE THE GREAT LAKES!!!!! IT,S SIXTY FOUR YEARS OLD, THEY ARE OVER PUMPING THE OIL BY 80 PERCENT. ONLY LUCK HAS KEPT IT FROM SPILLING BY NOW!!! HEY GOV. SHUT THIS BASTERD DOWN, NOW!!!!!!

1051 D.Jeffery Uloth MI US the line five oil line must be shut down to protrct the great lakes! now!!!

1052 Yasemin Sutulu NY US

1053 Morgan Muston IL US We’ve already seen this is a terrible idea. Don’t let this be your legacy. Do right by the people of MI and shut down line 5. Don’t ignore this like you did Flint.

1054 Robert Gamalski MI US Pipeline #5 is a disaster! The extremely dangerous condition of this pipeline could result in a major oil spill at any time. With long sections of the line unsupported there is no safety margin. Enbridge admits that the structure is in poor condition, but wants to continue pumping oil through the line until it ruptures. Do we really want a mess like this to try to clean up?

1055 Gordon Taylor MI US Gordon Taylor and Sheila Taylor

1056 Mark Szof MI US

1057 Laurie Smith MI US

1058 Sidney Kardon MI US Sidney Kardon

1059 Julie Skelton MI USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �50 oilandwaterdontmix.org


1060 Jason Younk MI US This pipeline needs to be decommissioned,, it's is old and the risk is getting worse every day that it remains under the Straits of Mackinaw.

1061 Gordon G. Andrews Jr. MI US

1062 Miyako Jones MI US

1063 Jason Jones MI US It is paramount to the future of Michigan and the surround states that share the precious resources of one of the largest concentrations of fresh water on the planet that we shut down line 5 now! For the benefit of not only drinking water, food, and the precious ecosystem that the great lakes provide, but also to the economic surge that the great lakes generate in tourist dollars that help keep many residents of the state employed. Its time our elected officials do what they were voted into office to do, listen to the people of the state they serve and protect what is arguably the most important resource Michigan has.

1064 Joseph Krizka MI US Shut down line 5 now! Please help!

1065 Gregory Turner MI US Why take this senseless risk?

1066 Lauren Clark MI US

1067 Kelsey McCarty MI US Protect The Great Lakes.

1068 Rachel King-Marchio MI US

1069 Seamus Callaghan MI US

1070 Joanne Cantoni MI US Governor Snyder: when impartial consultants review Line 5 and possible impacts, the clear path recommended is to stop Line 5. However, the State like to load the dice by selecting and believing consultants with vested interests in maintaining the status quo. The best interests of Michigan, the Great Lakes and the people of the area are to shut down Line 5 before there is a catastrophe.

1071 Everyl Yankee MI US

1072 Maureen Pajak MI US It is a tremendous mistake to jeopardize the waters of Pure Michigan and risk polluting drink waters!

1073 Adam Lacasse MI US

1074 Tedd Hughes MI US

1075 B Linder MI US Shut down Line 5. I keep telling you that it's not if, but when, Line 5 will cause an environmental disaster.

1076 Jennifer Kaiser IN US As someone who visits Michigan often, I am appalled about the condition of the Line 5 pipeline and the leaders in Michigan who don't care enough to do anything about it or Enbridge.

1077 Amy Sung MI US Only 2.5 percent of Earth's water is drinkable. It is critical to the health and well-being of all species, including humans, that our precious fresh water be protected.

1078 Michael Henn MI US

1079 Leslie Jones MI US

1080 Philip Micklin MI US A pipeline rupture would be catastrophic for lakes Michigan andHuron - so why take a chance with this old and corroding line?

1081 Kristin Tepsa MI US Kristin Tepsa

1082 Elvira Wilbur MI US

1083 Lorne Beatty MI US

1084 Christy Huff MI US Christy Huff

1085 Jeanine Center MI US It's only a matter of time before Enbridge is responsible for a major spill from Line 5 into the Great Lakes. Shut it down now!

1086 Tara Goci MI US Our lakes will be our legacy. But not if we don't protect them from Enbridge pipelines!

1087 Lara Kramer-Smith MI US

1088 Claire Johnstone MI US

1089 Kelly Gagnon MI US This deal to keep LINE 5 open is downright SHAMEFUL! As usual big business and the state legislator are putting greed over the health of people, the environment and oh, by the way, the wildlife that inhabit these areas too. I'm so tired of the environment being second.

1090 Marcia Oreilly MI US with the largest fresh water reserve in the world, we need to preserve it for future generations and not for quick corporate profits



1091 Allen Salyer MI US The Great Lakes is the source of fresh water for millions. Why take the chance of spillage with such a weak compromise? Enbridge is only looking to save money, not protect our water supply.

1092 Sherry Moe MI US I witnessed what happened to the Kalamazoo River in Marshall. We cannot allow Line 5 to continue as it is.

1093 Keith Johnson MI US This is a catastrophe waiting to happen. Close line 5 and eliminate the risks entirely.

1094 Richard Booth MI US Richard Booth

1095 Karen Bellamy MI US Karen Bellamy

1096 Cheryl Jones-Elkins NY US We who live and vote in other states depend on Michigan decision-makers to take care of the great lakes since we all rely on the health of the fresh water. We don't need more gas and oil. We need forward thinking people who have better plans to meet our energy needs now and in the future. We here in New York are all too willing to fund candidacies of smarter, wiser decision-makers in other states. We no longer have to be voters in Michigan to have a profound impact on the outcome of primaries and elections in Michigan.

1097 Barbara Stenson MI US De commission line 5

1098 Liz Kaiser MI US The Line 5 pipeline is a catastrophe waiting to happen. Protect our lakes/drinking water/wildlife instead of endangering them.

1099 Lindsay Merchant MI US It our responsibility to stand up what's right for Michigan people and Michigan's environment. Shut down line 5, and keep the danger of an oil spill out of the Mackinac Strait.

1100 Janice Prokop-Heitman

MI US

1101 Mary Alice Lo Cicero MI US Snyder is a lame duck. Why is he making decisions for which he can't be held responsible?

1102 Frank Thoune MI US Jo. Black

1103 Karen Schmitt MI US

1104 Marie Candiotti MI US I have lived in Michigan all my life. Growing up we have always vacationed near one of our lakes, and my grown family now continues with the tradition. Decommissioning Line 5 is the only answer to allow many families such as ours to continue to vacation and be proud of our State.

1105 Ellen Lafferty MI US To truly represent the residents of Michigan and honoring the commitment to protect our natural resources, shutting down Line 5 is the responsible action to take by this administration.

1106 Beverly Steffens MI US

1107 Kristen Lagos MI US

1108 Steve Bidigare MI US The risks outweigh the benefits. SHUT IT DOWN !

1109 Lauren Castner MI US

1110 Ellen Charlebois MI US This is a critical issue impacting not only Michigan, but all of the United States. We need to protect our fresh water. Shut down Line 5.

1111 Stacy Haggard MI US Stacy Haggard

1112 Thomas Almer MI US

1113 Jessica Tenbusch MI US

1114 Gail Caird MI US There is no reason the pipeline must go under the lake, and many reasons why it is perilous for us all if it does. Please act to safeguard our water by sending the pipeline around the lake...not under the straits. Thank you.

1115 Suzan Vrba MI US

1116 Luke Contos MI US It is insane to endanger the Great Lakes due to corporate greed. Shut down and replace line 5

1117 Elizabeth Dell MI US

1118 Cynthia Sherman-Jones

MI US Please protect the Great Lakes and shut down line 5. A spill would be devastating.

1119 Kurt Luttermoser MI US

1120 Gary Marx MI US

1121 Olivia Jenkins MI US



1122 Jerry Maliszewski MI US Continuing to pump oil through a precious resource has to be one of the biggest mistakes we can make. There should be no existence of oil inside our Great Lakes. Let’s stop the madness and shear greed.

1123 Jason Babcock MI US Please do not sacrifice our clean water for the sake of a big oil company making more money. Please do the right thing and shutdown line 5. They knew about the problems for a long time and did not tell anyone, please hold them accountable and shut it down!

1124 Michael Cardoni TX US Are we waiting for a oil spill before this line is decommissioned forever, certainly seems that way from the weak, lobbyist centered,governor's office actions to not protect the natural resources that belong to the citizens, not them!!

1125 Don Shaffer MI US The final study does not take into account recent news of 48 bare metal spots caused by the installation of screw anchors, and of the resulting compromised cathodic protection of this pipeline. The Michigan State authorities must take immediate action to protect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron from a hazardous oil spill by rerouting, and, or shutting down Enbridge Line 5.

1126 Landon Bartley MI US Tunnels leak too. This crossing simply carries too much risk to our most valuable asset and needs to be closed.

1127 Dwight Poffenberger OH US

1128 Denise Waddell MI US Decommission Line 5 immediately.

1129 Sharon Gillespie TX US

1130 Alison Connors MI US

1131 Michael Barkey MI US

1132 Bill Keyes MI US

1133 Christina Kionka MI US

1134 Frank Gonzales Jr. US It's not if, it's when. Shut it down!

1135 Linda Wallman GA US I am distressed to know that our beloved Lake Michigan is in peril. I encourage all stakeholders to do whatever possible to preserve the purity and beauty of this this treasured resource.

1136 Tony Guzdial MI US Clean up our environment ! Stress solar and wind infrastructure build-up! Petroleum is toxic and has to be replaced!

1137 Gary Stauffer MICHIGANUS Shut Line 5 down before a tragic event happens!

1138 Patricia Hyde VA US This pipeline is a very bad idea. The great lakes are the largest fresh water source in the US and we need clean drinking water to live. Pipelines always eventually leak and then pollute. 90% of this product will be used in Canada and not benefit the US. We need the water to live, we can live without the oil. We have enough in reserves already. Please do not allow line 5 to be built and pollute our water. Water is life in that we all need clean water to sustain life.

1139 Trevor Davis MN US Decomission Line 5 and protect our valuable fresh water natural resources.

1140 Sharon Andre MI US we are stewards of the land which we must maintain and improve for our children. stop raping our planet Sharon J Andre

1141 Matthew Herrington US

1142 Ross Jeffery MI US

1143 Paige Bachand MI US

1144 Robert Breen MI US Who do these comments go to? Regardless....the pipeline is owned by the same Canadian company that didn't know how to shut off the oil when their pipeline broke along the Kalamazoo River. Being they haven't changed a bit since then that spill and the ignorance of how to deal with it in and of itself should warrant shutting down all of their lines. Obviously that's not feasible however they already lied about the condition of line 5. What's next.

1145 Terry Doll MI US

1146 James Weidman MI US What the Governor did by signing the recent agreement with Enbridge, should be tested for be unconstitutional. He has again taken his power over the line and certainly abused it. This agreement has to be rescinded and the will of the people to close down Line 5 has to be followed. Thank you for allowing me to comment.

1147 Carolyn Heines MI US



1148 Brian Trausch IL US I have lived on Lake Michigan my whole life. I take pride in the beautiful lake and use it for recreation and relaxation. It would be a travesty to see the Line 5 succumb to the fate of other oil pipelines that leak or burst contaminating the fragile environments which they run through. Far too many people depend on the Great Lakes and Lake Michigan in general to tempt fate again with such a risky exploit. Please decommission the Line 5 so that we do not have to constantly worry for an impending doom.

1149 Phyllis Wahlberg MI US We CANNOT afford to take a chance at this point. It's too likely for a break.

1150 Harold Smith MI US

1151 Karen Comella MI US How long must this sham go on??? The only parties that think continuing to transport oil directly through the Great Lakes are those employed by the Oil industry...ie. Those who will profit. The alternative routes outlined by FLOW accommodate the needs of the UP. The fact that we are STILL discussing this after years of investigation and documented proof of the risks of this pipeline demonstrates how blatantly corrupt, illegal, and immoral the process and players are. I have tried to remain respectful of the parties involved with this decision, but it is beyond that now. You do not deserve respect. You are rapists and thieves, and we will fight with everything we have. And even if we don’t win, I rest assured that you will burn in hell.

1152 Andrea Pierce MI US This is a stupid idea, Snyder!! The People of Michigan will not let you make another backroom deal that will affect our water. If you need to build something, go fix FLINT!!! Remember them? The City YOU poisoned!!!

1153 Amy Kruske US Please keep the Great Lakes the National Treasure that they are for us and for future generations. An oil leak would be beyond tragic and is completely avoidable. Shut down Line 5!!

1154 Patricia Lyndale MI US

1155 Amber Potvin US

1156 Keli Derfus WI US As a Great Lakes resident with children, this whole issue concerns me. I want to know that my kids and grandkids will have a clean fresh water system to sustain them. Our planet is not replaceable.

1157 Toby Dolinka US The will of the people and the welfare of our environment must take front row center concern. Snyder is not thinking of the welfare of either.

1158 Lauren Brewer WI US This land doesn't belong to you and not only are you putting the land and surrounding water at risk of exposure to oil spills and other toxins, you're also actively encroaching upon Native rights and ignoring the voices of not only those Natives, but of countless protestors. Shut Down Line 5.

1159 Mary Wilson MI US Mary Wilson

1160 Jim Toczynski VA US Decommissioning Line 5 needs to happen!

1161 Luke Kermode NM US Shut down line 5! Protect our Great Lakes!

1162 Sheri Chestnutwood OH US The line 5 tunnel needs to be decommissioned in the Straights of Mackinac. This is the only way to prevent catastrophic consequences for the Great Lakes. The existing draft report released November 20th fails to consider tribal sovereign treaty rights and feedback which is simply unacceptable. The cost of a potential spill would be economically and environmentally catastrophic to the region. Not just the damage to the waters of the great lakes but the potential loss in revenue from tourism should also be considered. The State of Michigan and the United States Coast Guard are not prepared to clean up a large scale pipeline oil spill in the great lakes. Enbridge's ongoing violations cannot be remedied - its time for the State to act now in order to protect its most important natural resource.

Respectfully,Sheri Chestnutwood

1163 Susan Hampel WA US

1164 Georgia Lindstrom MI US

1165 Polly Murray MI US Do the right thing: Shut down Line 5!

1166 Freya Goldstein NY US

1167 Denise Marie MI US Protect our natural resource, The Great Lakes. Shut down Line 5!

1168 Barbara Osbon MI US I believe that the track record of Enbridge and the obvious inherent danger of having a pipeline directly in the Great Lakes results in only one acceptable conclusion -- the pipeline should be decommissioned. I don't trust Enbridge; I don't trust the integrity of the pipeline and its horrific location; and, the stakes are just too high. Shut it down.

1169 Michael McDonald MI US

1170 Ted Rasch MI US Shut it down!



1171 William Quinn IL US Protect our most precious commodity, water!

1172 Elizabeth Kellaway US STOP IT! Michigan needs to be a environment clean of oil and sludge.... this is not what Michigan needs or wants!!!

1173 Kelly Kussmaul MI US The Great Lakes aren't just an environmental treasure, they're the lifeblood of tourism in northern Michigan. We need to protect our economically-vital tourism industry by keeping our lakes clean!

1174 Detra Poslaiko MI US

1175 Mary Finnegan MI US I am writing to urge that pipeline 5 be decomissioned. This is crucial to the health of our Great Lakes.

Mary Finnegan

1176 Diane Fascione IL US This is too important a resource to risk.

1177 Greg Roll MI US No way Michigan's Governor Snyder would make such a deal to help a Canadian pipeline company profit from taking risks with our waters, wildlife, and shorelines...unless he was receiving campaign contribution in return.

1178 Don Kopacz MI US

1179 Diane Hallinen MI US How many times do we have to tell you to shut down line 5?

1180 Alexandra Fahoome MI US

1181 Jacqueline Vines MI US Decommission Line 5. Putting the Great Lakes at risk is foolhardy.

1182 Ryan Schlaff MI US

1183 Rae Jones ND US The Great Lakes are one of the largest concentrations of fresh water in the world. To endanger them in this way is stupid beyond belief. You cannot live without water and you cannot drink oil.

1184 Greg Gumina MI US The last thing we need is an oil pipeline running straight through Michigan and the Midwest. I am totally against the idea and ask the government to withdraw from this plan to ruin the environment. Thank you.

1185 Becky Sullivan MI US Enbridge can't be trusted to monitor the safety of Line 5. The Great Lakes need to be protected from the potential tragedy of an oil spill from Line 5. Governor Snyder should have learned from the last Enbridge oil spill in Michigan that they put profits above safety of the environment.

1186 Sandra Maytan MI US Please just think of the lives of our children and grand children! many of whom will never be able to enjoy the kind of untarnished, pure nature that our grandparents had!! Its for your own children! and grandchildren!

1187 Alex Gould WI US Please protect our environment so that all people can enjoy a healthful system.

1188 Linda Schudiske MI US this agreement is suspect at best.. Enbridge has proven themselves not to be trustworthy, There is no way this agreemnt should go forward

1189 Jason Burns MI US stop line 5!

1190 Lily Springsteen MI US Decommission line 5.

1191 Constance Schrup IA US Governor Snyder- don’t risk the Great Lakes for profit. Keep our waters clean for posterity. Time to shut down Line 5! A catastrophe is just waiting to happen.

1192 George Cole MI US So how much money did Snyder take to agree to this!! Like the Flint water, like being told about Flint way before he said, the big money grab at a dinner in Detroit that no one would say what it was for....the rich getting richer!!!!!

1193 Carl Grenadier MI US Prevent this catatrophy

1194 Sharon Linford MI US We must protect our natural resources from greed and dirty outdated energy production methods. The great lakes are a crown jewel in the US' environmental treasury to be preserved AT ALL COSTS

1195 Barbara Bell MI US Get the oil away from Lake Michigan. Snyder should not have spoken for us.

1196 Alison Horton MI US

1197 Nancy Cohn CA US

1198 James Hill MI US It is clear that the state does not see the urgency of addressing this problem but prefers to wait until another Kalamazoo spill occurs. At the very least, the state should demand that Enbridge post a bond sufficient to handle a spill clean up which would be in the neighborhood of 10 to 15 billion dollars. The easement should be enforced to ensure the insurance bond is adequate. If so Enbridge may find its "profitable" line is not so profitable and do the right thing- shut down the straits pipeline.



1199 Gretchen Iorio MI US The recent agreement between the Snyder Administration and Enbridge is outrageous. It is a sell out to Corporatism. It doesn't guarantee Enbridge will take any substantive actions to protect the Great Lakes. The deal is all process. As we all work to convince our legislators to do the right thing, ultimately it may be that the only way to Shut Down Line 5 is to elect progressives who understand the value of our great natural resource. Let's hope Snyder doesn't poison Lake Michigan like he poisoned Flint's drinking water in the meantime.

1200 Karen Toledo MI US You can't fix it. You can't manage, contain, or repair the damage. You can't un-damage the water, flora & fauna, habitat and jobs that depend on the health of the Great Lakes. You can't trust Enbridge. You can only do what is right - SHUT IT DOWN NOW !!!!!

1201 Anne Jackson MI US

1202 Dorothy Mead WI US

1203 Trish Helm MI US Trish Helm

1204 Anna Kondak MI US Enbridge pipeline 5 under the Straits of Mackinac must be shut down NOW--IMMEDIAATELY. We cannot tolerate a leak at this sensitive area of Michigan.

Enbridge has not been forthcoming with information about the actual condition ot the pipeline since it was originally requested over the past few years. The state cannot trust the company.

In addition, regardless of what has been said, this is not an area for a pipeline, the risks are too great of soiling Lakes Huron and Michigan. and surrounding areas. In addition, Enbridge line 6 B can carry enough oil to satisfy needs Line 5 is not needed.

Shut down pipeline 5 NOW, IMMEDIATELY. Anna KondakNicholas P. Kondak900 Cook Rd., Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236

1205 M Valorie Putnam MI US Shut down Line 5. Quit doing backroom deals. The future of the Great Lakes depends on responsible government. Was Flint not enough for the current administration to understand what it means to mortgage our future to the highest bidder? Enough!

1206 Mindy Holohan MI US

1207 Kaylee Moore MI US The people do not want this. Our planet doesn't want this. Nobody needs it, and it's beyond time to start removing these pipelines! No Line 5, no Enbridge, no more backdoor deals!

1208 Robert Cascardo MI US Enbridge can't be trusted

1209 Matthew Thompson MN US Keystone and Line 6B have proven spills are common. Even a small one can't happen in the great lakes. End line 5. NOW.

1210 S.M. Pyne MI US Natural resource protection before corporate profits !

1211 Suzanne Lind MI US

1212 Anna Kornoelje MI US We need to prioritize clean and healthy Lakes. We need this foundation to build prosperity. Let’s be smart AND safe. We can do this!

1213 Jane Wilde MI US Before moving to Michigan I lived in Calgary, Alberta for many years. I am very familiar with Enbridge's lies and their history of hundreds of oil spills. Abstinence is the only protection against a spill. There is no second chance. Why would you take that chance? The Earth will never have more water than it has right now. Do the right thing for your constituents and for the environment - you already failed the people of Flint for generations to come. Don't be blinded by greed. Thank you.

1214 Jennifer Buhinicek MI US

1215 Brian Dalton MI US

1216 Kristen Murphy VA US

1217 Peggy Greenwood MI US When is our government going to learn to take care of our water and other natural resources BEFORE it is to late? Or do you not understand that After an oil spill it is to late!

1218 Sarah Whatley MI US

1219 Gordon Green LA US It’s not a matter of if, but when the pipeline will fail. Enbridge is trying to pull a fast one on Michigan. If you don’t want a Keystone XL or Deepwater Horizon type leak, shut down Line 5.

1220 Judith and David Halsted

MI US We strongly support this statement, with special emphasis on the need for "an independent, comprehensive analysis of alternatives to the existing Straits Pipelines, and the extent to which each alternative promotes the public health, safety, and welfare and protects the public trust resources of the Great Lakes." Officials should move immediately to provide this analysis for the citizens of Michigan and all those who live near and/or depend on the waters of the Great Lakes.



1221 Cindy Davis MI US Please decommission Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac!

1222 Linda Luke MI US I do not think any pipeline under the Straits is acceptable, whether new or refurbished.

1223 Brandon Borycki PA US Given the handling of this issue by Snyder and Enbridge shows they are not interested in the welfare of the great lakes. This pipeline needs to be decommissioned with quick haste. It is absolutely appalling the level of secrecy and shady dealings involved with this pipeline between our state government and Enbridge. Our most sacred natural resource that we DO need is being threatened for medial profits from a lying corporate giant Enbridge! It's time to end this charade! Decommission line 5!

1224 Bambi Perry MI US The risk/benefit ratio to the economy and ecology of our Great Lakes is too high. In the event of a spill, the damage would be such that we will NEVER again boast Pure Michigan. Michigan is putting our MOST valuable resource at risk with very little benefit to our state. It is time to decommission Line 5, permanently.

1225 Carolyn Thompson MO US Time's awasting to decommission Line 5 pipeline in the Straits!

1226 JoEllen Rudolph MI US The agreement signed by Gov Snyder is too soon and too little. Line 5 should be shut down NOW. After a safe way with ONLY a new better engineered pipeline to transport the oil to Canada has been determined, then and only then should ANY oil be sent through the Straits..

1227 Carolyn Al-Qadi MI US

1228 Joe Kaleel MI US Joe Kaleel

1229 Lynn Shoemaker WI US

1230 Moselle Schoenfelder MI US Please protect our waters and maybe make a shift to cleaner energy options for our future. Water is life.

1231 Tim Kepler MI US

1232 Pamela McLaughlin MN US We need to protect our water. Shut Line 5 down.

1233 Brock Johnson MI US Just get rid of the pipeline we don't even get oil from it

1234 Fred Cepela MI US

1235 Marissa Samoljanac ON CA Stop the short sightedness of pipelines. The cost to the environment, the state and the people will only increase in the future due to this abhorrent negligence for short term monetary gain. This pipeline will not benefit anyone or anything in the end. DECOMMISSION IT NOW!

1236 Jenna Bind ON CA Leave our water alone.

1237 Carolyn Lilly CA US Oil and our land should not be mixed. We need to work for a better future without oil and coal. Water is essential for life, therefore takes priority over oil profits.

1238 G Hyatt MI US No oil no risk.

1239 Debra Markus MI US Once we have destroyed our Great Lakes we can not get them back.

1240 Nadia Ourchane MI US The thought and great possibility of this pipeline bursting and dumping thousands of gallons of oil into our precious Great Lakes is stomach-wrenching. Michigan is my home, the Great Lakes are what makes it special; they are already in so much danger from invasive species, that allowing the possibility for a toxic oil spill to occur is just complete negligence. Do not be on the wrong side of history, because you will not be forgiven when this pipeline breaks.

1241 Kristin Smith MI US

1242 Barbara Jackson MI US Enough, already! Nature buried the dead - let it rest in peace instead of coming back to haunt us with polluted water and oil-soaked shoreline. Killing the living shorebirds and aquatic life is NOT the answer.

1243 James Gracy MI US I am so disappointed in Governor Snyder, Attorney General Bill Schutte and the Enbridge Corporation. I don't trust any of them.I do not believe there is any way a pipeline oil leak could be managed in the Straits...summer or winter.

1244 Katey Carey MI US Lake Michigan IS a valuable natural resource--it contains fresh, clean water. A pipeline spill will pollute this resource, harm nearby communities, and cost us to clean up. It's too great of a risk to take. We should value one of our greatest natural resources much more than that.



1245 Harry Kubbe TX US I don't understand how those of you who are elected leaders of this state and state employees, can conscientiously live with yourselves knowing the risk we are taking with line 5 being under the Straits. How could you ever live with yourself when the pipeline fails knowing you could have done something to prevent it?

I have never been a one policy voter, but until this pipeline is shut down, I'm voting for the candidates that have shutting down line 5 in their platform, no matter what their party affiliation is.

1246 Herman S. Simms, Jr. MI US Aren't you the guys that didn't take due care or use due process that resulted in the poisoning of Flint??

1247 LuAnne Kozma MI US The State of Michigan wouldn't allow terrorist bombers to lay and detonate bombs along the lake bottom in the Straits, but Line 5 is Enbridge's time bomb that in time will leak its dangerous and deadly contents and damage every Michigander's way of life. This is completely unacceptable to allow a company to put the state at risk like this. I worry every single day the pipeline is allowed to continue to operate. All of Winter 2018 is an "adverse condition." Eight foot waves for one hour is a rare, if ever, occurrence and not the standard for "temporary shutdown" that should be used in the current agreement the State reached with Enbridge. The pipeline must be shut down now because should a spill happen this winter, the Coast Guard's and other efforts to deal with such a catastrophic spill would be impossible. The damage would just happen and every agency, every person in the state would be helpless. And the effects would be long-lasting. The state's environment--including the Great Lakes-- is the most important asset we have and ever will have. This pipeline puts the entire risk onto Michigan's environment and people, in exchange for practically zero benefit.

1248 Phyllis Stanbury MI US

1249 Mitchell Maricque US

1250 Katie Keith MI US NO risk at all is worth keeping oil running through a pipeline in our fresh waters! This is seriously irresponsible! Isn't the lack of appropriate response which included lies and cover up by Enbridge in Kalamazoo enough to not trust this company?! Our state and wildlife has already been put through so much by Big Oil. It is time to say no and put Michigan first!

1251 Irene Cotter MI US The time is LONG OVERDUE to shut down Pipeline 5. All of us, especially those who have the power to make this happen, have a responsibility to preserve Lake Michigan, one of our greatest national resources. We must do everything we can to avoid a catastrophic oil spill in the Straits!! We need to see ACTION!!

1252 Gary Faley MI US

1253 Gerald Svetcos MI US I have two major questions, which I feel have yet to be answered. (1) Why hasn't the State of Michigan, due to the numerous and flagrant violations Enbridge has committed against the original guidelines set forth for its operation, revoked those agreements for the operation of Line 5 and shut it down?AND(2) How will a breach of Line 5 be contained if it happens during the winter, with thick ice covering the straits?

1254 Rachel Beglin MI US Line 5 needlessly endangers some of the most valuable waters on the entire planet. We have been so incredibly blessed with this natural resource, but the blessing comes as a duty to protect. Clean water is going to be one of the most sought after resources of the 21st century. Meanwhile, Canada is the one benefitting from all the oil, while we are incurring all of the risk. We need to be smarter. We need to be better. We need to take care of the Lakes that make our state Great. Shut down line 5.

1255 Allen White VA US I know first hand how an oil spill effects the waters of this state .I lost two years of paddling on the Kalamazoo river and at 70 years of age that is a lot of time! I also attended hearings on the clean up and the First Nations attorneys reported em bridge got caught burying oil in the back waters of the river after reporting that they had removed it.The line is past its projected life of Fifty years .It is the responsibility of the state to protect the lakes not put them in jeopardy for the short term profits of a company that has shown by their actions that its ABOUT THE MONEY .I am sick of republicans willingness to destroy the environment for greed and takeaway my children's right to enjoy what is theirs. It is not a business asset for the corporations that have taken over the United States.Please do what is best for the people and the future. once it is damaged it can never be restored to its current condition,just take a trip down the Kalamazoo river if you doubt it.

1256 Colleen Thomas MI US Keep all Oil away from our Great Lakes.

1257 Stephanie Hoyle OR US The manner in which Governor Snyder and others have dealt with Enbridge shows a disdain for the public trust doctrine and the right all Great Lakes State citizens have to enjoy the lakes' clean water. We the citizens should not need to fight to ensure their well being from our own government.



1258 Emma Beauchamp MI US Please shut down line 5. The Great Lakes are our biggest source of freshwater in the US and should be protected at all costs. Rather than pumping oil, we should be harnessing solar and wind energy. Oil is not the answer and is more dangerous than beneficial.

1259 Annie Capek MI US Your job is to protect our water from contamination.Do your job and eliminate line 5.

1260 Patricia Mccloud MI US I support keeping our great national wonders, our Great Lakes, free from any kind of pollution, especially damage from the dangers of OIL.

1261 Alice VanKoevering MI USplease keep oil out of the great lakes. They are pretty much our only source of fresh water.

1262 Heenaq Singh MI US

1263 Martha M. Wilson MI US Our water is too valuable to be threatened by the Enbridge pipeline through the Mackinac Straits.

1264 Michael Nadhir MI US

1265 Nicola Philpott MI US Please shut down line 5.

1266 John Sentell IL US Lake Michigan, not fossil fuels, is our future. As a resident who lives on Lake Michigan, please take the long-view and do not approve or renew Pipeline 5.

1267 William McMullin MI US

1268 Monique Hunter MI US Let's not wait until there is a spill

1269 Elizabeth J Haran MI US This is an international issue. How dare Gov. Snyder condemn us all to a fate that could affect two countries? Enbridge does not have a good reputation anywhere in our state. Elizabeth J Haran

1270 Becky Mumy MI US governor Schneider is the worst and most corrupt thing to happen to Michigan since Engler. It breaks my heart that people vote these monsters into office. They have no respect for hard working middle class or poor people nor for the beautiful nature and bounty of our state!

1271 Roger Corpolongo MI US What is happening to our state and our country?

1272 Dorothy Wolf MI US Modeling has shown that a leak will impact hundreds of miles of shoreline, orders of magnitude greater than the Kalamazoo spill. These consequences can only be prevented by decommissioning Line 5. For the sake of all Michiganders and the tribal peoples, whose rights are being trampled, it is time to shut down Line 5.

1273 Marion Cartwright MI US What happens with the current Line 5 while you create a tunnel or trench for the new line? how much money are you willing to sink into a pipeline running a fuel we need to shelve in future? Why not invest that money in the future energy sources we all need/

1274 Michael Buza MI US As a life long resident (64 years) I believe that they Great Lakes are our most valuable resource. Over the years I have seen a great many assaults on these lakes. It is time we stopped these assaults and a good start would be closing down Line 5. Embridge responsible for one serious oil spill in our State and it is obvious they do not care about the environment. Closing Line 5 completely is the only responsible considering the decrepit state of the line on Embridge lies.

1275 Mark Pytiak MI US We must protect our most precious natural resource! Shut down line 5 now!

1276 Kathryn Hafner MI US I am a fifth generation Michigan resident Of European descent. It is disheartening and disorganizing to imagine that our Great Lakes are threatened by an oil spill. Shut down line 5, and as a community, Michigan can be a leader in innovative strategies for creating eco-conscious, resilient communities, that put the real needs of the people, the land,and our fresh water first.

1277 Joseph Skynar MI US

1278 Jane Lively MI US Please act for your own conscience. If you think that waiting will solve the issue, you're wrong. We've been acting for YEARS now and are showing up consistently, pushing for action to shut down and pull this pipeline out of the straights. While waiting does increase the risk, it also increases our emphasis on the extreme challenges this pipeline poses to moving toward a more advanced and conscious society.

1279 Eric Carlson MI US

1280 Justin Groppuso-Cook MI US Water is life.

1281 Katie Romero MI US

1282 Bill Shallman MI US

1283 Paula Nangle MI US



1284 Susan Allen Allen NC US #ProtectTheGreatLakes#ProtectOurWater#ProtectOurEnvironment#NoMorePoisonWater#RespectNativeTreaties#PeopleFirst#NoBackroomDeals#WaterIsLife #DoYourJob#StopTakingBribes

1285 Farmer Wilde MI US Stop the addiction to filthy Canadian fossil fuels.

1286 John Woodward FL US Please keep our Great Lakes free of the hazards of faulty oil pipe lines. Shut down Line 5 !

1287 Daniel Turner MI US Please protect our Great Lakes

1288 Das Smith MI US Don't be a foail fool no new pipeline spills on land get into water.

1289 Kimberly Bizon MI US The safety and health of the residents and wildlife need protection from oil spills and leaching into our waterways. (all of them– not just Line 5). We have to be the excellent Environmental Stewards for the future of our Great Lakes and all water. Please don't sell out to big business once again. We have the right to clean water and clean air. Our future depends on this.

1290 John Rokas MI US FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE GREAT LAKES, DECOMMISSION LINE 5.

1291 Tammy Kussmaul MI US Governor Snyder, Don't let this be your second failure to keep the water of Michigan safe. Do your due diligence and reject the flawed study. The risk is too great and the costs are to high to move forward with this dangerous project. Haven't you poisoned enough people in our state already? Please do NOT ignore our cries.

1292 Susan Warrow MI US Susan Warrow

1293 David Berger US David Berger

1294 Patricia Mullaly MI US

1295 Sue Schneider US

1296 William Henne MI US

1297 Kenneth Gum MI US Line 5 dangerously old. Should be above ground and accessible. ?? Attach under bridge??

1298 Margaret Bennett MI US Let the Canadians run their oil through their own country--their own land! They have more land then we do!

1299 Sylvia Avsharian MI US The threat to our fresh water cannot be reconciled by any benefit from Line 5 to Enbridge. The public welfare must come first!

1300 Csthy Pauli MI US Stop line 5.

1301 Mary Kreiter MI US It's simple SHUT DOWN LINE 5. Don't let the groups (EPA,etc.) fail in protecting the lakes. Debbie should not try to increase the fines and say she is protecting the Great Lakes because she isn't. She needs to forcefully be for shutting Enbridge's Line 5 down,PERMANENTLY. I STAND BY MY COMMENT!

1302 Mark Boik MI US

1303 Jan Shillito MI US

1304 Kyle Muston MI US

1305 Christopher Fries MI US

1306 Charlene Trevorrow MI US WE DO NOT LIVE IN HEAVEN, THIS IS A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. WE CAN’t live without fresh water. SO MANY CITIES BENEFIT FROM THE GREAT LAKES WATER. DON’T WAIT TILL ITS TOO LATE TO STOP THIS PIPELINE!

1307 Helen Klein MI US

1308 Laurie Longueuil MI US Please shut down Line 5. I want my grandson to have clean lakes to swim in.

1309 Debra Loveall MI US Please decommission line 5 as that is the only way to prevent a devastating oil spill in Michigan. The state government is suppose to protect the interest of the people in Michigan, not the oil and gas companies. Our Great Lakes are the biggest treasure we have. Let’s keep Pure Michigan as pure as it should be. Do the right thing and Decommission line 5.

1310 Jeff Bihlman MI US Line 5 is a bad idea. Shut down line 5 pipeline!

1311 Kathleen Tucker MI US Do not vote to turn all of Michigan into another Flint. Shut down Line 5.8



1312 Lynn Weaver MI US

1313 Michele Thomas MI US Shut down pipeline 5. We need to keep our waters clean!

1314 Terri Janus MI US Please shut down Line 5..No band-aid is going to fix our fresh water if it spills in the straits of Mackinac. Do the right thing.

1315 Michael Gary NY US Shut down Line 5!

1316 Terry (Theresa) Townley

MI US Line 5 is old, poorly maintained, has been mismanaged, and lies in some of the strongest currents to be found. Common sense alone says it should be shut down permanently and alternatives explored. Dr. Arthur and Judith Frock, Midland, Michigan

1317 Lyndia Fox MI US Just SHUT it down, protect our Great Lakes and not your wallet. I get so tired of no one listening to what the people want. Just do what is right and shut the darn thing down.

1318 Gary Babcock MI US Line 5 is for Canada and enbridge not Michigan citizens.....closed linev5 the great lakes are more important than enbridge profits....shame on synder for his back room deal

1319 Jeanine soper MI US Jeanine soper

1320 Phoebe Schutz MI US Please decommission Line 5! Do the right thing! Clean water is life sustaining for all of U.S.!

1321 Julie Ozias MI US

1322 Norman Fred MI US Please do not allow the Line 5 pipeline under the Straights of Mackinaw to continue operation. There are so many reasons to end this pipeline now and very few to keep it operational. The very survival of the Great Lakes is at stake here. The consequences of a spill would be catastrophic. Enbridge has shown themselves to be liars and untrustworthy.

1323 Richard Hodge MI US

1324 Joey Ziegler NY US

1325 Geoffrey Chew MI US Decommission line 5 entirely. Force Enbridge to remove it. Get it out of our lakes and off of our land.

The condition of the line from beginning to end tells you everything you need to know about the priorities that drive Enbridge. Maintenance and environmental protection are only important to them to the degree that government forces those issues. Spills are just numbers to them, but they are life and death to this state.

If you want Michigan to remain economically viable in the coming decades, then we absolutely MUST protect our fresh water reserves. There's no coming back from a serious spill, and a serious spill is inevitable given the market forces that drive corporate decision making processes.

Dead lakes mean a dead economy. It's that simple.

1326 Ricky Schock MI US

1327 Monica Salazar MI US Oil and water do not mix, shut down Line 5.

1328 Hunter Wilson MI US

1329 William Wesley MI US I live near the Mackinac Straits. I am a boating enthusiast and a sport fisherman. Born in Detroit, I moved back to Michigan because of the beauty and spirit of the Great Lakes. The value of the Lakes, both aesthetic and economic, and the risk of irreparable damage to the livelihood of Michiganders far exceeds the marginal profits benefiting only a few that don't even reside here.

In a world where clean fresh water is rapidly becoming a scarce commodity, you wouldn't even consider siphoning off the Lakes to depletion. Likewise, you shouldn't even consider risking this invaluable, irreplaceable resource. PROTECT OUR LAKES! It's our life source. It's our identity. It's our responsibility. It's your job!

1330 Martin Yang MI US

1331 Bethany Banker IL US We need to protect our sacred Great Lakes, the only largest resource of freshwater we have to the entire nation. If it is destroyed, what do we have left?

1332 Molly Smith MI US

1333 Saskia Nangle CO US

1334 Chloe Andrews MI US

1335 Lori Peters MI US I live near the Kalamazoo River section that was part of the massive oil spill in 2010. A spill in the Great Lakes will be far worse. It is not worth the risk of contaminating the largest fresh water lake system in the world.



1336 Joyce Oatley MI US Please shut down Line 5. We cannot afford to continue to put the Great Lakes in jeopardy of fossil fuel spillage. The consequences would be disastrous. The people of Michigan deserve to have a government that ensures the safety of our Great Lakes which is our most precious resource.

1337 Gail Fielder MI US

1338 Mary Nolan IN US Decommission LIne 5.Our Great Lakes are too precious a resource to risk. We love our Great Lakes. Never take them for granted. Never use them for environmentally dangerous profit. Stop this pipeline!!

1339 Sharon Natzel MN US

1340 Jeanine Jeffrey MI US Enbridge is responsible for the Kalamazoo River spill in 2010. 1 million gallons of heavy crude ended up closing the River, putting wildlife and residents in peril and restricting use of the river for years.

1341 David A Ruel MI US The state government needs to stop the oil industry from destroying the Great Lakes. The industrial and corporate interest only look at their bottom line. Our elected officials are supposed look out for their constituents, we the people. The only way to stop the insanity in government is at the ballot box. Do not forget where Schutte stands now when he runs for governor in 2018.

1342 Sally Rogers MI US Tourism and the exploration of Michigan's natural beauty -- including and especially the Great Lakes -- is a far bigger, better "industry" than oil. If you do this proposed idiocy, and you will see what happens to Michigan's economy when the inevitable spill happens -- and IT WILL! (Always does . . .). No one wants to swim and fish in an oil slick. I am flabbergasted at the stupidity and short-sightedness of Governor Snyder and his oily cronies.

1343 Don Reef MI US Shut down line 5 is thebbonlyb solution.

1344 Kelle Schultz MI US Shame on you AGAIN Rick Snyder!!! You clearly DO NOT have the best interest of our states sacred land & water on your mind when you act in such a dishonorable way.SHUT DOWN LINE 5, you greedy *******.

1345 Kristie Lowetz MI US This is the worst place in the world for a pipeline! Shut it down before it's too late.

1346 Lisa Powers MI US I am the Chairwoman of the Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians. We are the Oldest Historical Tribe in Michigan with State Recognition seeking Federal Recognition. In the History of the Mackinac People there is and never has been an easement granted to any oil company (of any form) to run a line through our ceded waters and territory. I have personally worked on this for 3 years. I have contacted Enbridge personally and the State Park in St. Ignace's Ranger to no avail. We were offered 4,500.00 by Enbridge Representatives to just keep a blind eye. We as a Tribal Council and as a Nation of People will do whatever is needed and work in UNITY with anyone who is willing to step up and get this line not only shut down but to stop the Tunnel they want to put in.

1347 George Oliver MI US

1348 Frank Roder MI US Shut down Line 5 beneath the Straits of Mackinac NOW before a leak occurs. Enbridge has proven itself time and again that it is an irresponsible company. The State of Michigan cannot afford the risk of an oil spill on the Great Lakes!

1349 William Myers MI US Any possibility of any man made object that has a possibility of polluting the Great Lakes must be stopped. There isn’t reason to put our lakes in danger. Stop line 5 immediately and prevent any more incursions in our lakes.

1350 Michelle Martinez MI US

1351 Mike Olsen MI US Do what's right, not just for the present, but for future generations. Stop the pipeline.

1352 Eileen Thorp MI US Did you listen to anything we said to you at all? You did not even meet with the 12 nations that depend on the Great Lakes on a daily basis. You made another deal with the devil. Enbridge is not a reliable oil and gas pipeline provider. Kalamazoo River ring a bell? Enbridge has broken this lease year after year and still you make a pact with them. MI doesn't even get any of the benefits and all of the risks...SHUT IT DOWN, NOW!

1353 Christine Heidt MI US How can you take a chance with our precious Great Lakes? These oil companies are leaking everywhere, and there is no going back once they do. Prove yourself a true "Michigander" and protect our wonderful state! Isn't F;int's water situation enough to try to remedy. Do we need more problems with our precious water??

1354 Robert Ricci MI US After the spill on the Kal. River the risk is too high not to shut down Line 5.

1355 Diane Jobson US Trusting Enbridge is a dangerous mistake. They have been caught lying numerous times, and have a lot more concern for their profit than they do for the people whose lives depend on HEALTHY Great Lakes.



1356 John Jobson MI US Line 5 is a "Ticking Timebomb" filled with oil. When it does go off (and it will), generations will experience its negative impacts. It's time to do what's right.

1357 Matthew Wagner MI US So many reasons to shut this down over keeping it open, it's a no brainer. If it goes, what will happen to the pure Michigan campaign?

1358 Julie Bowers SC US

1359 Charlie Weaver MI US

1360 Ellen Glaccum ID US Why continue to risk the waters of the Great Lakes? Think of the horrible consequences of a major spill. This is a disaster waiting to happen.

1361 Susan Easlick MI US

1362 Annabel Skrocki MI US

1363 Henry CO US

1364 Whitney Butzier MI US

1365 Tami Stagman MI US The pipe line will fail due to entropy. It was predicted to last 50 years and is going on 64. Endbridge lied, over and over about its condition. Endbridge has a poor track record. You are our hired/ elected / appointed individuals to serve the needs and goals of michiganders. How is it you are letting this company threaten our economic, environmental, and sociological well being for so little gain to our state?

1366 Jeanette Williams MI US

1367 Carrie Drier MI US

1368 Nayt Boyt MI US

1369 Tyler Champt MI US

1370 Liam NH US

1371 Mark Goethel MI US

1372 Michael Kent NY US

1373 Gerard Knoph MI US

1374 Janna Goethel MI US

1375 Cammie Buehler MI US

1376 Gwenne Allgaier MI US

1377 Susan Shipman MI US

1378 Beryl Skrocki MI US

1379 Chelsea Berg MI US

1380 IL US

1381 Dani Knoph MI US

1382 Emily Grof MI US

1383 Dana "Sam" Getsinger MI US

1384 Margaret Sprattmoran MI US

1385 Peggy Ouellette MI US

1386 Courtney Bierschbac MI US

1387 Andrew Schudlich MI US

1388 Todd Biggs MI US

1389 Frank Skrocki MI US

1390 MI US

1391 Pierce Getsinger MI US

1392 Kay Allen MI US

1393 Irma Brownley MI US



1394 MI US

1395 Len Allgaier MI US

1396 Edward Shipman MI US

1397 Courtney Kent MI US

1398 Sue McCraven MI US

1399 Gretchen Snow MI US

1400 Walter Enterline CO US I am a Lake Michigan tourist and homeowner. Decommissioning Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac is the only alternative that will prevent an oil spill with catastrophic consequences for the Great Lakes and the State of Michigan. Additionally, this final alternative report affirms that decommissioning is a feasible option with zero risks to the Great Lakes and minimal economic impacts to Michigan customers (e.g., two cents more at the gas pump and roughly 10 to 25 cents more for propane in the Upper Peninsula).

1401 June Thaden MI US

1402 Grace Moreland IL US

1403 Megan Gilger MI US

1404 Steve Sikkema MI US Steve Sikkema

1405 Michael King MI US

1406 Terry Clayton MI US The only reason this hasn’t been shut down is Enbridge having enough money to influence those that should be making the prudent decision based on potential of disaster

1407 Krupowicz IL US

1408 Rosemarie Krupowicz MI US

1409 Teresa Coolman MI US Michigan is known for its beautiful lakes and shorelines. Please shut down this pipeline so that our lakes and shores remain beautiful.

1410 Mark Messing MI US

1411 Rebecca Filice SD US

1412 Ryan White NJ US

1413 Jordan Steger MI US

1414 Austin Harrigan MI US

1415 Michael Kenny MI US

1416 Ryan Leclerc MI US Considering the University of Michigan's scenario analysis of a break in Line 5, the State of Michigan should decommission the pipeline.

1417 Beth Marcott MI US Please shut line 5 down now. We have wind and solar and don’t need the out dated fossil fuel energy.

1418 Barbara Hardy MO US

1419 Theresa Landrum MI US Theresa Landrum

1420 Robert Thomasson MI US

1421 Martha Lynch CA US I write as a person of faith and a mother. Underwater pipelines leave too much risk. Spills are not a matter of if, but when, and the people of Michigan know that. It is our moral obligation to preserve clean water for generations of children to come. Water truly is life. Shut down Line $, line 6, and all the others. We already have the knowledge of cleaner, alternative power sources. And the time has come!!

1422 MI US

1423 Travis Hosna MI US

1424 Dan and Judy Dickinson

MI US Keeping this pipeline open and operating is not worth the risk. The final report written by a firm with ties to the Canadian energy transport company that owns Line 5 is not credibile because it ignores a viable alternative to Line 5 and tries hard to make light of and gloss over the imact of a spill on this fragile environment.

1425 Scott Matash MI US



1426 Rosalind Wares MI US It is time to dismantle Line 5. There is not reason whatever for us to trust Enbridge. It is appalling that an agreement between Gov. Snyder and Enbridge would be made behind closed doors. We are in this situation because of the huge amount of money that Enbridge hands out to legislatures. The consequences of a spill would hurt Michigan and, particularly Northern Michigan for years to come.

1427 Keith D'Alessandro MI US

1428 Dakota MI US

1429 Patrick Gubry MI US Patrick Gubry

1430 Sarah Nash MI US

1431 Jean Miernik MI US It is time for Michigan to end irresponsible practices that put our state in jeopardy and move on into the future of clean energy.

1432 Bette Jackson MI US If when the pipeline was built back in 1953, we had todays awareness of the potential consequences, it would not have been allowed. We know so much more now. Let's use that knowledge to correct the original decision and Shut down line 5 pipeline!

WHY ARE THERE NO PROVISIONS IF A LEAK OCCURS WHEN THE STRAITS ARE FROZEN OVER ? THAT IS A FAR GREATER DANGER THAN 8 FOOT WAVES!

1433 Tim Driscoll MI US I got sick in 2010 after line 6b blew out into lake Michigan via the Kalamazoo river, so did other surfers-for future generations sake- decommission the oil pipelines please that cross waterways and sacred grounds for the sake of my children and future generations-better yet make a move to renewables... aloha td

1434 David Allen AZ US There is no reason for this line to go under the straights of Mackinaw , there are too many other ways, oil spills on land are bad enough but into Lake Michigan and Lake Huron should be un-thinkable, it only a matter of time before it will happen, ticking time bomb for sure.

1435 John Anthony La Pietra MI US Take a warning from Marshall, "home" of Enbridge's Kalamazoo River disaster. Shut Line 5 down -- immediately and permanently.

1436 Joan Hall MI US Joan Hall

1437 Glenn IL US Glenn Ford

1438 Cory Monty US

1439 Libby Western FL US Please take this seriously, don’t waist our natural resources.

1440 Nancy Witter MI US

1441 Wendy Joly MI US Shut down Line 5!!!

1442 Stacy Patterson MI US As a native Michigander, please keep the Great Lakes as something I can be proud of.

1443 Spencer Michael Mack VA US

1444 Jim Bellville MI US After experiencing first-hand the devastating results of the infamous Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, I'm clear on two things: you can't go back to pristine, ever, and no amount of inconvenience or added expense up front can compare to the expense and "inconvenience" of a spill. Michigan should should live up to its Pure Michigan slogan and be an environmental role model for our nation by standing up to big oil and eliminating the line 5 pipe under the Straits! Positive, responsible action up front is better then remorseful regret after the fact.

1445 Emily Alt MI US

1446 Rhiannon Stewart MI US Rhiannon Stewart

1447 Kirsten Strom MI US Kirsten Strom

1448 Sienna Lockwood MI US

1449 Ethan B Morrical, Md MN US

1450 Esther Parris MI US Protect the Great lakes shotdshutdown line 5!!!

1451 Joanne Duick MI US WAKE-UP!!!!!!!! Do the RIGHT things to keep our Straits of Mackinac and Great Lakes clean! Are you listening to your independent Environmental Board consults?

1452 Victoria Peck MI US It is not worth risking the health of Michigan's fresh water. Please shut down Line 5.

1453 Jean Cavanaugh MI US

1454 Heather Hutchins MI US An oil and gas company is not worth risking our Great Lakes for. Please decomission line 5 instead of keeping it open.



1455 Nancy Taylor MI US I've been a resident of Michigan for 50 years and through camping, hiking, canoeing, sailing --- and drinking water every single day, I've come to love the Great Lakes enormously!! Line 5 Pipeline is a very elderly structure, threatening to rupture at any moment and to contaminate our precious resource. I beg you to decommission Line 5 and discontinue its use. We will increasingly be getting our power through other sources than oil in the future. Thank you for your attention .......and (hopefully) action. Nancy Taylor, Ann Arbor

1456 Melanie Murphy MI US

1457 John Deikis MI US The discussion about Line 5 is not simply a technological or an economic matter, it is also a moral and a spiritual one. Dynamic Risk’s report on Alternatives to Line 5 is a response to the question: how can we enable Enbridge to continue business as usual? The question presumes that Enbridge should be allowed to carry on transporting massive amounts of oil through Michigan, at tremendous risk and with little benefit to our state. But the better question is: Do we need this pipeline at all? How else can we meet our energy needs and protect the health of our communities and our earth? Instead of asking the question: “how can we be less bad?” let’s ask: “how can we actually be good and do good for future generations?”

As we look at the issue of Line 5, let’s make sure we’re asking the right question that considers our responsibility to care for our Earth and—above all—for one another.

1458 Lisa Wilson US The State of Michigan government officials need to recognize their own personal culpability if the pipeline damages our Great Lakes. Can they imagine living with the aftermath of a crisis, that they themselves have the opportunity NOW to prevent?

1459 Michelle Leppek MI US Our Great Lakes are too great a resource to put at risk!

1460 Carole Gannon MI US The Sierra Club - Crossroads Group had a NOAH presenter speak recently. It is truly frightening that Line 5 is still allowed to run under the Straits of Mackinac, given the incredibly strong and varied current. and extreme age of this Embridle pipeline as well as the lack of adequate anchors and stretches of missing coating. We are facing a catastrophe in the making.

Michiganders are taking all the risk and we receive very little of this transported fossil fuel. Why subject ourselves to this risk?!

1461 Elizabeth Wagner MI US Some damage to our environment cannot be undone. Let’s not risk that with our majestic Great Lakes!

1462 Theresa Zatirka MI US

1463 Iam Noone US The upkeep for the pipe line has verily been ignored. The proof is there. However with the concerns of the public must also remember that as a nation we consume a majority of the energy that is produced in the world. We are also to blame. There has been many articles written about the addiction to oil in this country. As it is said, we are part of the solution as much as we are the problem.

1464 Kim Ranger MI US Please vote to decommission Line 5 oil pipeline.

Dynamic Risk’s report on Alternatives to Line 5 is deeply flawed: Enbridge should NOT be allowed to carry on transporting oil through Michigan.

Again, please vote to save Michigan's resources by decommissioning the oil pipeline Line 5.

1465 Kate Berrigan MI US

1466 Rondi Davison MI US Why would we think Snyder would think of Michigan’s best interest. The people of our state need to become proactive!

1467 Jacqueline Derrick MI US There are so many other ways to distribute energy, without taking the risk of damaging our great lakes. Also, after reading this, it seems like this pipeline is benefiting Canada. I say, get this pipeline out of our lakes!

1468 Stephen Rouse MI US stop harrassing oil lines. I'm sick to death of you commie liberals.

1469 Whitney Waara MI US

1470 Draea Burnett CA US

1471 Ryan Cohler IL US Stop being stupid! Oil and water do not mix!

1472 Emmanuel Falaras MI US

1473 Nicole Wolf MI US

1474 Thomas Porter IL US

1475 Jill Dollinger IL US



1476 MI US

1477 Heather Schalge MI US

1478 Richard Baumgartner MI US Even if the risk were small, the potential for serious damage is immense. This threat to our lakes should have been removed years ago.

1479 Lindsey Hall MI US

1480 Nancy Schultz MI US Shut it down, It is only a matter of time. The Great Lakes need our protection.

1481 Noah Purcell MI US Please explore all existing opportunities for reducing energy waste before building any new energy infrastructure, especially that which threatens our state's greatest resource - our water.

1482 Ryan Sullivan MI US Shut down Line 5. There is no margin for error with a treasure like the Great Lakes. They make our state, our economy, our culture, our way of life, and our identity. They have been a part of my life since I can remember. We won't let you and your corporate bosses destroy our land and water.

1483 Kirk McMurray IL US How we can even contemplate threatening the Straits of Mackinac -- and our Great Lakes -- with an aging pipeline operated by a company with a spotty safety record is appalling. There aren't even good pros and cons to debate. Don't wait until it is too late. Shut down Line 5.

1484 Lillie Hager MI US Get your priorities straight. Protect our water!!

1485 Mike DePlanche MI US Snyder lacks any credibility to represent the people of Michigan. he has continued to support the destruction of the state of Michigan and the people that live here over big companies demands, coverups and lies. Snyder Must be unequivocal responsible if anything happens now or after he has left the office and all of his earthly belongings & assets taken away from him and imprisoned for life for his unethical actions for the state and for the people of Michigan

1486 Laurue Miholer MI US

1487 Carolyn Swanson MI US This line must be shut down! We, the citizens of Michigan, cannot trust Enbridge or our governor to act responsibly. Shut it down before there is a disaster!

1488 Paula Kaye MI US Please SAVE OUR LAKES. SHUT. IT. DOWN

1489 Michael Ruby MI US Embridge will not clean up a spill. They will just call in the lawyers. We can't replace the Great Lakes. Shut down 5

1490 Jennifer Nelson US Shut it down. Stop the risk .And hold your public forums at a more attendable time of day .

1491 Dawn Chippewa MI US Stop this immediately. Why endanger the worlds largest fresh water supply.

1492 Dawn Tobias MI US Please shut it down completely. This is detrimental to all who rely on The Great Lakes . This will have long lasting effects on all life. It’s only a matter of time before something happens and with all the budget cuts especially to environmental issues, it’s your responsibility to do something positive that could be your mark. Think about leaving the office on a positive note, huh?

1493 Keith Augusto NV US

1494 Jan Marra US Jan Marra: Oil and water don't mix! We can't drink oil. Contamination poisons us ALL. No amount of money afterwards can remediate this. It's a travesty and a shame.

1495 Natalie Pasterz MI US PROTECT THE GREAT LAKES!! I do not support pipe line 5.

1496 Jim VanOtteren MI US

1497 Mason Steinhauer MI US

1498 Carol Kleinert MI US Enbridge could have resolved this by laying pipe alongside of Line 3 in Wisconsin but continues to cut corners. Learn from Kalamazoo River catastrophe.

1499 Meghan Stewart IL US

1500 Brandy Reyes MI US

1501 Ginger Winn MA US SHUTIT DOWNTEAR IT OUTKEEP IT OUT OF OUR GREAT LAKESNEVER AGAINDECOMMISSION THIS AGED DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN!!

1502 Amy Tran MI US



1503 Beverly Christensen MI US There is an alternative pipeline around the Great Lakes. Why risk contaminating the precious water and destroying such pristine beaches and bottomlands. Protect the people! Shut down line 5!

1504 Margaret Galka IL US We need to protect this incredibly important and rare fresh water resource for ourselves and for future generations. Another Kalamazoo River disaster is not an option.

1505 Robert Vandervennet MI US OUR water cannot be put at risk for someONEs profit

1506 Lauren Sargent MI US I’ve attended hearings, read reports, heard the presentations by Dynamic Risk, called Governor Snyder and Attorney General Schuette and Ms Grether’s office—enough. The case is clear. Line 5 is old, obsolete and breaking down. Enbridge is duplicitous and incompetent. Michigan should not bear the risk of ecological catastrophe that will destroy our Great Lakes or other waters to provide a short cut for a private Canadian company. We should not allow new infrastructure for soon to be obsolete fossil fuels (including Nexus and ET Rover as well as Enbridge) anywhere near our waters. Michigan means “big water”. Our 1967 Michigan Constitution requires our government to protect our natural resources. Please fullfill your constitutional duty. Decommission Line 5 immediately. No tunnel. No new pipe. No more shortcuts.

1507 Eric Lampinen MI US

1508 Deanna Avery MI US Stop trying to contaminate our water for money. Think of our health instead of your wallet!

1509 Lynn Walters-Fraze MI US Some dream of possibilities. Inventors and innovative entrepreneurs change the course of history while envisioning a better life beyond what we can imagine. Others defend the status quo. It is human nature to fear the unknown even though the only constant in the Universe is change. But all of our children and grandchildren will face one future together on Mother Earth.

Enbridge and Big Oil have a vested interest in fanning the fears of change. Their bottom line depends on it, even knowing that this stagnation and addiction to fossil fuels will ultimately kill us. Greed continues to spin a web of false equivalency between oil and water as necessary for life. But water alone guarantees life. There is no alternative to clean, fresh water with life giving nutrients. None. Water is Life.

How many promises must Enbridge break? How many lies must we believe? How many oil spills will it take for us to recognize the brutality of mixing oil and water? What folly is it to suggest that nothing could go wrong tunneling beneath a compromised and aged pipeline? How many more children must be poisoned? Why must we be forced to accept the catastrophic probabilities of bankrupting our fishing and tourist industries leaving thousands without jobs and millions without drinking water because our elected officials have abdicated their fiduciary responsibility to protect our Great Lakes?

“Continuing to do the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.”

Any alternative that does not call for the immediate removal of oil pipelines in proximity to fresh water is an attack on life… a threat to our very existence. STAND & PROTECT OUR GREAT LAKES! SHUT DOWN LINE 5 NOW!

Lynn Walters-FrazeAlanson, MI

1510 Molly McGreevy MI US The risk outweighs the benefits. Michigan will not win when we have a spill. We lose our drinking water, shipping, recreational boating and swimming, tourism. Michigan loses if Enbridge gets their way. No to this deal. No to Enbridge.

1511 Teresa Farley MI US Oil and gas do not mix!! Being from the south I have personally seen what happens!! Do not ruin the Great Lakes!!

1512 Laurie Williams MI US It's waayy past time for the State of Michigan to exercise its legal duty to protect the citizenry AND all the animals and plants that rely on the Great Lakes for life-giving, unpolluted waters. The only and best way to do that with regards to the Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline : DECOMMISSION LINE 5 (IMMEDIATELY)!!

1513 Rick Brown MI US

1514 Tara Hillaker MI US water air and soil have to be our top priority we must protect Michigan

1515 Lori Ensign MI US Shut her down it is in the best interest of the State to protect the water

1516 Bob Railey MI US Enbridge's early large MI spill indicates they are not to be trusted in operating pipelines.

1517 Sandra Hanes MI US



1518 John Machowicz NY US SHUT DOWN LINE 5.........Looking at the worst case scenario should be all the incentive needed to shut this down.

1519 Michael Metiva MI US The Line 5 pipeline is unsafe and threatens the livelihoods of people throughout the Great Lakes region. It also threatens the incredible water and wildlife resources available to Michiganders present and future. Time and time again information has been presented which signals that the pipeline is prone to spillage within the next few years, as well that our resources are insufficient to mitigate such a disaster before severe economic and environmental damage is done. Those in charge of our safety and prosperity need to shut the pipeline down.

1520 Ann Rogers MI US There are no fresh waters to replace the Great Lakes.Shut down Line 5 and support solar and wind.

1521 Linda Molek MI US

1522 Kenneth Carolus OH US Shut it down before the catastrophic environmental crisis happens. Please!

1523 Kelsey Huisman WI US shut down line 5 and protect the Great Lakes - 21% of the Earth’s fresh water!

1524 Josh Fenlon MI US Shut the pipeline down! The company has been hiding specific details pertaining to the condition of the pipeline, and they need to be held accountable for their actions by being obligated to repair it to the fullest extent. Further, with the condition of the pipeline itself in question, I personally think it is in the best interest of the public of the state of Michigan to shut the pipeline down PERMANENTLY. Transportation of fossil fuels, which contribute to the degradation of the natural environment, is not worth risking the natural beauty and ecological balance of the entire Great Lakes waterway. Michigan needs to embrace climate change now more than ever, and shutting down line 5 permanently is an incredibly effective method in leading the effort to revolutionize this state for a cleaner, greener future! Please, for the sake of the public and for the safety of the land, waterways, natural resources and statewide wildlife connected with the Great Lakes, SHUT DOWN LINE 5!

1525 Michelle Russell MI US

1526 James Livingston MI US

1527 Richelle Watson MI US We want clean water.

1528 Pam Westerhold MI US It is time to think about the Great Lakes in preventing a horrible spill. What happens if it spills in the winter when frozen over? They could never get to it. Enbridge has not done due diligence with keeping this pipeline safe.

1529 Susan Tusa MI US Shut. It. Down. All the advisory board meetings in the world won't mitigate the risk. There are no safety measures that will ensure a leak won't happen. Any degree of risk to our precious Great Lakes is unacceptable.

1530 Ayesha Ghazi MI US

1531 Diane Duncan MI US Shut it down!

1532 Dave DeNard MI US

1533 Joycr Wilson MI US Shut down pipeline and stop the destruction of our great lakes.

1534 Christopher and Mary Susan Steffen

MI US That the State of Michigan continues to allow Line 5 to function given the risk to the enviornment as evidenced by the lackluster approach to maintaining a safe pipeline by the current operator not withstanding the possible economic impact of a spill on the entire Michigan economy, is beyond imagination. It would be difficult to envision a more unfortunate outcome for the local residents than that of oil covered beaches and floundering wild life (remember the gulf spill) or the economic devastation that would result from a substantial reduction in tourist revenue because the main attraction is unavailable for swimming, walking or fishing. When are the Authorities going to wake up and decide that Line 5 is/was a bad idea done with an unrelible partner, and needs to be remedied.

1535 Kathy Riley MI US Shut it down now!

1536 Marcia Burton TN US Shut it down !!!

1537 Kaitlin Sonner FL US Kaitlin Sonner

1538 Peter Boogaart MI US Human history forces us to acknowledge the fact that even state-of-the-art engineering can be fatally flawed--Hindenburg, Titanic, Chernobyl. What they all had in common was hubris--an unrealistic confidence in human achievement. All machines will fail someday. We can survive small scale failures. Failure in the Straits of Mackinaw, however, is too costly to consider. Any expectation of containment or clean-up is a calculated, self-serving distraction; Prince William Sound has yet to recover from the Exon-Valdez spill.

1539 Norm Howe MI US Shut down Enbridge line 5!



1540 William Bupp MI US It is time that the pipeline is decommissioned before some irreparable harm is done to the Great Lakes. Information I have read suggests that contrary to Enbridge publicity, most product transported is directed to Canada and not the USA. Put the line out of service!

1541 Linda Mulder MI US Shut this pipeline down totally....not in our Great Lakes which are so vital to our State's economy and to the enjoyment of our citizens.

1542 Alex Susalla MI US

1543 Carolyn Newman US Protect the straits of Mackinac

1544 Edward Lopez MI US Threatening public land and natural resources is not worth a quick buck (or any amount of money). No amount of jobs is worth putting large amounts of lives at risk. Please do the right thing

1545 Melissa Foerster MI US Our waters are polluted enough. Go green.

1546 Erica Beck MI US I support this statement. No more risky pipelines in our freshwater lakes.

1547 Jennifer Collard MI US I am concerned that the risk of doing minimal work to ensure something so vital is protected will come back and haunt the state of Michigan and the vibrant, incredible waters we are fortunate enough to call home. Enbridge's track record is enough to suggest their infrastructure offerings are less than stellar. And in this instance, anything that is less than stellar is a risk that could cause permanent and catastrophic damage. That, on its own, is enough to suggest that Line 5 be shut down and replaced with something that is far more up to date, with a greater degree of environmental security.

1548 Christine Getty MI US We cannot jeopardize the Great Lakes. Please end all pipelines, especially Line 5.

1549 Carl McCoy MI US Decommission line 5.

1550 Steven Fishman MI US

1551 Laura Landolt MI US

1552 Annette Quillan MI US Build a new one

1553 Peggy Gerou MI US The Great Lakes represent 20% of the WORLD'S FRESH WATER. Shut down Pipeline 5, until it is 100% safe for Michigan waters

1554 Danielle Koshar MI US

1555 Mike A IL US

1556 Katrina Peshka MI US I am a Michigan resident and voter, and I don't want an oil pipeline anywhere near, let alone in, the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes are much too important as a fresh water source, not just for drinking and bathing water, but for tourism, recreation, transportation, etc, etc... a spill would be catastrophic for so many people and businesses. Shut down Line 5 for good!

1557 John Catenacci US Can citizens legally shut down line 5 by collecting enough signatures to put a referendum on the November ballet and, if approved by the voters, force it to happen?

1558 Onorio Catenacci MI US ONORIO CATENACCI

1559 Carrie Tebeau MI US The potential disaster of a Line 5 leak is not just environmental but also economic. If the straits are ruined with an oil spill, it will devastate tourism, which is the main economic driver in the region. The risks are too high to continue using this outdated and corroded pipeline.

1560 Aaron Jenkins MI US

1561 Edith Gerber MI US Please protect our most valuable resource....WATER!

1562 Bette Donahue MI US These great lakes aren't called "great" without reason. They are the lifeline for drinking water, food, and the very economy that keeps Michigan prospering. WHAT, exactly, is plan B should this precious lake die under our watch? What happens to a body of fresh water this size when it becomes unavailable for drinking, fishing, swimming and recreational activities? PLEASE close down line 5 before we are faced with these dire consequences.

1563 Mary Rapin I support the views and comments made by Oil & Water Don't Mix and the Tip of the Mitt Water Shed Council and feel that the only responsible action is to decommission line 5.

1564 Amber Bowen MI US Amber Bowen

1565 Laney Whitcomb MI US This is part of my future they are deciding on. please, do not let oil into our GREAT lakes.

1566 Deb Hughes MichiganUS Take down line 5 now!! No more bad Energy!Time for good decision making for our state!

1567 Barbara Fisher MI US



1568 Jim Breit MI US Line 5 needs to be shut down now. The environmental and economic dangers in the event of a spill are too great to ignore for political gain. The Tunnel Alternative is an unacceptable option for protecting the Great Lakes. Because a tunnel (1) ignores the best feasible and prudent alternative of using existing pipeline infrastructure around the Great Lakes; (2) still is vulnerable to spills because of corrosion and human error and the inland portions of Line 5; (3) contravenes Michigan’s legal ban and policy against oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes; and (4) is a gateway for new oil pipelines to be located under the Straits based on international trade laws.

1569 David Ermisch MI US Pipeline spills continually occur, causing devastating damage to the environment. Since 1986 over 9,000 pipeline breaks have leaked over 4 million barrels of oil. Michigan has already suffered from oil contamination in the Kalamazoo River.

1570 Thomas Gerou LA US

1571 Alison Paton MI US Shut it down NOW before it is too late!!!!

1572 Paula Miller MI US Oil and Water Don't mix! No to line 5!

1573 Lou Ann McKimmy MI US Line 5 is a disaster waiting to happen.

1574 Melissa Culver MI US Our Great Lake is worth more then the money we won't receive (and who REALLY RECEIVES THAT MONEY??) from Enbridge. Our Governor will be gone from office..termed out..so for some reason (which I suspect has everything to do with his reward at the expense of Michigan) he has chosen to protect Enbridge interest instead of Michigan's interest. It's wrong...he should shut down Line 5 now!

1575 Judy Childs MI US I am bitterly disappointed in Snyder's acceptance of Enbridge's "studies." Just have that fox protect the hen house, boys. Snyder is obviously in for this for his own personal gain. The Great Lakes get wonderful lip service by Republicans, but like everything else the Republican Party is doing now, they are only for themselves. This 64 year old pipeline originally slated to last 50 years is in need of immediate shutdown. Period. Piping oil from Canada to Canada with huge personal risk is not good for Michigan.

1576 Josephine Hendrix MI US

1577 Ruth Pickem MI US Gov. Snyder and his buddies just keep kicking the can down the road. No tunnel under the Straits, no pipeline under our Straits. Line 5 needs to be shut down!!!!

1578 Penney Rydman MI US Please. Do not sell out the real value you're dealing with here. Assume this line *will* fail--and during *your* lifetime. What's at stake is utterly irreparable, irreplaceable. It needs your protection. *We* need you to protect it. Please: Step. up.

1579 Matt Warner MI US Shutdown line 5

1580 Jade Cruz MI US

1581 John Gerty, Jr. MI US Enbridge already provided Michigan with one massive oil spill in our Kalamazoo River. Their Line 5 Pipeline was built with an expected lifespan and they have gone way beyond this point. Enbridge has not been transparent about the condition of Line 5. There are several locations in the Straits where the pipe exceeds its unsupported free span; there are support structures which are tilted; thye have only recently admitted that protective coatings on several places are missing. We also have Enbridge's recent admission that some parts of the pipe, where they can make the measurements, have lost 26% of its thickness. On top of this, we now have a behind-closed-doors deal with our Republican Governor. The parties offering assurances on this pipeline are all suspect. None of them have a good record of performance.

1582 Jean Dickelman MI US Based on all the research I demand that Enbridge and the state of Michigan decommission the Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac immediately. Our great lakes are an invaluable asset and need to be protected!

1583 Mary Beth Champlin MI US As a citizen of Michigan I urge our Governor Attorney General and all state regulatory and environmental protective agencies to shut down Line 5 and to stand with the people of the state and protect this most valued resource. Do not wait until we are in the Clean up Phase.Do it now.

1584 Sara Cockrell MI US Line 5 has extended beyond its time limit & presents too much risk to Michigan natural resources & livelihoods, in addition to America's greatest source of fresh water! SHUT IT DOWN NOW!!!

1585 Tim Housley MI US The major" Dilbit" disaster of 2010 in the Kalamazoo River would seem minor by comparison to a Macinac straits rupture should the outdated dilapidating pipeline do likewise. Please find an alternative.

1586 Susan Wheadon Mi US Please listen to "we the people" who want this pipeline shut down to protect our water, health, and way of life.



1587 Joan Hunault MI US A rupture of this aging 64-year old Pipeline threatens Michigan's water quality--the source of drinking water for thousands of citizens. Further, the twinned pipeline's presence at the storm-tossed Straits poses unacceptable risks both to our environment and to our economy. The Pipeline must be decommissioned now.

1588 David Koss MI US Please preserve our Great Lakes

1589 Stephen Krause MI US Is allowing a foreign company to put Michigan's greatest natural resource at such tremendous risk worth it? Common sense tells you no. Shut down Line 5 or find an alternate route that doesn't cross the Great Lakes!

1590 M Leonard MI US

1591 Patience Drake-Rosenbaum

MI US

1592 Brent Tompkins MI US

1593 Elizabeth R. Doornbos MI US

1594 Sarah Denhof MI US

1595 Daniel Mosley MI US It's time for new alternatives. Support Elon Musk. Anarchist against capitalism.

1596 Nancy Coscarelli MI US



1597 John O'Neill MI US Pipeline 5

The only prudent and sane decision is to shut down Line 5 pending a full and honest review of facts, risks, and alternatives.

The Dynamic Risk study dated Oct. 26th and released Nov. 20th of this year is inadequate and flawed. It is deeply prejudiced in favor of a private Canadian corporation, is inconsistent with other, independent studies, and does not meet the purpose of the study to provide alternatives that protect the “public health, safety, and welfare and protects the public trust resources of the Great Lakes.”

The scientific and engineering evidence is compelling: line 5 does not provide a fuel that Michigan needs, contributes little to our economy, and puts at unnecessary risk the waters of the straights, our economy, and our people.

Enbridge has a history of spills. The report vastly underestimates the cost of clean up, especially in light of the cost of the Muskegon River clean-up. Cleaning up a spill in the turbulent, often frozen waters of the Straights is a pipe dream. The Coast Guard does not have the ability, as the Guard’s Commandant testified to Congress on Nov. 16th. Embridge has not demonstrated a real capacity to respond to a spill other than to promise improvement.

Enbridge has a history of missing, ignoring, and concealing pipeline flaws and licensing violations. There is no credible reason to believe this will change. It reminds me of an irresponsible child who, desiring a puppy, promises to walk the dog daily when he’s never done so in the past.

Add to this that petroleum pipeline business may well be unsustainable. This calls into question Enbridge’s long-term financial interest and ability to insure and maintain the pipeline. For example, the World Bank now refuses to invest in fossil fuel projects and Axa, the global insurance company, will no longer invest in or insure tar sands projects or U.S. pipelines. https://thinkprogress.org/world-bank-axa-fossil-fuel-investments-70234906ffdf/ The markets are moving away from fossil fuel.

The petroleum is not needed by Michiganders. The propane needs of Northern Michiganders can be met by rail, truck, or using a stub of the pipeline without crossing the straights. Their heating needs can better and more sustainably be met through weatherization and alternative energy.

Enbridge does not have a right to pump under the straights. It has no vested interest in protecting the waters, the people, the economy of Michigan, nor the treaty rights of Native peoples. You have a fiduciary duty to put all of these factors first before the economic interests of a foreign corporation. Enbridge does not have the capacity to protect against deliberate sabotage.

Enbridge contributes little to Michigan’s economy; the few jobs it provides are vastly outweighed by the economic contributions of fishing, tourism, and the value of clean, secure water.

Infrastructure determines our behavior for years into the future. Petroleum products are the fuel of the 19th century. The scientific evidence and history of the fuel is clear: petroleum products are dirty, dangerous, and harmful on a local, regional and global scale. We do not need line 5. Line 5 is dangerous and outdated. I confess that I continue to use petroleum products because the alternatives are more difficult to obtain. We do need to focus on renewable energy infrastructure. This is the future we need. We need a conservative approach to natural resources and infrastructure that fosters a sustainable Michigan economy.

Our democracy can only function well when its decision making is open, honest, fact-based, not prejudiced by private economic interests, respectful of Native American treaty rights, and follows the rule and the spirit of the law. The governor’s recent agreement with Enbridge is a good example of a bad way to conduct government.

This is not a political decision. Your responsibility is to the people of the State of Michigan, the lakes that surround us, and to the generations following us. You are accountable for your actions: do your duty and shut down Line 5.

John O’Neill

1598 Consuelo Campbell MI US

1599 Jac Wollenberg MI US Please do not destroy our beautiful natural Great Lakes by allowing the pipeline to continue.

1600 Bert Courson MI US The steel pipe is old and getting older. I believe the pipe has reached a point of diminishing returns. And it will not be rebuilt today. Just get rid of Line V.



1601 Lisa Patrell MI US PureTourism= 540,685 direct&supporting tourism jobs and $37.88B business revenuePureAgriculture= 52,194 farms over 10M acres w 923,000 farming jobs & 22,600 jobs in supporting industries generating $101.2B economic activity__versus__Line5 l00 known land leaks__versus__Line5 ~1M gal/hr flow with knowledge that USCG cannot lay boons nor operate skimmers in waves in access of 3ft + no winter recovery plan + known pipeline defects + known in effectual Enbridge to not detect leaks + risk of Enbridge financial viability in light of catastrophic Line5 rupture in the Straits.

1602 Jacquelyn Mlinarcik IL US

1603 Melissa Freye MI US The state of Michigan must act now and shut down Line 5. A spill would be catastrophic to Michigan's economy and 21% of the world's fresh water. There is no excuse for delay.

1604 Chris Wininger MI US

1605 Margaret Betts MI US Shut down line 5!

1606 Geraldine Page IL US Also, remind Congress to act on CHIP so the residents of Flint can at least get the water replaced in their houses and possibly a filtration system.

1607 Chadd Smith MI US While I understand the financial benefit and that the oil companies work tirelessly to avoid incidents, there is no possible way to prevent an accident. Shutting down Line 5 is the only way we can be 100% sure to keep our waters safe. Forget the money and stand with the environment we all love.

1608 Laura Gottfried MI US

1609 Linda Vasquez IL US Our drinking water and the drinking water of our beloved wildlife, should never be put at risk for contamination due to an oil spill.

1610 Christopher Apap IL US This backroom deal by Michigan Governor Snyder is reckless. It isn't even a slap on the write for Enbridge, yet it rewards them for bad behavior. Listen to the people of Michigan and the surrounding areas. SHUT. DOWN. LINE. 5.

1611 William Heinz MI US

1612 Kelli Jarvi-Townsend MI US Snyder should have taken the first round of public comments overwhelmingly for a shutdown seriously instead of making the horrible deal to put the line underground.

1613 D Terpstra MI US Since we have to keep most of what's left in the ground anyway, why not start with the deposits where the transport of the contents pose the most danger of despoiling the Earth? We don't need this oil, just shut down the pipeline before polluting 1/5 of the world's fresh water!

1614 Stephanie Swartzendruber

MI US Please keep our Great Lakes safe and clean, they are truly our greatest resource! We can't afford a mistake and Line 5 is too old and must be decommissioned!

1615 Dolores Reynolds MI US Enbridge has lied consistently and should not be trusted to give an honest evaluation of risk to our fresh water resource. They do not act in good faith, so cancel their contract and close line 5.

1616 John Elder MI US

1617 Deborah Hilscher MI US I live in the U.P. mostly because of the WATER, and well, the trees too but without the water there would be no trees. These Great Lakes are OUR Great Lakes so why in the world would we risk damaging such a precious natural commodity, fresh water, simply for the profit of a foreign for-profit corporation? GET IT OUT! REMOVE LINE 5 NOW! Deborah Rose Hilscher

1618 Luke Mancinelli MI US I grew up on the Great Lakes, I currently live near them, and I plan to raise my children up on them as well. This Is a threat to one of the greatest aspects of life in Michigan which is our Great Lakes, to threaten our Lakes is to threaten all Michiganders. When this pipeline spills and it will spill based on what we have seen it will create a domino effect of chaos for the state of Michigan. Our economy is heavily dependent on our Great Lakes, if you kill the lakes you kill our economy. Our politicians need to get the dirty oil money out of their pockets and remember that they are supposed to protect us the people not corporate bottom lines.

1619 Stephen Siket MI US I enjoy our fresh water here in Michigan. I boat and fish the Great Lakes and connected waterways. I spend $1000's every year in my state. Don't take any chances with our water. SHUT DOWN LINE 5

1620 Ginette Bernardini IL US Ginette Bernardini

1621 Vicki Marx MI US The only acceptable way to protect the Great Lakes is to shut down Line 5!

1622 Erin O'Neill OR US I own a home in Northern Michigan, and my family and I hope to move back to live in our home state very soon. We value the fresh water there and polluting these amazing bodies of water is just wrong. The lakes are a huge part of why everyone chooses to live in Michigan. Water is not only a resource, it is also sacred. And destroying what is sacred is a sin. A sin is doing something you know is wrong. This is wrong, no two ways about it. Do what is right.

1623 Kathryn Durbin MI US Shut down Line 5 for the safety of our Great Lakes and the economy that depends on them.Signatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �74 oilandwaterdontmix.org


1624 Jami Bigham MI US Shut down Line 5 completely & immediately. Put effort into safe, eco responsible, renewable energy & move away from fossil fuels entirely asap.Thank you for your cooperation.

1625 Jill Bohr Jacob AK US Shut down Line 5 completely

1626 Kathryn Rudolph WI US I'm a native of the Straits of Mackinac and this pipeline is long overdue being shud down, not for repairs, FOREVER! #ShutDownLine5

1627 Kayla Hart VT US

1628 Angela Hart ON CA With the history of oil extraction, pipelines prove to fail. Nothing is worth polluting the very water we all drink from, or destroying the soil and wildlife that own that area. Unethical environmental racisim needs to stop.

1629 Jaime Redding MI US Please just shut line 5 down for good.

1630 John Fletcher MI US Why isn't the public trust doctrine use to shut down Line 5?

1631 Linda Coon MI US Shut it down, it is past time.

1632 Ann Ormandy MI US Line 5 must be shut down! Protect our beautiful and bountiful Great Lakes.

1633 Darlene Durham MI US Shutting down only during storms is asinine, ignorant, and not enough... Shut it down permanently

1634 Britney Birgy MI US The "pros" don't even begin to outweigh the cons! SHUT IT DOWN. Preserve our beautiful water and wildlife.

1635 Dexter McNamara MI US Dexter McNamara: The Great Lakes belong to the public . Gov Snyder had no business making an agreement with Enbridge. The Voters for the State of Michigan should have say so on what happens to that pipeline and it needs to be SHUT DOWN...

1636 John Ingwersen MI US The only alternative is shutting line 5 down. Ow

1637 Jon Stinson MI US The pipeline needs to be closed or a new double layered pipeline tunnel with sensors is needed. All pipeline segments in the state crossing water or wetlands need this done, not just at the straits.

1638 Amy Merriweather MI US This is a terrible deal no matter how its looked at. It's far more profitable to keep the Great Lakes safe and clean.

1639 Christine VanSloten MI US SHUT DOWN Line 5 now! Get rid of the flawed, lying, dishonest study. Stop being bought by big money/oil company. For the present and future of our state, for clean water, for us, our children and grandchildren, for tourism...SHUT DOWN Line 5. For the GREAT Lake State, PURE Michigan, the Fresh Clean Water State...SHUT DOWN Line 5! How can you possibly do anything BUT SHUT DOWN Line 5?!?! SHUT DOWN Line 5 FOREVER! Now, before it is too late!

1640 Stephen Morris MI US Shut Line 5 down!

1641 Lori Wiese MI US Lori Wiese The Great Lakes are not just precious to MI, they are unique not just to north America but to the world. It is incredibly irresponsible to not shut down line 5. UM study needs to be listened to. Cleaning up is not an option it is a joke. People, businesses have spoken loud and clear, listen and Shut It Down!

1642 JoAnne Beemon MI US Shut Down Line 5! Do we really need to know more than the fact that Enbridge has lied to the State, has violated the easement, has mismanaged and neglected upkeep of the line, cannot guarantee a cleanup in winter and has had accidents and spills which were undetected by the company and remember... KALAMAZOO!

1643 Mary Teesdale WA US All of the above. It's an accident waiting to happen. don't chance it. Thank you.

1644 William Perault MI US After all the twisted facts and outright lies and technology that doesn't work, Shut Line 5 Down.Adhere To The Michigan Public Trust Doctrine

1645 Kristine Ingrao MI US REMOVE LINE 5! Nothing less than 100% decommission is acceptable! Save Our Great Lakes asap from complete devastation!!

1646 Mary Adcock KY US

1647 Suzanne Bonadeo MI US Oil pipelines don't belong in the Great Lakes! The "latest technology" is what got us into this mess. I am a resident of the Beaver Island Archipelago. I ask our government to protect our archipelago, and all of the great natural wonders of the Great Lakes, from a catastrophic oil spill.

1648 Denise Fry MI US Shut it down already!!

1649 Sally Strand MI US

1650 Kathleen Brown MI US Please do the right thing and decommission Pipeline 5.

1651 Mellora Wales WI US Protect the Great Lakes from oil contamination



1652 Olga Swarthout MI US A rupture and oil spill from Line 5 would be a tragedy for the Great Lakes.

1653 Heather Neitzke MI US Pipeline 5 needs to be shutdown now. It is 60+ years old. It is an antique pipeline. When it fails the damage that will occur will affect all of us in Michigan and surrounding states. The costs will be unimaginable. Drinking water, tourism, fishing, economy, all at stake. The back door dealings with a Canadian company do not represent the voices of Michigan citizens. We have a responsibility to protect this precious water source. Look out for the best interest of Michigan citizens and shut it down, no tunnels and no pipelines through our fresh water source.

1654 Monica Cady MI US Shut Line 5 down now! The Public Trust Doctrine declares that the Great Lakes must be protected from a catastrophic oil spill. After the oil spill in Kalamazoo that cost a billion to clean up, Enbridge can not be trusted. Today 90% of the oil is still encapsulated within the river bottom, and is an eco dead zone. Imagine if that happened to Line 5?! The Great Lakes are a drinking water source for over 35 million people. Enbridge is breaking the law in the easement violation. Listen to Michigan's Tribes that all want Line 5 shut down. Listen to the people not big business. For our future generations protect the Great Lakes.

1655 Eileen Phillips IL US

1656 Lola Janes MI US

1657 Alex Brockman MI US

1658 Megan McLearon MI US

1659 Michael Henk MI US As a sailor and outdoor enthusiast, as well as a mechanical engineer, I have a unique appreciation for the beauty and sanctity of the Straits of Mackinac and the Great Lakes. If you haven't passed through the Straits at water level and listened to the roar of the water, the slap of the waves on your hull, the wind whistling through your rig, you don't realize how important it is to protect these natural resources.The shutdown of Line 5 under the Straits is a step in protecting these waters for the people of Michigan, while the continuance of allowing oil to traverse the Straits in an oil line that is past it's useful designed life is asking for a leak and inviting environmental disaster.For what? For the profits of an energy company that has already shown it's disdain for the laws and guidelines in place to protect Michigan's resources.Shut Down Enbridge Line 5 BEFORE there is a disaster!

1660 Molly Greening IL US

1661 Tami Anglemyer MI US

1662 Megan Herald MI US I am very concerned about the future safety of our precious Great Lakes if Line 5 continues to operate. Please shut down Line 5!

1663 Carol Crockett MI US

1664 Krys Lobsinger MI US

1665 Barbara Adle GA US I grew up in MI and still consider myself a Michigander. Do not risk the state's greatest asset - the lakes. Decommission Line 5.

1666 John Sweeney IN US De-commission line 5. It serves no useful purpose for the residents of the state of Michigan! Too much at stake!

1667 Ted Slater MI US I strongly urge you to immediately and urgently decommission Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac to protect the Great Lakes from the permanent catastrophe of an oil spill.

1668 Shannon Williams MI US Line 5 fails Michigan in so many different ways!! There is absolutely nothing for the people who live and love our State's Great Lakes to gain by keeping Line 5 functioning. Line 5, which is pumping crude, toxic sludge, for Enbridge (a Canadian company), and they really have nothing to lose when Line 5 bursts. Notice I'm not saying "IF" I'm saying "When", because if Line 5 does not SHUT DOWN it will burst. We will not have our Great Lakes anymore. Snyder and Enbridge don't care about our environment. They don't care about our future. SHUT DOWN LINE 5!!! SAVE OUR GREAT LAKES!!!!

1669 Lfrank Lyons MI US Lfrank Lyons

1670 Maureen Fettig MI US

1671 Elisabeth Holmes BY DE

1672 Mary Englund MI US

1673 Sarah Naperala UT US

1674 Amy Mack MI US

1675 Sandra Girard MI US



1676 Jan Smolen US Protect the Great Lakes. Shut down line 5 please.

1677 Catherine Escobedo MI US Please shut this line down it is a disaster waiting to happen... one of which we can't fix!!!

1678 Garry Pribble MI US We already know what it did to the Gulf of Mexico. We need to save Lakes of Michigan

1679 Martha Vermeulen MI US There's only one sane choice. No more deals, shut down Line 5!

1680 Paula Dreeszen MI US

1681 Elena Hall MI US HAS OUR GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATORS NOT LEARNED ANYTHING FROM OUR FLINT WATER CRISIS ABOUT PREVENTION?! AN OIL SPILL IN OUR GREAT lAKES IS A DISASTER THAT WOULD BE IRREDEEMABLE AND WICKED!

1682 Barbara Stanyer MI US BARBARA STANYER

1683 Sharon Jenkins MI US

1684 Theresa Thompson MI US

1685 Gerald Mack MI US Shutdown pipeline #5.

1686 Beverly Wolf MI US Every pipeline has leaked at some time and others have leaked on more than occasion. 20% of the world's fresh water cannot be put at risk any longer. Pipeline 5 should be shut down until it is replaced - preferably in a new location. In fact, it should go through Canada. Beverly Wolf

1687 Kevin Jonski MI US Thank you!

1688 Barb Thornton MI US

1689 Pam Maak MI US

1690 Jamie Reynolds MI US

1691 Deborah Schemanske MI US We need to protect Michigan!! We are known all over the world for our Great Lakes. Think of how devistating it would be to our state if something happend to our fresh water lakes. Shut down Line 5

1692 Shelly Winney MI US I do not support Line 5. It's a horrible plan that puts the Great Lakes in jeopardy.

1693 Lynne Sheldon MI US Oil and water don't mix. Keep oil out of our water!

1694 Les Rout MI US

1695 Stella Larkin MI US do not jeapordize clean water.. please shut down line 5 immediately

1696 Monica Dutmers MI US

1697 Ryan Verstraete MI US

1698 Cheryle Elm CA US

1699 Amber VanderMolen-Harraman

MI US

1700 Leonard Kraska MI US The impending rupture of # 5 Enbridge oil pipe line is an albatross hanging around the neck of Michigan's G.O.P. The G.O.P. officials have been provided information regarding the obsolescence of this structure through lobbying efforts of various influential groups, public comment periods, and rallies throughout Michigan. Human beings, Voters, are aware of the collusion and exchange of gratuities between the G.O.P. officials and the Enbridge Corp.

The G.O.P. stranglehold in the Michigan political arena will be terminated for years and will haunt them for decades like the ghosts of Scrooge. All because of greed and the lack of love for the pristine resources and quality of life our State of Michigan provides for it's citizens and all who visit here to look, play and recreate in it's Sacred Waters.

Decommission Pipeline #5 Now.

1701 David Dot'o MI US

1702 Das Smith MI US If the people knew the line 5 would not exists no going over or under the lakes and remove that part that goes through the lake water.

1703 Angela Dedenbach MI US If we do not act now to save these vital waters, it will be paid for in blood by our children and our children's children. Please keep oil out of these Great Lakes.

1704 Andrea Hennes MI US I do not want to imagine the devastation that would occur within my state and my community if oil spills into the Great Lakes. Please make it so I don’t have to by decommissioning line 5. Thousands of gallons of oil is certainly not equivalent to the 6 quadrillion gallons of clean fresh water that are put into jeopardy everyday line 5 is in operation.



1705 Henrietta Malone PA US Our water is our most valuable resource. We can't drink oil!

1706 James Presley TX US Shur it down

1707 James LeBlanc MI US James LeBlanc. we have already established that the Pipeline is past its life span.. we have already established that Enbridge has lied to us about its condition.. and been caught on numerous occasions... the pipeline must come out.. we know that, even the GOP knows it..but they use politics and unethical strategies to delay the inevitable closure of the pipeline, gambling against the purity of our waters.. Pull LIne 5 and never again come to the Great lakes with a pipeline! The time for oil is passing

1708 Kathleen Loynes MI US

1709 Erin Groom MI US Water is essential to our survival. We must take seriously out responsibilities of stewardship and protect this most precious resource.

1710 Helen Donnelly MI US

1711 Jane Russell MI US Please do the right thing and shut down Line 5.

1712 Charlene Sutherby LA US Shut down #5 line, please!

1713 Tricia Blosser IN US

1714 Amy Schindler MI US

1715 Mary Jo Walters WI US Mary Jo Walters

1716 David Rahbari MI US

1717 Trish Petrat MI US Please, before it’s too late, shut-down Line 5. It’s a ticking time bomb. How it has gone this long, in this condition with everything that’s at stake is unfathomable. We have everything to lose. It’s simply not worth the price.

1718 Jamie DeMonaco MI US

1719 Glynis Wolf MI US Keep our waters safe

1720 Susan Mychajlonka MI US The pipe line is a disaster waiting to happen

1721 Gaby Moldovan IL US

1722 Richard Shifferd MI US Line 5 is a potential disaster we can't afford in our Great Lakes. We need to shut down line 5 NOW.

1723 Ryan Kearney MI US

1724 Tamra Honaker MI US No life in Oceans, no life on earth

1725 Caroline de Mauriac MI US There is NO recovery from a catastrophic spill. There is NO acceptable risk. Shut Down Line 5.

1726 Allison Wolgast MI US

1727 Leon Donnelly GB Oil and water don’t mix. The Future Generations look to us. Close this line down.

1728 Alice Cormier MI US The age of Enbridge Oil is easing to an end. Now is the time to focus all business assets upon clean power possibilities--solar, wind, thermal--move to the front of the line. Quit pouring your energies into a dying industry.

1729 Sam Schultz IL US

1730 Natalie Brown MI US

1731 Michele McClintock MI US

1732 Deborah DeLage MI US Unless we decommision line 5 there is a disaster waiting to happen.

1733 Suzanne Easter MI US

1734 Timothy Chase MI US American greed is destroying our planet. Stop using fossil fuel and start using alternative energy

1735 Shannon Behan IL US

1736 Kathy Goralski MI US Kathy Goralski

1737 Sena Precious MI US Line 5 needs to be shut down because of risk of contamination isn’t worth it!!!!!!!

1738 Cj Bahan MN US Line Five is a catastrophic environmental disaster of the likes we have never seen; just waiting to happen.

1739 Alison Gallegos MI US

1740 Andrea Gaisser WA US We need clean water; remember, the human body averages 65% water.Signatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �78 oilandwaterdontmix.org


1741 Judy Gorton BC CA

1742 Donna Barron IL US

1743 Kat Marques RI US WATER IS LIFE .

1744 Denise Heberle MI US Denise M Heberle

1745 Annie Heller-Gutwillig CA US

1746 Janet Reseigh MI US

1747 Heather Enderlin OR US

1748 Krista Boyce-Goulette VT US

1749 Richard Graham MN US

1750 Jacqueline Rodkewich MN US Line 5 must be decommissioned. Thank you.

1751 Brenna Kolstad MN US

1752 Lisa Kavanaugh OH US Lisa Kavanaugh

1753 Dale Visinaiz OR US White people stop destroying our earth your greed has no end

1754 judy Hatfield MI US judy Hatfield

1755 Michael Rener MI US

1756 C Stevens UT US

1757 Maija Dravnieks CA US It is time to find alternative methods of fuel as hemp, and non fuel engines before all the oil is gone or has ruined the land and water... what will these people do then ?

1758 Deanna Theis AZ US The Tribal communitees Must Have a voice and Their Rights Must be Enforced as any other governmental agency as they are soveighern Nations. Fails to consider tribal sovereign treaty rights and feedback on the basis that Dynamic Risk was not a party to tribal and state consultations, which is an unacceptable dismissal of input by a key stakeholder.

1759 Richard Tuhro FL US pipeline 5 is a great asset that likely could not be replaced. Please protect it for our children.

1760 Beverly Weber WI US Line 5 is unneeded and unsafe because it is deteriorating. It endangers our freshwater supply and our native rice beds for the benefit of a foreign company and not our citizens

1761 Cheryl Jewett MI US Oil & Waters do NOT mix! Save our Great Lakes!

1762 Jet Higbie MA US STOP WAITING until there is an oil leak and contamination to our lakes. This is a no-brainer, what are you waiting for?

1763 Lindsey Smith MI US

1764 James Stowell MI US We Love Our Lakes and want to keep them for our next generations. Safety should be a top priority for all of us.

1765 David Hellums WA US

1766 Susan Welsford UT US Shut it down!

1767 Marlene Crisp MI US Please remove the pipeline before there is permanent damage done. I want Pure...not Polluted Michigan.

1768 Angela Gonzales IL US

1769 Timothy Seamans PA US Timothy Seamans

1770 Katherine Busch MI US Stop this oil spill before it damages our lakes!!! We need new pipelines now!!

1771 Kathleen Rutecki OR US

1772 Juan Brisita MI US

1773 Candice Wasteste MB CA No oil Keep our waters clean.... Save our Planet (')

1774 Michelle Brandenburg MI US

1775 Lila Mcghee AL US All of these pipelines need halted.Underground and underwater pipelines will burst ,leak and poison the lands and waters.Just stop it already.

1776 Jessica Reynolds FL US Stop using oil, green energy now. We don't want your poison. You don't own the world! People before profits!



1777 Diana Bailey MI US Diana Bailey let us show the nation that this state cares about our our Great Lakes and want line 5 turned off before a leak happens/

1778 Thina Rees HI US All Fracking , mining, pipelines need shut down removed . Their irresponsible behavior with all involved in the harm of our planet should be charged with high treason. Poisoning our planet our children.

1779 Amy Helton MI US

1780 Shelia Numan NV US Shelia Numan

1781 Paula Peltier IL US It is time to push for clean energy sources.

1782 Norma Witter MN US

1783 Hannah Anderson-Avessuk

WA US I'd like to build two museums on Arlington Cemetery. My Museum would honor with truth, the true invasion of early Europeans including the thousand of lies and broken promises, both written & spoken, while looking Native Chiefs/Leaders in the eye, knowing their thoughts were focus on the classiest belief..."These Ignorant illiterate Savages won't know what their lives are in for...these Are All Lies. In order to accomplish this endeavor, we'll have to excavate over HALF OF THE GRAVES, claiming all values both historical and personal properties (hope ALOT of jewelry is abound. ) Lastly send excavated bodies to crematorium so All will be discarded in one unidentifiable ash heap. With/without permission, shooting All who stands Against US, the Original First People of this land. SEE IF THIS FLIES.

1784 Charles Mullin CO US

1785 Deborah Narron MO US NO MORE PIPLINES. STOP CONTAMINATING OUR WATER, soil, and air.

1786 Matt Brundage II MI US Enbridge cannot be allowed to continue to exploit Michigan for profit. We don't need a repeat of their 2010 Kalamazoo catastrophe.

1787 Geraldine Cole MN US Please consider voting NO to Line5. Enbridge has done more than enough environmental damage and financial backers are starting to pull out. Save the water and land for future generations to enjoy.

1788 Judith Falvo MI US We need to protect our Great Lakes. It is up to us stop this Now! I am sick and tired of seeing the miuse o our land and environment for the greed of big business and money.

1789 Joan Shores MI US Protect the people of Michigan and the Great Lakes. Shut down line 5.

1790 Amelia Alibozek VT US Now is the time to decommission Line 5 to protect Michigan and the Great Lakes from oil pollution.

Aaron Jenkins, CPA & Fiancial Auditor, has spoken publically on the lack of credibility of the Alternatives Report, authored by Dynamic Risk (a firm with ties to Enbridge) that has many errors and omissions and is ultimaty deceitful to the State of Michigan.

Thanks to Aaron and many others who have done their research and are educating the public, I believe we have the facts and the power to defeat Enbrige and protect our water for future generations.

In June of 2016, The Northern Gateway Pipeline approval was overturned in Canada, "First Nations, local communities, and environmental interests said no to Enbridge, 12 years ago when it first proposed the project. And now that "no" has the backing of the courts," said Ecojustice lawyer Barry Robinson.

Others have defeated Enbridge in the past, and we can too!

Thank you for protecting our water.

1791 Joan Fitzgibbon MI US

1792 Karen Brines MI US

1793 Lizabeth Binns MI US

1794 Kathleen Lewis MI US The letter above points out the risk to the Great Lakes. Embridge needs to step up to eliminate the Great Lake risk.

1795 Elizabeth Hill MI US

1796 Brett Jones MD US Play by the rules and quit looking for solutions in holes in the ground !

1797 Renee Fath IL US

1798 Brenda Becker ON CA A very deep disappointment has overcome in this decision.

1799 Shirley Brinkley NC US Shirley A Brinkley



1800 Maria Gifford ME US Invest/Divest NOW to Renewable Clean Energy with Infrastructures toward Green Economy

1801 Karen Neville MI US This pipline or proposed tunnel is a known catastrophe that will happen sooner or later to ruin the "pure" in Michigan. The destruction of everything is just waiting to happen. It has happened before in other places. When we we learn to not make the mistakes others have made? The pipline needs to go the way of other outdated dinosaurs. We are smarter than this. There is alternative energy available, it's time to embrace a new and better way.

1802 Rehana Ftacek WI US Line 5 should absolutely be decommissioned. Living in the Midwest, we are blessed to have the Great Lakes as close as they are. They are a treasure. I can’t understand why something so precious is being threatened by one of the worst water pollutants that has existed. Oil pipeline leaks have occurred all over the country. This is a risk we do not need to take. Use of existing infrastructure should be considered. We must stop taking unnecessary risks that put our water and our land in danger.

1803 Tricia Leonard NC US

1804 Delores J English MN US Delores J English

1805 Ellen Whalen NJ US

1806 Valerie McCallum MI US

1807 Mary Anton WI US

1808 Mary Pelton Cooper MI US Humans are living on ruined land in many areas of the world. Thousands do not have access to clean running water. The era of plenty for the US is nearly over. Colonization and mining of resources all over the world have displaced thousands. Climate change has eliminated farmland in many areas. That means our natural resources are the most important asset we have. This is not just about protecting boating and vacationland. These resources are the real value and hope for our future. We MUST preserve these resources. We should not be taking any level of risk for spoiling this critical resource. We cannot allow ourselves to be so foolish.Please do not let threats from Enbridge about law suits or withholding of election funding distort the ability to use sound reasoning in the enormously important decisions you must make on an immediate basis.

1809 Sean OTuathal MI US Sean OTuathal

1810 Anita Nethery IN US

1811 Isabelle L'Héritier QC CA

1812 Kareen OConnell MI US Please protect this great state. Michigan is truly a wonderland. My children need their state. We all love it here and are proud of our resources. Makes us proud of our elected and appointed leaders.

1813 Shelly Hutchinson CA US Please study, listen, and do the right thing.

1814 Gwyn Boyd WI US

1815 Dan Moriarity WI US

1816 JoAnne Pantale MI US This has gone on long enough! I am 58 yr. life-long resident of Michigan and have enjoyed and respected our Great Lakes all the while. I have a grandchild and my wish for him is to be able to boat, swim and fish in these waters all of his life, as well. #EndLine5

1817 Sherry Crayne MN US Stop corporate terrorists. Humanity is at your mercy. Ecosystems destroyed means end of life for future generations.

1818 Kevin Ludwig MI US Please protect the Water I drink and the Fish I eat from contamination, both of which are derived directly from Lake Michigan.

Also protect the the economy which is derived directly from the Great Lakes; such as beaches, sailing, fishing and tourism, from the negative and catastrophic effects of contamination.

Please protect our health and financial future by shutting down and completely removing ALL oil and gas pipelines from the Great Lakes.

Thank You for your help in this urgent matter,Kevin

1819 Laura Oochoo CA Water is life! Defend and protect for the future!

1820 Cameron Macias OR US

1821 Melanie Liu CA US My family lives on Lake Michigan. Please wake up and protect the people, the water and the land.

1822 Menoukha Case MA USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �81 oilandwaterdontmix.org


1823 Scott Elliott MI US Are you familiar with the definition of insanity? And why continuing to operate Line 5 with all the critical and inherent risks might just be case example? Don't be crazy! Prevent it!

1824 Kathleen Mueller IL US The Great Lakes are already facing too many threats. The alternatives report falls short of the standards necessary to ensure clean and safe water for all. Let us take action on something we have the power to prevent.

1825 Kimberly Comeaux OH US

1826 Garleen Uusitalo MI US Where has common sense gone !! This is an accident waiting to happen. Maybe not in our lifetime, but it will happen. The Great Lakes are Michigan’s best asset. We need to protect them at all cost.

1827 Maureen Valdini OR US Human beings do not have the right to knowingly, cynically destroy the sacred air, land, and water that sustains life on this earth. Of course there will be breakdowns and pollution. The only solution is do not do this foolish, greedy, short-sighted project.

1828 Maureen Keane IL US

1829 Amanda Caulkett MI US

1830 Jaclyn Lantis MI US Please for the future of our natural resources, our planet and future generations please stop this injustice. I walk our Great Lakes cleaning up trash by hand one piece at a time, please don’t make me clean up dead animals and oil. This planet is a gift not a right.

1831 Mary Koveleski MI US Mary Koveleski--Keep our waters clean!

1832 Virginia Ciaramitaro MI US

1833 Abby Reeg MI US As an avid sailor, please protect our water for recreational use, for our economy and for clean drinking water. It is time to decommission Line 5.

1834 Michael Suliman MI US This company has shown in its past of lieing about maintenance on their projects, resulting in oil spills, the Great Lakes is a huge resource and eco system, halt line five now .

1835 Martha Estes MI US This is ridiculous that we have have to have petitions, written letters and meetings on having this pipeline maintained and repaired. This should be taken care if automatically. The oil company should be responsible and do their jobs correctly without having to demand what they should do on their own. Very angry they put money ahead of clean water for millions.

1836 Larry Mohney MI US

1837 Elizabeth McKenzie MI US Our Great Lakes need to remain pure and is the largest feahwater supply in the World. Pkease...stop pipelines from ruining our precious water

1838 Carlos Florido MI US

1839 Kathy Morrison MI US It is pure insanity to risk the quality of the Great Lakes water, one of our state's (and the world's) most precious resources and the reason that millions of people vacation in Michigan each year. From an environmental standpoint, to risk a leak in our Great Lakes is irresponsible and immoral. It is home to many ecosystems that cannot be replaced if a leak were to occur. It is our responsibility to protect the beauty and bounty of Nature that surrounds us. If we do not do it, who will? From an economic standpoint alone, the loss of revenue from fishing and recreation due to polluted Great Lakes waters would have an enormous impact on many sectors of Michiganders' lives. I own a farm in West Michigan and sell my produce to visitors. Hundreds of my customers are folks who are here to play in the waters of Lake Michigan. If a spill were to threaten that summertime fun, I would directly feel the loss. No one wants to swim in polluted waters. No visitors, no business. My situation is just one of the thousands of stories that could be told from Michigan business people who would be negatively affected by a leak or spill. The right thing must be done to protect this incredible natural resource - Close Line 5 down NOW, before it is too late.

1840 Ken Murphy OR US the Enbridge #5 is WAY PAST replacement age... it has leaked and will leak in the future... SHUT IT DOWN NOW, or regret your lack of axction on what is undoubtedly the SINGLE MOST DANGEROUS pipeline in the country!

1841 Lynn Barnes OR US

1842 Robert Quackenbush MI US

1843 Rosemary Heilemann IL US All of the Great Lakes basin has an interest in closing line 5.

1844 Gera Shumaker MA US Just stop with all the pipelines already. Get real. It's way past time.

1845 Paulette Morin MI US KEEP OUR GREAT LAKES FREE OF OIL AND GAS. IT IS NOT RIGHT FOR ONE COMPANY TO ENDANGER THE LIVES OF SO MANY FOR GREED. SHUT DOWN LINE 5 NOW.

1846 Ana Montes CA US Ana Irueste Montes



1847 Barbara Kramer MI US Line 5 runs through Dickinson County where I live. In spite of tax revenues paid by Enbridge, the risk to our aquifer is too high if there is a rture here. It needs to be shut down. Let Canada take care of their own.

1848 Linda Mariani MI US Keep the Great Lakes Clean!Protect our Waters and Fishery’s!

1849 Jack Kline MI US

1850 Patrice Flower MI US Please do not walk in the footsteps of the MDEC when it did not fulfill its responsibilities with the Flint water crisis. The only good spill is the one that is prevented, and the only way to prevent a spill is to remove Line 5.

1851 Helen Nickerson MI US Two pipelines need to be shut down. The one at the straits and there is one that goes into the upper peninsula. Both are dangerous. When they leak and I say WHEN, they will destroy those areas and ultimately the Great Lakes in Michigan.

1852 Stephanie LeBlanc MI US It only takes one mistake and that one mistake puts our water at risk. Please don't gamble with our waters.

1853 Rebecca Robles CA US I have seen this company successfully suppress public comment meeting after public comment meeting along with their suppression of the mainstream media when theses things break and they keep breaking! We must demand the transparency this company offers that is likened to the mob to be what we use to procecute these company leaders. Time for these CEO’s working to de-regulate emissions and more to be jailed. My kid deserves to breathe!!!

1854 Tom and Julie Mountz MI US

1855 Hanna Taylor MI US Our great lakes and water in general are invaluable. We need to do everything we can to protect them. Having a oil pipeline running under the straights or anywhere in the great lakes is so irresponsible and dangerous. We have to end this. Now!Hanna Anderson

1856 Ruth Ziel MI US The Great Lakes are an important ecosystem that can not be replaced once it is ruined. Clean water is becoming increasingly scarce. Shut down the pipeline before there is a spill. Be proactive.

1857 Celena Rodrigues NC US

1858 Lynn Stribley MI US You do not have the right to jeopardize my drinking water. The communities at risk receive no benefits from the pipeline, and the potential for disaster is so great as to be almost inconceivable.

1859 Christina Jefferson MI US

1860 Michaela Kofler Trentino-Alto Adige/South TyrolIT Please protect the water!

1861 Audrey Flanders-Sundstrom

MI US Clean water is essential to life. We must learn from the past and protect our Grratvalakrs and all fresh water . “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” -Ancient Native American Proverb

1862 Jillian Edwards MI US

1863 Michael Parson-McNamara

MI US There is NO acceptable level of risk for our health, environment, or the Great Lakes. Shut down Line 5 as soon as possible.

1864 Linda Szurley MI US Re: Michigan's Line 5 dated Oct. 26th released on Nov. 20th. I am deeply disappointed in this final analysis,, with its errors and omissions, which also fails to meet its overall purpose for public safety, and lacks credibility because of its ties to Enbridge, the Canadian transport company that owns Line 5.

1865 Wesley Herrin MI US Wesley Herrin

1866 Pat Cookman MI US The pipeline is existing on borrowed time. There are legitimate studies (often ignored by the State of Michigan) that support the shut down of Line 5. A cleanup of a pipeline oil spill would be costly and could never restore the Great Lakes and bottomlands to their existing health. Please shut down Line 5.

1867 Cheryl Phillips MI US We must Do the Right Thing to protect the Great Lakes, environment and wildlife...and be a voice, stop the greed, politics and special interest groups!

1868 Dana Lowell MI US

1869 Theresa Sailor NY US We cannot allow this beautiful and vital water source to be destroyed!

1870 Mary White MI US The risks of a rupture and spill are too great. The pipeline needs to be shut down no later than 12/22/17.



1871 Jeffrey House NY US I am a property owner in Harbor Springs. I have spent time around the Straits for over 50 years. This flawed study must be rejected. I urge you to stop Line 5. Thank you.

1872 Ellen Bernard MI US no amount of money is worth loosing this precious life giving resource

1873 Jessica Sanker US It’s wrong when we put big businesses above the long term damage this can very well bring to our future generations.

1874 Robbi Chisholm MI US Dudes-- I live here. My kids live here. My friends live here. We drink water. We would greatly appreciate NOT BEING POISONED �!!! Thank you. Robbi Chisholm

1875 John Schoff MI US Keeping Line 5 operational is like playing Russian Roulette, it will eventually fail so lets protect the Great Lakes by shutting it down.

1876 Marsha Reeves MI US The 'alternatives' report failed to include information about reduced use. The world is divesting from fossil fuel. California is burning and the arctic is melting. We cannot keep burning fossil fuels, anyway, so why keep Line 5 operational at great expense when we need to invest in alternative energy?

1877 Judith Reiter MI US

1878 Sarah Ragalyi MI US

1879 Judith Case MI US Enough! It seems like very few people, if anybody, in the United States want line 5 to stay open. WHY is it so hard, then, to shut it down? Stop delaying. Shut it down. Now. Forever.

1880 Janis Rygwelski MI US There is no viable solution other than to shut this pipeline completely down. Its continued operation facilitates increasingly more environmentally damaging methods to extract more fossil fuels from the ground. Michigan has accepted the risk of this pipeline failure for far too long. Why doesn't our country ever use the Precautionary Principle as a guideline to protect citizens? Why aren't we focused on clean renewable energy in a state where we have a need for good jobs and a trained workforce already in place??

1881 Kathleen Truesdell MI US Failure to close down Enbridge Line 5 is unconscionable.

1882 Mary Matuszak MI US

1883 Jay Zocher MI US

1884 Pat Phillips NY US the fresh water of the Great Lakes is vital...DO not pollute these waters with oil... a spill is probable... lets be proactive.. SHUT DOWN LINE 5

1885 Heidi Nielsen IL US

1886 Jessica Canjar MI US

1887 Steve Plummer OH US Decommission this pipeline BEFORE it breaks and destroys our greatest body of fresh water!!!!

1888 Gatha Pierucki MI US Time to shut that thing down

1889 Winny Yedinak MI US Enbridge's reputation for keeping these lines safe is not good. An oil spill in the Great Lakes would contaminate 20% of the Worlds fresh water supply.Shut Line 5 down.

1890 Leah Alread CA US

1891 Jessica Cooper IL US

1892 Mark Zook MI US We only have one planet. Greed is not the answer.

1893 Jonathan Rhine MI US Jonathan Rhine

1894 Pam Dinucci IL US We MUST protect our Great Lakes! Clean water is Life. Shut down Enbridge Line 5 now it’s an ecological disaster waiting to happen.

1895 Elisabeth Loos MI US Elisabeth Loos

1896 Amy Delpiere MI US

1897 Mike and Susan Raymond

MI US

1898 Pete Lesinski MI US I live on Lake Huron & don't want Oil/chemicals in our water! Please make sure that you safeguard all the states water for now & ever!

1899 Clara Corbett MI US I’ve lived on the Great Lakes all my life and it breaks my heart to see the damage being done to one of the elements we need to survive. Stop the madness!

1900 Hassan Bazzoun MI USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �84 oilandwaterdontmix.org


1901 Jennifer LaClair TX US I was born and raised in Mid and West Michigan. I have a deep appreciate and love for our Great Lakes and what they mean for our state's economy and the identity we take pride in. Our children deserve clean water! I want my three sons to be able to enjoy swimming and playing on the beaches of Lake Michigan, gun lake, rainbow lake, barlow, and green lake just like I did growing up. I want our drinking water to remain drinkable, and safe to bathe in. We muat act responsibly for future generations, and stop the greed and laziness of oil companies that have a history of pollution in our state.

1902 Kristin Mosblech MI US It is not worth the tremendous risk to our Great Lakes !!

1903 Mary Valente MI US Do not let greed destroy our pristine Great Lakes. Republican Govenor Snyder is trying to do just that. Let's show him and all his two faced cronies the people of our great state are not idiots and we know what they are up to!

1904 Kenneth Maxson MI US Shut down line 5 now before we have a disaster. How pure will Michigan be if we Allow this pipeline to pollute The Greatest Lakes in the world?

1905 Kevin Stoddard MI US

1906 James Berkey MI US

1907 Marianne Fix MI US Please prevent the next oil spill. Save the Great Lakes.

1908 Greg Jaris MI US The clean up would be impossible. It is truly foolish to take this risk with this precious fresh water.

1909 Barb Torpy MI US Protect our beautiful , Pristine waters!!

1910 Charles Rogers FL US Sending oil through an unsafe pipeline is like driving your car with no brakes. You are just asking for trouble and when one does that, it usually finds you.

1911 Kelly Campbell MI US Our beautiful great lakes cannot afford such a devastating disaster.

1912 Rosemary Stuehmer MI US Enbridge cannot be trusted. The lines are old and dangerous. The lakes are precious. How many more reasons are needed ?

1913 Susan Lewis MI US

1914 Clifford Stuehmer MI US DO NOT PLAY WITH 20% of the world's fresh water by rolling over to corporate interests and half truths regarding the safety and conditions of the pipeline.

1915 Pete Whyte MI US pete thomas whyte

1916 Hillary Kempenich ND US

1917 Michael Swabash MI US Shut down line 5 permenently. Do not allow any possibility of oil spills in the great lakes.

1918 Thomas E. Moore MI US Thomas E. Moore The threat is real, and the risks are unimaginable, possibly irreversible. It is not worth the risk to many for the profit to a few. Shut it down and at the least thoroughly repair it before re-opening. At best, permanently close it.

1919 Heiner Schwutke MI US

1920 Curtis Lacy MI US Shut down line 5

1921 Cathy Hadden MI US

1922 Luette Frost MI US

1923 Angela M. Garcia-Johnson

MI US A Canadian based company does not care about Michigan land and water. They lack integrity with their biased report. They refuse to consider logical safe alternatives and only care about their profits. Their history of spills in Michigan is evidence that they have lax safety standards and the fact that the Striats pipeline is carrying oil beyond the agreed upon capacity is further grounds that they don’t care about their contractual agreement and are mindless fools to think that the citizens of Michigan will tolerate their corrupt stupidity.

Michigan lawmakers approving their applications and dancing with these criminals of the EARTH should be ashamed agreeing to the potential risk. They NEED TO REPRESENT THEIR CONSTITUENTS IN A MORE HONEST WAY AND TO FIND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUS.

1924 Kat Russell MI US When Line 5 ruptures our coastline, tourist economy and water source will be permanently damaged. SHUT DOWN LINE 5 BEFORE IT RUPTURES.

1925 Geoffrey Harrison MI US Just consider the dire consequences and costs when this pipeline bursts. Think of al;l the oil on your face. Snyder, you are already a criminal for the Flint debacle, don't compound your blood stained legacy further.

1926 Jay Allan MI US Shut it down, Shut it down now!!!!!

1927 Kim Ebert MI US Do not destroy are Great LakesSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �85 oilandwaterdontmix.org


1928 Xantha Karp IN US

1929 Catherine Parker MI US Catherine Parker

1930 Marcia Stucki WI US There is simply no reason to continue to risk oil contamination of our Great Lakes--- SHUT DOWN LINE 5 NOW! I live near the Kalamazoo River-- when Enbridge says, "trust us," they forget that we once did.

1931 Annette Frank MI US It is unthinkable that for expediency of business anyone would jeopardize the largest fresh water supply in the world. SHUT IT DOWN FOREVER.

1932 Julie Smith MI US Shut down Line 5 to allow a thorough investigation of the entire structure. If flaws are found, then preceded with repairs. There is no other rational course of action unless one is willing to destroy the Great Lakes in the name of profits for a few.

1933 Philip Oczkowski MI US

1934 Laura Lyons MI US

1935 Kate Satonin MI US Shut it down!!!!!!!!!!

1936 Robert Wasserman MI US

1937 Patricia Essebaggers MI US Pipeline 5 must be shut down until it is repaired. The safety of our precious Great Lakes is VERY IMPORTANT! Don't take chances when it comes to our water supply.

1938 Barbara Sneath MI US To All Decision Makers:Please decommission Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac to prevent a catastrophic oil spill in the Great Lakes. I urge you to protect our waters and riparian lands, our environment and livelihoods. It is past due for State of Michigan to enforce this legal action for the public good.Sincerely,Dr. Barbara Sneath

1939 Maryann Spanski MI US This pipeline should be shut down it is 64 years old and with so much of it unchecked and the damage it has already sustained how can Snyder not agree to shutting it down? Snyder and his minions only care about their rich friends and associates they don't care a wit about the environment and how it would be affected. The straits are beautiful. I shutter to think of the impact on wildlife and the waters not to mention a spills impact on the Great lakes,rivers and streams. All are beautiful. priceless and irreplaceable. This pipeline must be shut down and Snyder and shutte must be made to comply.

1940 David Bauer MI US To Whom It May Concern,This is my official comment in response to the State of Michigan's Line 5 analysis, released on November 20th, 2071.I urge you to decommission Line 5 in the Mackinac Straits before a disastrous oil spill occurs. Enbridge has proven to be an untrustworthy company, and your remit is to protect the public from Enbridge's greed and incompetence. As public trustees of our invaluable fresh water, please take this long overdue legal action.Sincerely,Dr. David Bauer

1941 Sharon Gerlach MI US

1942 Macie Schriner MI US Macie Schriner

1943 Barbara Byers MI US Barbara A Byers

1944 Ann Westendorf MI US

1945 Brenda Young MI US Shut it down and Mae repairs.

1946 Monte Rogers MI US We can not afford to risk our most precious resource, regardless of the cost. Please don’t bow down again to powerful corporate interests.

1947 Jennifer Ross MI US

1948 Richard Smith MI US line 5 is a disaster waiting to happen. not if, but when.

1949 Sarah Hopper IL US

1950 John Anderson MI US



1951 Elaine Johnson MI US To the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Michigan Agency for Energy, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Michigan Governor, Michigan Attorney General, and Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board:








Fails to follow the recommendations and standards outlined in the Michigan Petroleum Pipeline Task Force Report, which resulted from a process created by the governor and co-chaired by the attorney general, and therefore cannot be used by the State of Michigan “in making decisions about the future of the Straits Pipelines.”Neglects to provide the state with an independent, fair analysis of the alternatives to Line 5 as required by the Task Force Report. This final report remains biased toward allowing Line 5 to continue to operate and/or allowing Enbridge to build new oil infrastructure in the Straits of Mackinac and further expand its operations. That bias grows out of past, and potentially future, business relationships between Enbridge and the report’s authors.Fails to analyze existing pipeline infrastructure as an alternative to Line 5 in the Straits, which the state required Dynamic Risk to analyze, and leaving it out conflicts with Task Force recommendation 3 (b). It is unacceptable that the contractor eliminated this alternative without any analysis. The 1953 easement granted with strict conditions by the state to Enbridge does not guarantee transport of 540,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil and natural gas liquids. In fact, the 1953 MPSC Order states 300,000 bpd, which means Enbridge is currently operating Line 5 at 80 percent over design capacity. Fails to analyze new evidence disclosed by Enbridge affecting the pipeline’s integrity, including external corrosion, 48 bare metal spots caused by the installation of screw anchors, compromised cathodic protection, and historic excessive pipeline spans greater than the 75-feet limit (including a 286-foot span that was unsupported for years), as required by the legal operating agreement with the State of Michigan. Dynamic Risk’s rationale, in part, is that "it would be inappropriate to speculate on any of the above aspects of the coating condition."Fails to consider tribal sovereign treaty rights and feedback on the basis that Dynamic Risk was not a party to tribal and state consultations, which is an unacceptable dismissal of input by a key stakeholder. Grossly underestimates the total economic spill costs at between $147 million and $310 million, when Enbridge’s cleanup costs of its 2010 Line 6B pipeline oil spill along a 40-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River cost more than $1.2 billion.Overestimates an impact to propane supply, greatly exceeding what independent experts have determined would be necessary to provide the Upper Peninsula’s Rapid River facility with an Signatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �87 oilandwaterdontmix.org


1952 Nathan Woods MI US

1953 Sharon Parks MI US

1954 Robert Kowalski MI US HELP!!!!! I live on the Great Lakes, HELP!!!!!!

1955 Brent Crandall MI US Brent Kevin Crandall

1956 Jacqueline Tessman MI US

1957 Carol Doty MI US

1958 William Gittlen MI US I fully agree with the letter being sent now to the DEQ, DNR, Governor, Michigan energy Agency, Attorney General and the PASB which highlights the recent recommendations of the Michigan Dept of Energy and the path to shutting down Line 5. With the need to move away from fossil fuel use to prevent catastrophic climate change, the need for more oil and gas flowing to our region has been eliminated. We can function without difficulty with more oil flowing through Line 6B, if needed, until we complete the transition to 100% renewable energy and all electric cars.

1959 Denise Markstrom MI US

1960 Martin and Sharon McGladdery

MI US Shut down Line 5 and then replace it so it doesn't go into the Great Lakes!

1961 Williamq Kunze MI US Corporations should exist to promote the public good. Not for their own greed mongering self interest.

1962 Barry Johnson MI US Clearly, Enbridge cannot and should not be trusted. So why are our elected officials trusting them when they are supposed to be working for us. Barry Johnson

1963 Bob Sherman MI US

1964 John Drier IN US We can live without oil.

1965 Francine Dolins MI US Francine L Dolins

1966 April Beattie MI US Please let's stop wasting time on this archaic form of energy. Shut down Line 5 for good. Move on to more solar and wind.

1967 Sandra Kivela MI US There is absolutely no amount of money that is worth spoiling the Great Lakes for. Get rid of all the pipelines and oil on the Great Lakes.

1968 Mary Johnson Please shut down Line 5. We can't afford to risk jeopardizing out great lakes.

1969 James Slavin MT US Stop putting profit ahead of safety!

1970 Sandra Terry-Morrison MI US Shut down line 5 Immediately. It is dangerous!!! These idiots have no respect for the environment and planet earth. We all need clean water, air and earth if we expect to survive, and Line 5 could put an end to life in Michigan as we know it.

1971 Caroline Rankin MI US

1972 Janet Anderson MI US

1973 Kathy Cassady IL US We need to protect our water...Before its too late

1974 C. James Ringwald MI US You have yet to clean up the disaster in Flint, Michigan and now you are creating an another potential disaster which could be far worse. Get the repairs done before the disaster strikes.

1975 Sharon Widigan MI US PLEASE do not let there be an oil spill in our beautiful lakes. A oil spill will affect our economy tourist will not come if they aren't able to use the lakes and rivers.

1976 Steven Carpenter MI US steven carpenter The world's largest fresh water supply deserve protection.

1977 Debra Woodcock MI US Shut down line 5! I have a home in Northern Michigan. We are not willing to risk our Great Lakes with gross negligence.

1978 Ellen Gelerman MI US For the well-being and safety of the people and wildlife dependent on the health of the Great Lakes, SHUT DOWN LINE 5!

1979 Leslie Newman MI US I support the position of the Sierra Club on the decommissioning of Enbridge line 5.

1980 Tracy Burroughs MI US

1981 Susan Glenn US

1982 Kay Anne Travis MI US Hands off OUR Great Lakes !! They belong to the people !

1983 Vicki Wiederhold MI US

1984 Joyce Belgan-Marlo MI US Joyce Belgan-MarloSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �88 oilandwaterdontmix.org


1985 Katherine Weber MI US

1986 Christine Snyder MI US I live by the greatest asset this state has: the Great Lakes. They're beautiful and bring revenue into this state via tourism. Let's keep them beautiful! Shut down Line 5!

1987 Jim Head MI US Jim Head

1988 Linda Sleeper MI US

1989 John Llewellyn IL US

1990 Sherry Hutchison ON CA

1991 Linda Allen MI US

1992 Robert McNish MI US

1993 Susan Amman MS US Enbridge has proven over and over again that they put profits before safety. We need to shut down line five before there is a catastrophe that will not be addressed properly. Enbridge’s track record is horrid.

1994 Mark Willing MI US

1995 Chuck Robinson MI US Need to put the environment before corporate greed. Please shut down Line 5.

1996 David Rivard MI US Shut down Embridge line 5. It is a disaster waiting to happen!!

1997 Carol McGeehan MI US Carol McGeehan

1998 Barbara klinger OH US

1999 Ross Schedin MI US no amount of money can fix a oil spill of that magnitude, please shut it down!

2000 David Mead MI US

2001 Brianne Uerkwitz MI US

2002 Ashley chambers MI US

2003 Alice Davis TN US Stop polluting our country for DIRTY MONEY!

2004 Lynn Marson MI US There is no second chance if there is a leak. Don't take a chance. Do it right the first time....shut down line 5 until it is fixed!

2005 Shannon Griffin IL US

2006 Amy Sommerville MI US

2007 Dennis Katakowski MI US Dennis M Katakowski

2008 Suzette Lee MI US Suzette M. Lee

2009 Roger Pellar FL US This line 5 is outdated and ready to fail anytime. This is a Canadian company who is putting the greatest body of fresh water in the world at risk. Stop it now before it’s too late.

2010 Ruth Weingartz WA US

2011 Jessica Stanford MI US

2012 Christine Pizon NY US The oil companies make money wether the oil spills or doesn't (it always does), the planet and the population are the ones who pay the bill!*

2013 Ken Crane MI US they will kill the great lakes if this goes thru!! stop them!!

2014 Laura Paalanen MI US Decommission line 5 immediately; before it's too late!

2015 John Szpeinski MI US Shut down Line 5!! Pure Michigan is worth it.

2016 Todd Halbert MI US

2017 Eugene Blue MI US Enbridge will not do the right thing. Shut all the lines down.

2018 Kevin Caliguri MI US Decomission Line 5 and avoid a catastrophe of epic proportions to the world’s largest body of fresh water!

2019 Su Vernon MI US Enbridge’s Line 5 is an imminent danger to the Great Lakes, and Michigan’s governor, Rick Snyder, doesn’t have the courage to shut it down because he’s likely taken payoffs from them. We need to do what is right for the people and the environment for future generations, not what is expedient for our greedy office-holders, for they are no longer public servants. They violate their oaths of office minute they get elected.

2020 Joanne Guertin MI Any risk of a catastrophic spill is too much.



2021 Mary Toon MI US

2022 Linda Long IN US The Great Lakes are the essential water supply for millions of people, and they are all connected. Keep the lakes free of major risks of contamination from oil and gas leaks - already demonstrated to be costly to economies as well as the people of the Great Lakes. Michigan needs to protects its portion of Lake Michigan - where I live, drink water, and breathe in Indiana.

2023 Mary Jo Jarosch MI US

2024 Bryce Lein WI US

2025 Elizabeth Beaudoin MI US I love our Great Lakes so please do the right thing and protect them by decommissioning Line 5.

2026 Danyelle Douglas MI US

2027 Donna Schmitt MI US

2028 Holly Werner WI US Can't replace them.

2029 Marie Mccullough MI US Save the Great Lakes

2030 Ruth Schappert MI US This would be a catastrophe

2031 Amy Smith MI US

2032 Julie Kain MI US

2033 Molly Pikala MN

2034 Bonnie Dankert CA US How can making the decision to protect one of the greatest fresh water resources in the world be legitimately contested? I urge you to Shut down Line 5 !

2035 Char Hoffman MI US Char Hoffman

2036 Art Hanson MI US Protect People NOT Profits.

2037 Kristi Nail TX US We must protect our water

2038 Susan Shogren MI US

2039 Toni Sergeant MI US Keep our lakes & State safe. Stop the madness. The time to act is now.

2040 Tai Verbrugge MI US I firmly believe, as a citizen of Michigan, that Line 5 should be shut down as soon as safely possible. The risk of it spilling crude oil into our Great Lakes is simply too high to bear, even if shutting it down does pose financial problems. No amount of money could bring back our lake ecosystems once they've been destroyed.

2041 Cynthia Dudley MI US The risk is too much to ignore. We cannot afford to wait any longer and a oil spill would be catastrophic. Line 5 needs to be decommissioned.

2042 Teresa Molano LA US Pipeline 5 poses too great a risk to one of the greatest fresh water supplies in the world. A spill would cause irreversible damage to one of our states greatest resources, our fresh water. I am positive that economically, the cost of shutting down pipeline 5 is considerably less than the damage a spill would cost in clean up, loss of tourist income, and loss of wildlife and fisheries .

2043 Robin OGrady MI US #StandForMichigan

2044 Carol Decker MI US

2045 Vanessa Tamarin AZ US Vanessa Tamarin

2046 Sharon Douglas MI US Health before greed.

2047 Renee Cummins MI US

2048 Nancy Coelho MI US Our Great Lakes are a national and exceptional resource that should not be put at risk by greed of oil companies. Many Michiganders make their living on the lakes and they are a tourist destination year round. Eliminate the threat of a leak by shutting down the pipeline.

2049 Lynn Higgs MI US

2050 Connie Dersham US

2051 Pam Grand US You are politicians, do you homework on this , and do the just thing. Keep Michigan safe and beautiful.

2052 Meredith Buist VA US The Great Lakes are one of the biggest and most important natural resources on our planet. No one should be able to tarnish them in any way.

2053 Michael Kahn FL US



2054 Ronda Smith MI US Please protect our precious lakes but if you don’t care about us you must realize that If this line ruptures there will not be a Republican elected to any office in this state for the next 50 years.

2055 Martha Ballou MI US

2056 Susan Olguin MI US Susan Olguin

2057 Amber Olguin MI US Please consider how many people in Michigan get their drinking water from the Great Lakes. Also the tourism generated on the beauty of the Great Lakes. And consider the wildlife that depends on the Great Lakes.

2058 Eric McLearon MI US Protect our waters! Why endanger the largest collection of freshwater in the world? Shut down Line 5!

2059 Sara Bonnette MI US Sara S Bonnette

2060 Norma Stewart MI US

2061 Martha Parish MI US Please shut this down. We have seen time and time again Enbridge fail to maintain lines and have spills. After the spills this company can't be bothered to do proper clean-up. Our fresh water lakes are too vital to have them ruined by a foreign owned company who only has profits in mind. Governor Snyder once again shows his true colors with a backdoor agreement letting Enbridge slide on failing proper maintenance of pipelines. The governor says one thing in public, then does the opposite.

2062 Carol Johnston ID US Save our water

2063 Jessica Muro MI US

2064 Kim Nelson MI US

2065 Erin D MI US

2066 Teresa Arnold MI US

2067 Larry Cartwright MI US

2068 Hannah Steffes MI US

2069 Melinda Clynes MI US Please - shutdown this project. Our Great Lakes are too important to put at risk!

2070 Natasha Jenkins GB

2071 Sarah Ronan MI US Protect our GREATest resource, our GREATest source of tourism, our GREATest source of family fun, our GREATest beauty. Protect our GREAT LAKES and shutdown the pipeline!

2072 Darlene Doorlag MI US Shut down pipeline 5. Enbridge cannot be trusted to do anything they promise. This is a poor solution and will endanger all our Great Lakes. An alternate route is already in place. Darlene Doorlag

2073 Ginger Vary MI US Please look to the future. Safe our natural resource the Great Lakes. This agreement signed by Gov Snyder is short sighted and in my mind criminal.

2074 Allison Parker WI US

2075 Mary Broderick MI US It seems Snyder learned nothing from the Flint water crisis. The Line 5 disaster makes the Flint issue seem like a minor snafu.

2076 Mary Rogers MI US Fresh water is one of the most valuable assets we have. The impact to our economy would be devastating should a break occur.

2077 Deborah Sherrod CA US

2078 Ken Kranz US

2079 Virginia Rogers MI US 20% of the whole worlds fresh water is at risk from this pipeline. There is no valid justification for continuing to allow this pipeline to operate and jeopardize our health, environment and economy. Why are the profits of a Canadian company, which has a poor track record on safety and transparency, deemed more important than the protection of our irreplaceable Great Lakes? Please shut down the pipeline now, before it's too late.

2080 Trina Ball MI US Please do your part to end this discussion. We MUST move on. The number of problems we have to solve is overwhelming, and nearly all are intertwined. Let's get to work.

2081 David Bridge MI US

2082 Emily A. Noffsinger MI US

2083 Summer Mattila MI US By risking the world's largest fresh water supply, you are supporting terrorism. If the line breaks, all involved should be tried a convicted of terrorism. Poisoning the people of Flint, should have taught you something. We cannot drink money.



2084 Karen Graham MI US At what price, the risk to our Great Lakes and resources therein, the Enbridge Line 5 continuing to be allowed to transport oil through old and unstable pipes across the floor of the Straits. The answer and solution is simple, shut it down now. Just do it.

2085 Amié Merizon MI US

2086 Bonnie Norment MI US Oil and water don't mix water is life protect the precious Great Lakes

2087 Roberta Baciak MI US Please stand up for the Great Lakes. I know it's hard for you as you are a Republican and love to side with corporations over the people's welfare BUT we can not let greed destroy our beautiful lakes!! Please do the right thing and shut down Line 5!!

2088 Tom Lootens MI US shut it down now.it's not if,but when the pipeline will fail

2089 Curt Schreiber IL US Keep this Great Lake at Great Lake! It's a national park shoreline!

2090 Roger Halle MI US Stop Line 5 Now

2091 Gail Haynes MI US

2092 Nancy Meade MI US It is clear that line 5 should be discontinued to protect our fresh water and livelihood in northern MI. There are other options available to transport that oil back to Canada without this environmental stress.

2093 Jackie Donoho WI US To protect our greatest asset, our fresh water, this pipeline must be shut down.

2094 Carla Champagne MI US

2095 Molly Donahue MI US

2096 Melissa DiFalco MI US I dont think that we should be exploring tunneling beneath the great lakes or any of the measures proposed. Please shut down Line 5, we need to protect our greatest natural resources.

2097 Andrew Ritter MI US Save the environment

2098 Ronald Elmore MI US There is too much at risk not to take action on the pipeline!

2099 Sally Van Slambrouck MI US Protect our Great Lakes!

2100 Linda Schafrick MI US

2101 Mj Rampy CO US

2102 Mary Sanders MI US In my geology class at MSU if a catastrophic event were to occur in the Great Lakes it would take a thousand year for the body of water to recover. That’s time that we don’t have and land we can’t afford to abuse. The Great Lakes are great for a reason, and go beyond our own ideas of our land.

2103 Ram Lee MI US Line 5 needs to be removed ASAP. The loss to our amazing state environmentally and economically would be devastating.

2104 Kelli Gray MI US Oil and water do not mix!! Protect our waters. Prevent another Enbridge oil spill.

2105 Cathie Cline MI US It is an outrage that the governor has made a deal with Enbridge. He appointed the Pipeline Advisory Board and is ignoring all information they have gathered. He is also ignoring their recommendation to SHUT DOWN LINE 5 immediately until repairs are made. A tunnel? IN NO WAY! I oppose anything other than immediate SHUT DOWN OF LINE 5. DO IT NOW!

2106 Theresa Kelly TX US

2107 Frits Kwant MI US

2108 John Dunn MI US It is time short sighted politicians thought about safeguarding the natural resources of Michigan and think about the safety of the citizens of Michigan. Line 5 is not worth the risk.

2109 Sam Cass MI US I want a safe environment for my family and this state. Not worth the risks. Find alternative energy sources.

2110 Richard Brown MI US

2111 Nancy Ellis BC CA

2112 Laura Boysen IL US

2113 Jane Bergman MI US Michigan has a moral responsibility to protect the water's of the Great Lakes. Knowing the catastrophic disaster that would result from an oil spill, we should eliminate all risks and shut down Line 5 immediately.



2114 Emilia Fanelli MI US Hello, my name is Emilia and I am a current Michigan resident and high school student. Thank you for your time and consideration.I grew up in and around The Great Lakes. The shores of Lake Michigan are where I went with my family as a kid to learn about the beauty of the natural world, and I have looked forward to taking my kids there one day. But that dream is in jeopardy. The presence of the evidently dangerous pipeline Line 5 puts our Great Lakes at risk and the state government is doing nothing to prevent a spill. So I urge you to do what is right and advocate for the environment and our beautiful state and shut down line 5. Thank you again for your consideration.

2115 Pamela Johnson MI US hurting our Great Lakes State is not an option! shutting it down is protecting what is so valuable to us. Line 5 needs to go and needs to go now before its to late and regrets happen. money in all the world is not worth the Great Lakes.

2116 Kimberly Dante MI US The great lakes won't be so great.

2117 Beth Scully MI US The only sure way to prevent a catastrophe for the Great Lakes is to disengage line 5.

2118 Maggie Stevens MI US Our lakes are too precious to submit them to the possibility of an oil spill from line 5. Our businesses that depend on clean water are also too important to take a chance on this old, outdated and suspect pipeline.

2119 Linda Farrell FL US The economic and environmental health of Michigan are at dire risk as long as Line 5 is not permanently shut down. Do your job! Protect our State!

2120 Marvin King MI US shut it down...now.

2121 D. Maio MI US

2122 Thomas Richards MI US Even though you’re a Republican you can do the right thing if you really want to. Try it, it’s not that hard. If Line 5 breaks you will ALWAYS be remembered as the one who could have prevented it but didn't.

2123 Candi Teachout MI US

2124 Brian Keck NC US Do the right thing NOW before a MAJOR DISASTER!

2125 Hollie Koning MI US

2126 Chris Whitted Whitted MI US I'm highly concerned that the biggest fresh water supply in the United States is not a concern for some lawmakers. As a country we should band together to protect this assets and all the environments that rely on it for life. Please make the right decision. Chris Whitted

2127 Nancy Walton MI US How stupid does one have to be NOT to realize the astronomical negative repercussions to our waters and our economy if we continue to allow the pipeline to exist under the straits??? Oil and water don’t mix!!

2128 Wanda Villet MI US We are at such great risk with line 5. If there is a spill our most valuable resources will be damaged, possibly for years to come. You must put the good of people before profits.

Please do the right thing and shut down this dangerous line before we have an accident that will take years to recover. Look at the Kalamazoo River, after all these years it is still not in good shape.

Thank you for reading my heartfelt comments.Wanda and Gary Villet

2129 Brett Maniscalco MI US

2130 John Taranko IN US Line 5 must be shut down.

2131 Alison Heins MI US For all of the above reasons, I strongly believe that Line 5 should be permanently shut down. The risks of a break and a spill into the Great Lakes outweigh any benefits to the citizens of Michigan.

2132 Robert Cornwell MI US

2133 Laurie Kopack MI US

2134 Debra Smith MI US I remember the mess that occurred in the Kalamazoo River. Figure out a better way of getting you oil down south. Trucks and trains sound good to me!

2135 Diogo Silva PT Please stop and help our future generation to live in a better world

2136 Patrick Linton MI US The back room deal by Governor Snyder is repugnant, elitist and anti-democratic. The people and the protection of the waters of the Great Lakes for decades and centuries ahead are significantly more important and far out weigh the interests of one politician and one for-profit company if the common good is to be served. As so many voices have stated, shut down line 5 now. That is the only moral and practical alternative available if the people and the waters are to be valued and protected.



2137 Megan Raphael MI US

2138 David Koval MI US Line needs to be shut down now !!!!!!

2139 Sidney Berkowitz MI US

2140 Elizabeth Chiaravalli MI US I live and work in Michigan as an environmental educator, my livelihood and that of my employees depends on having clean great lakes, that are not threatened by unstable dangerous pipelines

2141 Karrie Hough MI US

2142 Rob Jenkin MI US

2143 Jill Korendyke MI US

2144 John Laplant MI US

2145 Michael Motta MI US

2146 Amy MacKay MI US It is unconscionable for our state officials, guardians of the public trust, to allow Enbridge another day to trasnport oil under the Straits of Mackinac wil Line 5. Please decommission the twin pipelines today.

2147 Jill Wolgamott MI US Protect our Great Lakes! Shut down Line 5 now!

2148 Gwen Alexander MI US The devastation to aquatic life and beaches and lakeside residents and animal due to this dangerous and ridiculously out of code pipeline is hard to even imagine. Take action. Close this down. The people and animals of Michigan demand safety and protective action.

2149 Aurora Hernandez WI US Water is life

2150 Alison Granger US

2151 Chad Drobny MI US I live in Kalamazoo. I have seen the destruction a ruptured pipeline can do. They ruined the Kalamazoo River. Don't let them ruin the great lakes.

2152 Blake Adams MI US This could break tomorrow. Michigan government in Elbridge needs to realize the cost to the environment and to the company and the people it affects will be substantially Way more than the cost of coming up with a better alternative. As far as I know it comes through Michigan crosses the straits and eventually goes back into Canada . Put common sense before the almighty dollar for once. DA!!!

2153 Pamela Esser MI US

2154 Naomi Call MI US I moved to Michigan from California because of the clean water and air, and the vision of a quality of life that doesn't exist in California. I knew nothing about the pipeline until I had already started my move. I couldn't, and still can't, believe this pipeline actually exists. It is beyond comprehension that this was ever allowed...let alone that it's not being immediately shut down. I witnessed what has happened to the Pacific Ocean with great sorrow. Fukishima is killing one of the largest bodies of water on our planet and no one can stop it. Life will never be the same in the ocean....And when the water that we have now is gone, this precious fresh water ...there isn't any more. Before I moved here I would see photos of Lake Michigan and I was certain they had been altered. I couldn't imagine that we still had a beautiful, unpolluted body of water like I had only experienced in Europe and other countries. I was elated that industries here in Michigan hadn't killed the lakes like we had the rivers in Pittsburgh where I grew up. Please, get over your political agendas and do the right thing. Time is of the essence. May this season bring magic and Joy to ALL life....especially to every being who lives in our lakes...and those who respect and care for our precious environment. Naomi Call

2155 Denice Knicos MI US Please stop the oil in our straits, we live on the south channel of the straits and do not want oil in our water. Too many waters have been ruined and you have a chance to make a difference, Please shut it down.

2156 Jacky Smith GB This pipeline presents a danger to Michigan that is so big it ought to concern the whole world, so I feel that even though I live in the UK, I must add my comment.

2157 Andrea Matthies MI US The Great Lakes is one of the earth's great fresh water resources. Putting this at risk from a quite likely rupture of Line 5 is unconscionable.

2158 Bruce Bustin MI US Live on or around the Great Lakes? Chicago? Grand Rapids? Detroit even? Have city water? Ask yourself this question: “Where does my water come from?” Yep! You guessed it. The Great Lakes. 1/5 of the WORLDS fresh water is in the Great Lakes. We deserve better.

2159 Shaun Cornillie MI US The Great Lakes are our nations greatest natural resource! And they deserve the best technology and care humanity has to offer!

2160 John McMillan MI US No tunnel for the straits. No oil in our waters.

2161 Carol Kuhr MI US



2162 Janice Thomas MI US

2163 James Odell US Decommissioning Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac is the only alternative that will prevent an oil spill with catastrophic consequences for the Great Lakes and the State of Michigan. It is time for the state to act decisively and with urgency.

2164 Julia Sheerin MI US Water is life. And we are entrusted to protect over 80% of this precious resource for the people of the US. Now, and for all generations to come. If we were entrusted with protecting 80% of the oxygen, would we allow a flame to burn in the same vicinity?? Or entrusted with protecting 80% of our nation's children, would we allow a live electrical wire to run though the center of that daycare?? These scenarios are as preposterous as they are unthinkable, and yet a pipeline runs through our fresh water. A 'temporary', aged pipeline that WILL rupture...it's just a matter of time. Time that is running out. This should also be unthinkable, especially to our governor who has a sworn duty to protect us. Common sense dictates that ANY risk to our water is too much risk. The ONLY answer is to tell Canada to route their pipeline through their country so they can shoulder the risk. The immediate shut down of Line 5 is the ONLY solution.

2165 Linda Scribner MI US

2166 Linda McCallum MI US We do not need more studies to prolong the use of this pipeline. It is way past time to seriously commit to clean energy practices instead.

2167 Ryan Clark IN US Be thoughtful and put Michigan’s environment first.

2168 Jackie Burgie MI US We need to shut down pipeline 5. It is not safe for our Great Lakes and the residence who live near these waters.

2169 Joan Harris VA US

2170 Ronald Chapp MI US To our great republican governing body, the pipeline is affecting your lakeside property values, that alone should convince you to shut the line down

2171 Jessica Bachmann US Shut down pipe line 5.

2172 Nanette Betts MI US

2173 Jeff Myshock OR US

2174 Diane Meyer MI US As a U.P. resident who would experience immediate and potentially devastating consequences if Line 5 failed, I urge you to reject this very flawed study and shut down the pipeline. Our Great Lakes are one of the largest clean fresh water supplies in the world...... let's not risk contaminating them with oil and chemicals. Please, please replace this pipeline with a safer, newer, reliable system. I realize our world operates on fossil fuels, and we need such fuels..... but let's think wisely how we move the petroleum around.....

2175 Michelle Shafer RN MI US If Line 5 spills, it will effect 60% of Lake Huron’s open water. 60%!!!Schwab, David (March 2016). "Statistical Analysis of Straits of Mackinac Line 5 Worst Case Spill Scenarios" (PDF). Graham Sustainability Institute at University of Michigan.

2176 Dennsu Davis MI US Shut the line down now

2177 Gladys Guerci MI US The tenacious refusal of Governor Snyder and Bill Schute to take meaningful steps to prevent an inevitable disaster with line 5 does raise many suspicions as to the motivation for doing so. These inactions and resistance to heed warnings and data supplied by experts in the field regarding Enbridge’s line 5 indicate that there is much more behind the scenes of State goverance-and should also be added the the list of concerns.

2178 Tracy Schalk MI US

2179 Shelly F. Williams MI US Why isn't anybody talking about the outdated methods used to weld the pipe sections together when it was constructed????

2180 Ted Stojak MI US

2181 Rick Collins IL US

2182 Kevin Szprychel IL US

2183 Janet Hayes CA US

2184 Pan Godchaux MI US Close down Line 5 now while you wheel and deal over the future of Michigan fresh waters and the Great Lakes. This way we don’t have to have a spill to bring action. That would be too late.



2185 Joni Pennington MI US We need to take EVERY precaution to save our Great Lakes and protect the environment of the state of Michigan. Pipeline 5 is a clear and eminent danger to both! Anything less than shutting it down is total negligence and completely irresponsible!! I further propose that if this pipeline is not shut down and Lakes Huron & Michigan are compromised that besides Enbridge, current Governor, Rick Snyder, is held PERSONALLY accountable and liable for damages to the lakes and the surrounding environment AND personally financially accountable for loss of property and income to EVERY RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN AND OTHER EFFECTED GREAT LAKE STATES.

2186 Pauline Feltner MI US

2187 Suz McLaughlin MI US SHUT IT DOWN period! No more back room deals with Enbridge. The CITIZENS of MICHIGAN DEMAND TRANSPARENCY!

2188 Elaine Sanderson US We only have 1 Michigan, we cannot make another. I was born and raised here. I love my state and its diversity. We have the largest fresh water bodies in the country. It is our responsibility to protect it for ourselves and our children. Kalamazoo oil spill is still leaving devastation years later. Shut down Line 5 it is not an if it happens oil spills that will kill thousands and destroy our land but a when.... put life before money.

2189 Kate DeRosier MI US Michiganders hold dear the precious resource of the Great Lakes. Our state, more than any other, is defined by our Great Lakes. and we hold a major stake in the stewardship of our Great Lakes which are too vital to be held hostage to Canadian-corporate oil interests. Please shut down Enbridge Line 5 immediately and permanently. No new pipeline, no tunnel, no other options are prudent measures. Preserve, protect, defend our Great Lakes.

2190 Jesse Moran MI US

2191 Kim Diment MI US As a business owner dealing in Nature -related art of Michigan my livelihood is at stake if the GreatLakes are polluted with fossil fuels.

As a partial owner of property on the Northern lakeshore of Lake Huron and Central Lakehore of Lake Michigan my Propery value is threatened if the Great Lakes are polluted with fossil fuels.

As citizens of Michigan and of the planet our right to fresh water is being threatened in a way that cannot be measured if the Great Lakes our polluted with fossil fuels.

My comment on the Enbridge Line 5 is to deconstruct it and do away with it completely in Michigan. The fossil fuel flowing through this pipe benefits Enbridge and Canada. The number of jobs it creates is minuscule and not worth the risk to Michigan business, tourism and drinking water.

"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" is a well-known phrase in the United States Declaration of Independence. The phrase gives three examples of the "unalienable rights" which the Declaration says have been given to all human beings by their creator, and which governments are created to protect. As I see it Enbridge Line 5 threatens all 3 of my unalienable rights as an American Citizen.

2192 Sheryl Burns MI US Just shut it down for everyone's safety and the safety of our magnificent Great Lakes and all the life it contains.

2193 Tom Mead MI US

2194 Deyar Jamil MI US An oil spill in the Great Lakes would be catastrophic to Michigan's environment and economy. Today's politicians should not be allowed to sell the right to use our Great Lakes to entities like Enrbidge who have a documented history of lying, polluting, and failing to clean up their mess. Governor Snyder, you do not own our public waters and you should not engage in deals to sell our water rights behind our backs. By the way, if you're so interested in water, maybe you should clean up the Flint water supply?

2195 Lauren Clark MI US Protect the water!!!

2196 Gabrielle King MI US

2197 John Woell MI US As someone who lives in Marshall, I can attest to the damage an issue with a pipeline would cause. Unfortunately, the consequences in the Straits would be exponentially worse. Please, shut down Line 5. Do the right thing for our Great Lakes and the State of Michigan.

2198 Cecilia Garcia-Linz MI US Stop line 5

2199 Renee Herman MI US

2200 Roth Woods MI US

2201 Mary Jane Shafto MI US We have learned from The Deep Water Horizon and the Exxon Valdize that big oil companies can not be trusted to protect our precious water. Do Not allow the Line 5 to be built under the Straits of Mackinaw. Earth cannot afford the risk. NO LINE 5!



2202 Dianne Haehn MI US The world will be scrambling for clean, pure water in the future. Learn from the past! Do not put any "lines" in the Great Lakes, especially line 5. Water is essential.

2203 Jeannine Palms IN US Shut it down permanently. Anything short of that is a risk to this beautiful place where I and most of my ancestors have spent our whole lives. Protect all lives here by shutting it down. Thank you.

2204 Charles Eichenlaub MI US Enough talking! Please shut down Line 5 . Our future is at stake. No more environmental disasters!!!!

2205 Kyle DeGroff MI US If this oil pipeline were to rupture, it would absolutely devastate one of our world's largest bodies of fresh water & the surrounding environments & communities that depend on it.

2206 Robert Mcmurray MI US Please close line 5.

2207 Patti Laubaugh LA US Dear Gov. Snyder:

I don't know who your are in bed with concerning this Enbridge debacle. I invite you to take a moment and sit down to read past ignorance that began (long ago) the ruination of Michigan's precious natural resources.

Let's begin with Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' book, adverse use of pesticide beginning in the 1950s...on to 1970s PBB contamination and the Superfund cleanup....the Kalamazoo River, Flint's water crisis, 1970s dumping battery acid near Grand Rapids waterways and the list goes on.

Shutting down Line 5 is a preventative measure that will help protect Michigan's MOST PRECIOUS waterways and lakes...we can't live without clean water. If you continue flirting with this disaster you are putting not just the citizens of Michigan at risk for disaster, but the entire United States of America.

Sound like exxageration? I think not. Fracking, digging into aquifers, mining and irresponsible farming are non-preventative measures slowly killing our precious waterways.

YOU have in your power the authority to prevent Enbridge from continuing to blatantly ignore public safety, the future health risks to all, and the State of Michigan's precious resource, clean water. As an elected postion you have been entrusted the power to protect the state and the people from harm.

I ask you again: who are you in bed with? Enbridge and their lack of responsibility or are you Michigan's precious leader entrusted with state's future?

Patti Laubaugh

2208 Cathye Williams MI US It is time for you to put the health and safety of the people of this State before all else.

2209 Barbara Murray MI US A leak in line 5 is clearly a disaster waiting to happen. There is no way any clean up effort would be successful. Shut down line 5 NOW.

2210 Sara Culver MI US This pipeline presents a clear and present danger to our most precious resource: water. For those of us who have loved the Great Lakes and for those whose lives depend on them, protecting them against this horrible threat must be of the most urgent importance.

2211 Mark Kapel MI US

2212 Lon Herman MI US Line 5 is a direct threat to the State of Michigan's economy and environment and must be shut down rather than just repaired. It is a threat to global climate to keep pumping fossil fuels out of the ground and polluting the environment.In addition, as a property holder on Lake Huron a break in Line 5 would make my property worthless. Shut It Down, NOW!!

2213 Fern Spence MI US Line 5 benefits are not significant when compared to the costs and risks. There are too many flaws in the pipeline therefore an urgency to decommission the pipeline now.

2214 Alyssa VanEerden MI US It is time for the state to reject the flawed study, exercise its affirmative legal duty as public trustee of the Great Lakes and bottomlands, and shut down Line 5. The state should use that authority to revoke the 1953 easement agreement that Enbridge has consistently violated.

2215 Steve Allie MI US

2216 Soamer Jamil MI US

2217 Cynthia Snyder MI US Do the right thing, Gov. Snyder. No amount of money could ever restore the pristine waters, picturesque shoreline, and diverse flora and fauna of the Great Lakes once they have been ravaged by an oil spill. Just ask those living along the Gulf Coast . . .

2218 Kelsey Paulus-Shufflebarger

MI US Kelsey Shufflebarger - The Line 5 data are in. It is unsafe and needs to be shut down.



2219 Ted Kenyon MI US

2220 Greg Mussio MI US The Great Lakes are our most important resource. Stop putting corporate profits of Enbridge above the voters of Michigan. We can get oil elsewhere, we cannot replace pure water.

2221 Allison Barbour MI US

2222 Anne Foote WI US I can't believe that you would put Michigan's fresh water at risk. We have seen too many of Enbridge's mishandling of their lines in this state already. This would also put in jeopardy "PURE" Michigan's tourism. No one would want to visit Michigan's OILY shores. Not to mention the damage it could do to Michigan's fishing for the sportsmen.

2223 Sam DiMaio IN US The risk is just too great. This is our drinking water that also supports billions of dollars in tourism. Please shut this line down now.

2224 Gloria Rivera IHM MI US Do the right thing: protect the Great Lakes and the legacy you want to leave for our children and their children down to the 7th generation. Also, hold company accountable.

2225 Sandi DiSante MI US Please retire this pipeline and come up with something new-it's time!

2226 Cathy Ferguson MI US Shut down Line 51 We need to protect our Great Lakes! Clean water is far more important than corporate profits.

2227 Micah Stupak NY US I am not a local, this is true, but my family has many long-standing ties to the UP and I visit at least once every year. Honestly, I consider it home. I think the pure, unspoiled beauty of Michigan and the Great Lakes shouldn't be under threat by an oil pipeline at one of the state's most iconic locations. Pipelines are not foolproof. They will fail. Let's not tempt fate.

2228 Kasey Hutchinson MI US Water is our most valuable resource for generations to come. Please keep pipe line 5 out of our beautiful lakes.

2229 Robert Baisch MI US Why jeopardize the largest source of fresh water in the world? Line 5 needs to be shut down and dismantled NOW before a catastrophe occurs.

2230 Jean Bergman MI US Line 5 is a huge danger to our lakes. Please stop this before it is too late. The Kalamazoo river spill was bad, but a break in line 5 would be catastrophic. The possibilities are too dangerous to consider.

2231 Debbi Kilborn MI US You may consider this pipeline in our beautiful straights as having a minimum risk of a leak but why would you take even a minimal chance with all that is at stake. Take care of our lakes or find a new job!!!

2232 Mark Mutchler NC US How long will this go on? It's one lie after another, one problem after another, one more official declaring it's time to close the pipeline & yet Enbridge keeps plodding on. Their history of problems & deceit are inexcusable. Why can't our elected officials listen to the people they are supposed to represent. the pipeline benefits a very small percentage of Michiganders & yet we assume the incredible risk it poses. It's obviously about the money. Close the pipeline & save the Great Lakes!

2233 Scott Diment MI US SHUT IT DOWN!!,to much to lose

2234 Edward Crippen MI US edward crippen,State of Michigan,Think through the "what if? " scenarios that may occur if/when the pipeline fails beneath the Lake. Do not pass this onto the next generations, fix it now and let Enbridge reroute their line through their country.

2235 Gloria Switzer MI US Shutting down Line 5 is the only way to 100% protect the Great Lakes. Water is Life! Do your moral duty to protect All Life that will drastically and mortally forever change when Line 5 breaks.

2236 Leonard Heether MI US You have shown already a disregard for the safety of our public water supply with your actions (or lack thereof) towards the Kalamazoo River Spill, the horrendous Flint lead episode, and the giveaway of the Mecosta area supply to Nestle, and whichever as yet unreported back door deals made. Don't continue this pattern further by endangering our crown jewels, the Great Lakes with the abrasive tar sands oil of Athabasca. It is past time to end the relationship with Enbridge and Koch Industries. Think of the residents of the "Water Wonderland" for once. "Pure Michigan" indeed!

2237 Charlie Simonds WI US

2238 Bonnie Lalley MI US

2239 Carol Perrault MI US

2240 Shannon Thor MI US

2241 Becky Michael TX US



2242 Sue Chard TN US These pipelines are nothing but a disaster waiting to happen... as we now know thanks to the efforts of public groups that have the guts to tell us about it. Mainstream media is now worthless, good for watching nothing but garbage TV shows. As more and more truth comes out, people will see... and we will FORCE our politicians to listen, or they'll be out their cushy, overpaid jobs.

2243 Jillian Devries MI US

2244 John Archangeli MI US Why are our elected leaders SELLING US/MICHIGAN OUT to a Canadian company transporting Canadian oil through the Straits to Canadian refinerys? Follow the $$$ trail - Enbridge has deep pockets and you can be certain that Snyder will benefit handsomely!

2245 Jamie Pauline US Shut down this dangerous pipeline!

2246 Gary Pudvan MI US

2247 Don Springer MI US Shutdown line 5 for the future of Michigan.

2248 Bruce Dobben IL US The Great Lakes region will eventually become a major source of seafood for the world. Aquatic life in the Pacific Ocean has become contaminated by the nuclear plume of the Fukushima prefecture nuclear meltdown. It is imparitive to shut down line5 and create a clean aquatic environment for future fresh-water farming at a world-wide supply level. Line5 is too old to safely operate and response time could never be quick enough as not to destroy our Great Lakes. Make the right decision and shut it down!

2249 Lori Kennedy MI US Another example of politicians taking short cuts. More of the same. No visionaries in that group, unfortunately.

2250 Carissa Nielsen MI US

2251 Andrew Geelhoed MI US Andrew Geelhoed

2252 Michael Kostrzewa MI US

2253 Scott Werly MI US Protect our Great Lakes! Shut down line 5!

2254 Richard Burgie Mi US Please prevent a devastating oil spill in the Straits of Mackinac. This old pipeline has had inadequate supports, unprotected surface and corrosion. Shut down line 5 NOW! No more delays.

2255 Nancy Garling MI US Shut down line 5. It is too risky for our state.

2256 Michael Diaz MI US

2257 Barbara Olson MI US As a citizen of Michigan, I agree with everything this petition states and am urging the responsible parties to decommission Line 5 immediately.

2258 Anna Dituri FL US

2259 Leo Gnatovskiy GA US

2260 Margo Behler MI US shut that pipeline down!!!!!

2261 Jim Davis MT US

2262 Julie Roberts MI US We can't afford to have any leaks in the Great Lakes, our biggest source of fresh water. Why wish it??

2263 Deborah Ladner MI US This is one fifth of the world's fresh water supply. It is far too crucial to jeopardize it for corporate profit. Shut down this ticking time bomb.

2264 Byron Collier IN US The risk is too great, shut down Line 5 now.

2265 Tammy McLane IL US Please shutdown Line 5 and keep our Great Lakes clean and safe for all people in the Midwest.

2266 Patricia O'Connell MI US

2267 Christopher Schuba MI US Line 5 has outlived its useful lifetime and should be decommissioned immediately before it contaminates the Great Lakes and endangers the health and livelihoods of all of us in the Great Lakes basin. Governor Snyder, you have let down all Michiganders again by ignoring the greater good and allowing this to happen.

2268 Doreen Murray MI US Governor Snyder,It will be far more expensive to remediate the effects of a pipeline break than to shut pipeline #5 down. Do the right thing, no more backroom deals. You're already on the hook for Flint water crisis, do you want to also have the distinction of letting the great lakes be permanently fouled?

2269 Loretta Siddall MI US decommison line 5 the pipeline



2270 Ian Thompson MI US The protection of our fresh water should be at the upmost of concern. We must learn from past evironmental catastrophic mishaps, and ensure actions are taken now to prevent one from happening with Line 5.

2271 Blake Merkel GA US

2272 Nancy Vander Vere MI US We MUST prevent a Great Lakes Oil Spill now and for future generations. LIne 5 in the Straits should not be allowed to continue to operate. This must not be made political but the State of Michigan must take legal responsibility to stop this. Your urgency is required now!

2273 Rosemary Mifsud MI US

2274 Thomas Shaver MI US There is little or nothing in the way of evidence that can added at this point that hasn’t already been stated by concerned citizens and scientific experts in prior testimony. It has become painfully obvious that well established facts are irrelevant to the public officials charged with safeguarding our Great Lakes and public welfare in this matter. The nonsense surrounding this issue has shades of the political clown act that resulted in the Flint water catastrophe. I pray this pipeline holds until the next election cycle when the public will solve the matter once and for all.

2275 Mike Kowieski IL US

2276 Mary Schimmel MI US mary schimmel

2277 Lynn Armbruster MI US It is absolutely shameful that governor Snyder’s backroom deals with Enbridge continue to leave our pristine Great Lakes in grave peril. The time to shut down line 5 is BEFORE a massive, catastrophic spill occurs. We must hold Snyder and Schuette accountable for their actions. Shut down line 5 immediately. A spill of any proportion will cripple the straights area tourism for many years to come.

2278 Colleen Crandell MI US

2279 Andrea McKee MI US Andrea McKee

2280 Melissa Arrowsmith MI US We cannot risk these precious fresh water resources, not just for our state but for the rest of the world. Enbridge has proven they cannot be trusted. Shut down Line 5.

2281 Patrick McGloon MI US Keep our water pure!

2282 Bentley Johnson MI US Please act in the interest of the people of Michigan, now and for many generations to come.

2283 Gregory Hatt MI US Please Protect Our Water for the Sake of Life on Earth

2284 Marc Rea MI US

2285 Doug Spence MD MI US Stop this line fortherisks to public health

2286 Christine Sammel IL US As a Michigan property owner and taxpayer, I want Line 5 taken out of service NOW!

2287 Lyn Berling IN US

2288 Barbara Wotila MI US "Pure Michigan" That should say it all. The risk of oil contamination would be hugely detrimental not only to we local residents, but to the vital tourism business. Just the "Pure Michigan" branding should be enough to SHUT IT DOWN. It's simply too dangerous .

2289 Taylor Bradshaw MI US Our state government should not put the Great Lakes, our health and the health of the ecosystems that could be damaged, drinking water, fisheries, and way of life at risk from a catastrophic oil spill any longer. In fact, on November 16, the Coast Guard Coast commandant testified again to Congress that his agency is not prepared to clean up a large-scale pipeline oil spill in the Great Lakes. We cannot afford to to risk our greatest asset as a state.

2290 Pat Samolewski MI US

2291 Pamela Letourneau CA US

2292 Gavin Bornholtz MI US

2293 Tiara Harter MI US

2294 Gail Stelick MI US We need action, not lip service. This is your opportunity as governor to finally do what's right for all the citizens if our great state and shut line 5 down.

2295 William Sellers MI US Shut down line 5 now.

2296 Magy Endsley MI US It is a travesty to believe our politicians won't support this shutdown. Our natural resources are at risk.

2297 Annie Morrison MI US

2298 Nancy Prena MI US Shut down Line 5 NOW, before something horrible happens to our Great Lakes!

2299 Ilze Hammersley OH USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �100 oilandwaterdontmix.org


2300 Mike Romzick MI US Line 5 is unsafe.

2301 Jennifer Viren MI US

2302 Stephanie Voelck MI US Shutting down Line 5 is the only way to ensure the safety of our health, livelihoods and LIFE. Please listen. Hear us!

2303 William Costley MI US We must shut Line 5 down NOW! We can’t risk a disaster like Enbridge had in Kalamazoo in the Great Lakes !

2304 Julie DuChateau MI US Julie DuChateau

2305 Catherine Ward MI US Shut down line 5

2306 Kathleen Friedrichs MI US Save our Great Lakes! Stop Line 5!

2307 Joanie Abbott MI US Gov. Snyder, You're not listening to the people of Michigan or to your own commission. A tunnel is no more acceptable than the current pipeline. It is Enbridge's responsibility to find an acceptable alternative that doesn't put our fresh water at risk.

2308 Dennis Hendricks MI US Failure to shut down this pipeline KNOWING the catastrophic risk potential is gross negligence on those in authority. Is this another Flint water or Wolverine World Wide scenario?

2309 Stephen Berry OH US The benefits to Michigan and the USA are not worth the risk to the Great Lakes--all for the enrichment of a Canadian company and its stockholders.

2310 Chris Botkin MI US It is time to shutdown Line 5.

2311 Jeremy Chavayda OH US Shut down Line5. It's continued use threatens all of the Great Lakes.

2312 Mary Beth Seefelt MI US

2313 Nicolette Grubb MI US I live in Hessel, within 35 miles of 3 Great Lakes. How special is that. I am blessed every day because of the great beauty in this area. I have been told that my propane will go up if they shut down line 5. Frankly, I don't care if it does. I live on a fixed income and am retired but some things are more important than financial considerations. I want my 3 grandsons to be able to love and appreciate this special place for all of their lifetimes. Enbridge has a bad environmental track record. please shut down line 5.

2314 David Tillitson MI US

2315 John Christopher MI US John Christopher

2316 Jean Kermode MI US Save the Great Lakes!

2317 Marcia Curran MI US

2318 Kelley Cranford MI US

2319 Aaron Martin MI US

2320 Jeff Annatoyn MI US Please shut down Line 5 before there is a catastrophic failure. It makes absolutely no sense to keep it operational. There is no good reason.

2321 Kathleen Lessard MI US My father worked on the pipeline's initial construction during a summer in college. At the age of 84 last year he fought to educate people on the dangers of the pipeline. It was built to last 50 years, not 65 years plus. I wish to continue my father's efforts to shut down Line 5.

2322 Lisa Kahl MI US

2323 Elizabeth McNicholas IL US Let's be smarter than those who enabled and executed this mistake in the first place.

2324 Michelle Woznicki MI US Not even one oil spill, no matter how small, or plans by Enbridge to "contain a spill", are acceptable in the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes are priceless.

The greed of our Governor, Canada, and Enbridge is just sickening. The Great Lakes belong to the people. And they have clearly spoken! Shut down line 5 forever.

Michelle Woznicki2980 Bender RoadMiddleville MI 49333

2325 Bud DeGuc OR US Clean and healthy water are essential to life. No one has the right to jeopardize this for any amount of cash. Shut down this pipeline for good.

2326 Kristina Lishawa MI US



2327 Tom Heintzkill MI US I am a small business owner who services the fishing industry in Northern Michigan and UP. I find it totally ironic that the DEQ can shut down my customers for not changing fuel lines in their fishing vessels for water protection but turn a blind eye to an antiquated pipeline built 64 years ago and is missing the protective coatings and the line itself is totally fatigued from underwater current e postures for 64 years. You.are playing with a major disaster at the expense of all Michigan residents. I thought your job responsibility is to protect your state and citizens. Do the right thing before it's too late.

2328 Stacy Shafto MI US The decision to allow Enbridge to take grave risks with our Great Lakes is unconscionable. Governor Snyder, will this be your legacy?

2329 Jaime Canavan MI US I have been fortunate to call Northern Michigan my home for 37 years. As a child, my parents would often take me to places along the Lake Michigan shoreline such as Traverse City, Petoskey, Harbor Springs and Mackinac Island. I love this area of Michigan so much that when I was 18 years old, almost immediately after graduation, I took a job on Mackinac Island. What was supposed to be just a summer job turned into me making this island my second home. I have been fortunate enough to befriend many of the island locals. They are a very tight knit community of wonderful people. When I think about the devastation that an oil spill would cause not just to my favorite little island and the friends that live on that island, but to the entire state of Michigan I feel a wide range of emotions- heartache, despair, frustration and anger. There is absolutely no reason that a pipeline should be running through the Straits of Mackinac, especially given Enbridge's track record. The cons of that outdated relic laying at the bottom of the Straits far outweigh the pros and it is time to shut that Line down! Given all the flack that Mr. Snyder has received regarding the Flint water crisis, it seems that he would want to take greater care to protect our waters. It's becoming more apparent that Snyder does not care about the State of Michigan, its waters or its people, but instead cares more about making a buck. Shame on you Governor. You know what the right thing to do is, so do the right thing- Shut Down Line 5!

2330 Melissa Vernon WI US As a Michigan native, and now resident of a neighboring Great Lake state, I urge you to consider the disastrous ramifications of a potential leak or spill of the Enbridge pipeline. Shut it down before winter ice forms.

2331 Rob Weber CT US

2332 Valerie Groening MI US Consider the children of this State and the future of this most precious water resource. Be the Change!

2333 Ashley Rogalski MI US

2334 Dennis Koscielniak MI US I also have a Home in Jones Mi. on a lake and I know well of the MAJOR spill in Mich.

2335 Gina Tolfa MI US Growing up in Michigan, I spent my summers exploring the natural wonders of our great state provided by the Great Lakes. Climbing the Sleeping Bear Dunes, salmon fishing on Lake Michigan, and spending days playing on the pristine beaches make up a majority of my memories. Losing that piece of my life to something so horrible like an oil spill would just break my heart. I dream of sharing those kinds of memories with my family in the future. Please, from the bottom of my heart, think about what keeping this line open would do to our future generations.

2336 Donato Daddario MI US Please protect our Beautiful and irreplaceable Great Lakes by shutting down the Line 5 pipeline. Please stand up for your constituents and our environment. We want to continue to be PURE Michigan.

2337 Margaret Cheste CA US

2338 Debraann Severns MI US The Great Lakes are essential to our Michigan way of life. A spill would be disastrous for People and ecological systems. Please shut down Line #5What we stand to lose from a spill in our precious Great Lakes cannot be replaced or replicated.

2339 Jeanne Newman FL US Do not destroy the most important water way because of your greed. Shut down Line 5 immediately!

2340 Katherine Dunn ON CA

2341 Rosemary Smith MI US It is time for the Govenor and the Attorney General to protect this state. Please stand up and do your job!

2342 Peggy Ferro MI US Prevent a Great Lakes catastrophe, close Line 5

2343 Michael Gallagher MI US This is a start for correcting problems with line 5, however, more needs to be done to shut down the potential risk and problems with line 5 to Lake Michigan!

2344 Melissa Spray MI US

2345 Shirley Burga MI US Line 5 needs to be shut down, I always vote.

2346 Zhulieta Stoyanova MI US



2347 Rob Groesbeck MI US Shut it down NOW. Today. Permanently. It's just too risky, and carries that dirty Tar Sands Oil. Move AWAY from fossil fuels. Protect our Straits. Do it NOW.

2348 Gareth Dhaillecourt MI US The destruction of so much fresh water would set this world into a tail spin that it would never recover from for centuries.

2349 Joan Kmotorka MI US

2350 Tom and Lois Marshall MI US The only way to ensure the Great Lakes remain great is to shut line 5 permanently and not tunnel under the straits.

2351 Pat Griffin PA US Thank you in advance for doing what is right for all peoples.

2352 Julie Lang MI US

2353 Alan N. Connor MI US Alan N. Connor

2354 Hans Teichman MI US Imagine Michigan’s economy when our Great Lakes are killed by an oil spill. Financial and gift gains are not worth the long-term destruction of the Great Lakes basins’ environment.

2355 Rachel Walker WI US

2356 Kriss Wells MN US Kriss E Wells

2357 Marianne Dunn MI US Shut down Line 5!! No amount of cost or inconvenience is too great to protect our beautiful, beloved lake waters!

2358 Lenny Segel AK US There is nothing more important to the future of the State of Michigan than the safety of the Great Lakes

2359 Bruce Brainard MI US Bruce Brainard wants clean water

2360 John DAgostini MI US

2361 Molly van Niekerk MI US Please help protect the beautiful and pristine Great Lakes. Their value is far above the short term value of quick transport of oil.

2362 Christina Yates OH US Protect America and our Great Lakes

2363 Gary Anderson NJ US It's time to shut down this unsafe oil delivery system before it fails and seriously pollutes one of our greatest national resources

2364 Margaret Littin MI US margaret littin

2365 Abigail Deloria MI US Clean fresh water is crucial to the sustainability and security of the Great Lakes region and our nation. Oil should not travel through or under the Great Lakes.

2366 Mary Armstrong MI US Please shut down line 5 and save our precious Great Lakes. How can you even think of taking a chance on destroying them.

2367 Stanette Amy MI US Protecting the health safety and well-being of the people of Michigan is or should be the governments highest calling. Shut down line 5 now

2368 David Nawara IL US Stop risking the future of our planets best fresh water source. It's easily not worth the money and highly irresponsible. If a failure happens then our leadership will go down in infamy for their misuse of public resources. Please don't let this come to be. Shut down line 5!

2369 LuAnn Heinert MI US "Side deals" and "Big Money" lobbying has gotten our state and this country in a multitude of short-term rather than long-term decision-making faux pas. You were placed in office to be the voice of the people, not big business. Please do the right thing and SHUT DOWN LINE 5!

2370 Bob Sutherland MI US Shut down Line 5.

There are no safe alternatives. The lake is too valuable to risk.

2371 Marilyn Johnson MI US

2372 Ken Ellison MI US Shut down line 5 under our fresh water Great Lakes. Canadian pumped oil can be delivered a more safe way. This will be a catastrophic disaster when it leaks

2373 Jo And Frank Tosiello MI US

2374 Emily Arbut MI US We all are so proud of our beautiful fresh water, Great Lakes state. These waters are the reason that so many love to call this state home and why so many others chose to visit. Imagine the impact to both the ecosystem and the economy if Line 5 were to leak. The current state of the crumbling pipeline is truly horrifying and the fact that this state administration and, those before it, have done nothing to stop it is truly embarrassing. If politicians won’t stand up for our Great Lakes, this movement demonstrates that we, the people, will! Kudos to all that have made their voice heard.

2375 Kristine Van Noord MI US



2376 Antonia P. Mellos MI US

2377 Sean Martineau MI US Save our waters!!

2378 Paul Scott MI US

2379 Annette Kukek MI US Shame on you Gov. Synder and Attorney General Schuette! Backroom deals.. when are you going to protect our waters????

2380 Peter Lehnert MI US i find it despicable that certain decisions effecting the health and safety of millions of people are made behind closed doors without consulting those people. especially so, when these same people have negligently already poisoned the people of the city of flint, michigan, another example of criminal negligence. peter lehnert

2381 Marilyn Hay CA US The Great Lakes are the largest fresh water reservoir in the world and we already allowed them to become too polluted. Pipelines leak - it's time to stop building them in environmentally sensitive areas. Line 5 needs to be shut down for good, and laws made to prohibit ever laying pipelines under the lakes ever again.

2382 Jennifer Tobin Haydock

MI US Please Shut Down Piplene 5!!!!!

2383 Marcia Quayle MI US Protect out Lakes!Shut down Line 5



2384 Al and Michelle LaBrecque

MI US A 64--year old pipeline under the Straits, subject to violent winds recently creating 8' waves, the currents through the Straits between Lakes Michigan & Huron, deterioration & damages to the pipeline after 64 years under the harshest conditions. Straits ice is legend! Enbridge officials wined & dined northern Michigan municipal elected officials being "assured" Line 5 was safe. Most, if not all, bought in for eats & drinks! Shame on 'em!

FACT: Line 5 carries dirty crude oil from western Canada , to Wisconsin to a shortcut through the Straits and Michigan, to eastern Canada at Sarnia, Ont. 90% going to Canada!

God forbid a spill should occur anywhere, most especially in the Straits. If it does occur before Enbridge heeds the well documented warnings from University of Michigan experts, to northern Michigan local activists who have repeatedly petitioned Gov. Snyder to take appropriate action, and have been ignored, WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!

The Michigan Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, submitted a Resolution at its 2014 Convention, petitioning the Gov. & Legislators to shut Line 5 down. This shouldn't be a partisan issue. Apparently the oil interests, Enbridge specifically, is in collusion with the GOP leadership & devoted followers in the Michigan Legislature.

Not the first Michigan encounter with Enbridge; i.e. 1.2 million gallon spill in the Kalamazoo River watershed. Fail Safe? I wouldn't wager my political career on it. Dazzled with Brilliance & Baffled by B.S.!



2385 Hugh Gurney MI US

2386 Jeffrey Watson WA US Shut it down.

2387 Lisa Reminga MI US

2388 Dennis Platt IA US

2389 John Masterson MI US One thing is crystal clear. If we want our State resources protected, Schuette should not be elected to any office in the State of Michigan. It's a bl;easing we are getting rid of the current non-leader.

2390 Rodney Weathers NC US

2391 Mary Nougier OR US Mary Irene Nougier Since oil companies are not responsible for any damages , they put in substandard material that is bound to fail. The ecosystem can't afford this.

2392 Barb Coddington CO US Barb Coddington Do you understand this has to stop or it will kill us?

2393 Geneva Harter IN US This line is not worth the risk of an ecosystem collapse

2394 Elaine Tanay SC US We need to fight for the environment this administration trying to destroy

2395 Danita Maggio MI US

2396 Jodi Holden MI US

2397 Jennifer Reame MI US Jennifer E Reame

2398 Karen Gould OH US Shut the pipeline down now.

2399 Travis Trombley MI US The study is a direct conflict of interest to the well being of our Great Lakes. As with any potential oil spill, the effects are never completely reversed, and clean up is always at devastating expense to the tax payer. I refuse to support any giant corporation that privatizes it's profits while socializing it's liability, which Enbridge has a long history of. I implore, and demand, that you SHUT DOWN LINE 5, and protect one of the most unique resources in our nation.

2400 Matthew Rymond MI US Matthew Rymond: we must protect our lakes! Shut this down until environmental safety is certain.

2401 Constance Chiodini MI US Great Lakes will not be great if we do nothing to protect them and our greatest asset, “pure” water.

2402 Mike Duffy MI US

2403 Gregory Campbell MI US

2404 Amy Barron MI US

2405 Gail Overbeck MI US Do what's RIGHT and shut Line 5 down! Be a true leader and stand for protecting our Great Lakes.

2406 Joshua Kersjes MI US

2407 Linda Bodzin MI US Please use common sense and protect our fresh waters!

2408 Debra Hall MI US

2409 Thomas S Stanton MI US Let’s also not forget that we must decarbonize the entire U.S. energy economy by 2050 or earlier. Repairing or replacing the pipeline simply costs too much and takes funding away from cheaper, better options.

2410 Rochelle Wolf MI US Please Protect Our Beautiful Great Lakes. Shut Down Line 5. We All Deserve Clean Water.It affects all Living Creatures Its up to all of Us to Help Protect Our Environment.

2411 Diane Sanborn MI US No one has the right to jeopardize our environment like these money hungry people. There are so many manufacturing jobs here in Michigan that are not being filled! They can’t use this to say they are helping unemployed workers Not anymore!

2412 Jim Brinkman MI US

2413 Mary Moore MI US

2414 Patricia Boyle MI US The great lakes are precious!

2415 Amy Hepper MI US

2416 Kathy Rollins MI US

2417 Nels Oman MI US I would like to come in on the fact that I have powers regional movement which would propose oil and gas and genders throughout Lake Michigan. Any movement towards a pro oil and gas economy in the Great Lakes would increase the likelihood of a catastrophic environmental event, Which would likely include some sort of oil or gas leak into her pristine waters

2418 Krystle Saylon MI USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �106 oilandwaterdontmix.org


2419 Trenten Feyen MI US

2420 Dianna Metiva MI US I have done numerous surveys and have not changed my mind. Our great lakes need to be protected...shut oit down!

2421 Howard Prince MI US

2422 Laura Reiher MI US You have no right to endanger =the health of Michiganders and the Great Lakes by allowing this pipeline to continue any longer. Wasn’t Flint enough of a debacle for you? Do something that will make your grandchildren proud - shut down Line 5.

2423 Dan Wagner MI US

2424 Victoria Sylvester MI US

2425 Kaitlyn Hope MI US

2426 Terisa LaLonde MI US Keep our Great lakes clean. Shut down line 5.

2427 Michael Wooster MI US Hindsight is 20/20, I don’t think we should sit on this timebomb any longer.

2428 Jessica Rokos MI US Line 5 needs to be shut down. This pipeline has deteriorated way past a usable state. It is dangerous for our Great Lakes ecosystem, our fresh drinking water, and our outdoor lifestyle.

2429 Sally Barnhart MI US

2430 Matthew Renehan MI US

2431 Clarice Aikman MI US Why won't you listen to us? What are you going to say for yourself after the desistar happens. All of our warnings are a matter of record. You won't be able to pretend like you didn't know. Do something now before it's to late. Thank you. Now please

2432 Renee Link MI US

2433 Sarah Jaworowski MI US Don't delay any longer; do what will make our treasure, the Great Lakes, available and clean possible for generations to come.

2434 Brooke Tomcsik IL US Why are we even questioning this? WE. ARE. AT. RISK. Is Snyder just looking for a higher failure than Flint? WHEN Line 5 fails, the state of Michigan will no longer be habitable. Aside from 90% of Michigan drinking water being tainted, the natural beauty will be stripped from the land. Michigan isn't beautiful by accident, it takes CLEAN water.

2435 Barbara Fishback MI US The consequences of a spill are just too high. Please shut down Line 5.

2436 Caitlin Quantock MI US Please consider the views of your constituents as we care deeply about the future of the Great Lakes and, in turn, Michigan's economic health, which relies heavily on our tourism industry. Do the right thing: shut down Line 5.

2437 Bob DeKorne MI US Shut it down NOW!

2438 Nolan Arthur MI US Please shut down line 5. We've seen the horror of the Line 6B leak in 2010, we don't need to re-live the devastation tomorrow or in 2018 with line 5. All life must be respected and mother earth must be protected. Do what's right for all.

2439 Mike Foreman VA US The American Canoe Association strongly urges the State of Michigan to shut down Line 5. Let's do the right thing and shut it down!

2440 Elizabeth Walen MI US Line 5 is 10 years past its intended Usage. NOW is the time to Shut Down Line 5. We continue to see the damage done to the Kalamazoo river and areas.PLEASE do not let the Straits be ruined by Enbridge's greed.

2441 Guy Swansbro US "This we know. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." Chief Seattle circa 1850

2442 Joel Huser MN US Please shut down Line 5 to protect our water resources. No one can drink oil

2443 Samuel Carter MI US This is a danger to the environment, economy, and wellbeing of the Great Lake Region. Practice foresight and shut down Line 5 before a spill occurs.

2444 Dennis Gaida MI US STOP THE DRILLING BEFORE A DISASTER STRIKES! THESE BIG SHOTS HAVE ENOUGH MONEY!!

2445 Linda Baker MI US

2446 Susan Beaver MI US

2447 Larry Robison UT US To continue to put thr Great Lakes at risk with pipeline is a crime. My kids and grandkids love this water, and we owe this to them.



2448 Jean Mitchell MI US The risk is too great. Shut down Line 5 to protect the Great Lakes.

2449 Belinda Smith MI US

2450 Tom Klein MI US

2451 Donna Call MI US Stop them now --- if we wait any longer, we will lose our chance to stop the damage. This is not the time to stall!!!

2452 Pam Yee VA US Shut down Line 5 NOW!!

2453 Marian Horowitz MI US Your family--you, your children, and your grandchildren--live right be the Straits of Mackinac. Will you still favor keeping pipeline 5 open, knowing what will happen when it inevitably breaks? Your job, your drinking water, your kids' jobs, your grandchildren's special needs--all down the drain, so to speak. Put your face on the people who will be affected.

2454 Bob Conway MI US Bob Conway

2455 Kaia Constantinides MI US

2456 Steven Manor US Shut down the pipeline.

2457 Danielle Rose MI US

2458 Deborah Ledford MI US Shut down the pipeline

2459 Ron Kardos MI US

2460 Dale Ossenheimer MI US

2461 Amy Gray CO US This is bullshit. WATER IS LIFE. Defend the Sacred

2462 Diane Pryor MI US

2463 Suzanne Holmes MI US The risk to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of Michigan far exceed any benefits line 5 brings to those residents. Shut line 5 down now and forever.

2464 Jeremy Cronk MI US

2465 Renee Hintz MI US It is short-sighted and irresponsible to keep oil flowing through old pipes in our Great Lakes.

2466 William Northway MI US We all KNOW that your pipeline is going to fail inevitably; that is not an acceptable option. Are you going to be a savior or a polluter; this is a binary choice. What will it be? I can assure you of one thing: I will not stop fighting until the pipeline is out of reach of the Great Lakes.

2467 Marian Love Tabuk ProvinceSA Michigan has already had to deal with years of remediation from the oil pipeline leak on the Kalamazoo River. A spill of any magnitude in the Great Lakes could have substantially worse impact and the effects could extend downstream to other states. The risks outweigh the benefit.

2468 Bob Vance MI US https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoSk9msZFx0&feature=youtu.be

2469 Elizabeth Teeter MI US

2470 Marge Chesney IL US

2471 Bette Hill MI US It’s too old and the danger of a large leak would be catastrophic to Lakes Nichigan and Huron.

2472 Andrew Pirrung WI US As a Wisconsin resident living and recreating along Lake Michigan, I ask you to please take into consideration the far-reaching, negative impacts a spill would have for the entire Great Lakes Ecosystem and everyone who utilizes this tremendous natural resource. You are not only making this decision for the great state of Michigan, but for your neighbors in Wisconsin, and Ontario, and all parties involved in the Great Lakes Compact. The only correct decision in this case is to decommission the pipeline and cease any sort of oil transportation in the Strait.

2473 Marie Clark MI US Marie Clark

2474 Amy Weaver MI US

2475 Robert DeBoef MI US

2476 Sandra Cartwright MI US Please stop the delays. Your responsibility is to the citizens of Michigan and not to Enbridge!

2477 John Trefry CA US



2478 Nancy Gaipa MI US I do not understand why NOTHING was learned from the "Flint Water Crisis." Here we are again in a situation where Michigan officials are willing to endanger the health, lives, and livelihood of not only the Michigan population but also the populations of water-bordering states and our neighbor Canada.

There are no means of cleaning the Great Lakes or any other body of water from oil leaks or spills. Remember the failure of Enbridge's Line 6 B in 2010 near Marshall, MI affecting the Kalamazoo River!

2479 Elias Wreford MI US Please shut down line five. Help to protect our Great Lakes, the environment, tourism, the economy and drinking water for 30+ MILLION AMERICAN PEOPLE. Do the right thing and continue to put people and our environment before corporations profit and greed.

2480 Mary Ann McDonald CA US The only SAFE pipeline is NO pipeline. Why would anyone continue to endanger America's largest freshwater source, when alternative energy technologies are readily available, and viable alternatives to fossil fuel oil exist?? It doesn't safeguard the public health, and it certainly doesn't safeguard our national security! To persist in anything *other than* revoking the 1953 easement and decommissioning line 5 would be madness.

2481 Donna Atkins MI US Shut down line 5 before it ruins our beautiful lakes.

2482 Sam Rose MI US I call on Enbridge, the State of Michigan, and the Federal Government to decommission line 5 , and end the danger to our water and natural resources.

2483 Carol Gagliardi MI US We as Michiganders are responsible for 20% of the WORLD'S FRESH WATER!!!!!!!!! We must take this responsibility seriously!!! History will not remember if some big corporation made or lost money but they will remember if 20% of the world's fresh water is polluted!! It is a simple decision. Stop sucking up to oil companies and protect us, the voters. Do what is right. Shut down LIne 5!!!!!

2484 Benjamin Dobias MI US

2485 Carol Abramson MI US Rick Snyder should be in jail for messing up Flint's water!! Now he wants to chance messing up the Great Lakes for everyone, When will people learn???

2486 Rodney Karromi MI US Risks and costs outweigh the benifits. Shut down line 5!

2487 Dan Helman NY US As a Lake Erie resident I do not support this pipeline.

2488 Hily Trevethan MI US

2489 Dawn Trapp MI US The Great Lakes are one of North America’s most precious resources. They provide food, recreation, education, and physical and mental health (through access to clean drinking water and plain old enjoyment) for millions of people. What happened to the Gulf of Mexico could happen here, and it’s reckless, selfish, and downright stupid of anyone to try to prioritize corporate profits over these huge economic and social benefits. Shut down the pipeline. The fossil fuels will find another way to flow, until we outgrow them entirely.

2490 Zachary Pawlowski MI US

2491 Linda Howard MI US Stop line 5 - our Great Lakes are too important to be jeopardised.

2492 Bernadene Crampton MI US All over this GREAT LAKES state, people do NOT have clean water - Flint, Rockford, and who knows what will turn up in the future. In Muskegon, which is right on Lake Michigan, there were oil refineries that destroyed neighborhood water. I don't want any more nonsense rhetoric about how this cannot affect the future of this beautiful state that has been home to many generations of my family. Just do your job, and get this pipeline out before it destroys all life in Michigan and beyond. Bernadene Crampton

2493 William Stobby MI US Enbridge Line 5 needs to be shut down. The protection of the water and shorelines of Lake Huron is more vital than the small amount of economic benefit it provides to the State of Michigan. Having a pipe line of this,age still operating is irresponsible. Please shut it down.

2494 Mary Joslin MI US NO MORE Line 5 what is in it for Michigan who is getting paid off?

2495 Jane Cline MI US Oil in the Great Lakes will destroy the economy and poison our drinking water. Shut it down permanently.

2496 Robert Estabrook MI US I can't even imagine the environmental impact of an oil spill if Line 5 were to rupture. I can understand Enbridge balking when it comes to picking up the cost to replace Line 5. However, there is little doubt in my mind they'll be able to recoup the money by bumping up the price of their products. Frankly, I am willing to accept higher priced petroleum products to keep our lakes protected. Thanks for the opportunity to share. SHUT DOWN LINE 5 ASAP!!!

2497 Doug Henderson CO US We need to shift rapidly away from fossil fuels, to clean non-carbon energy. The time to stop investing in fossil fuels is NOW!!

2498 Erica Ledesma MI US



2499 Amy Fedor MI US Shut down the pipelines, d ont contaminate Michigan waters. Clean up will be impossible if the lines leak. Save Michigan from disaster

2500 martha kashap ON CA If you don't protect the Great Lakes surrounding the state of Michigan, you are dumber than someone without a brain. You don't deserve to have an office in the state of Michigan. In fact, you are a criminal without a soul.

2501 Jennifer Fish MI US Stop damaging our mother earth stop the pipelines.

2502 Laura A O'Reilly MI US Didn’t we learn anything from the water disaster in Flint?! Do we have to jeopardize the Great Lakes too?! Shut it down now! Let’s get at least an independent evaluation.

2503 Jerri Paynter MI US Water is life

2504 Lucynda Thrushman MI US Kalamazoo will never be the same because of this company, Flint has made thousands sick and you were part of that, Mr. Snyder if you do nothing and this pipeline blows you have ruined the water and livelihood of your state, how will you explain that to your grand children, do your job, shut it down!

2505 Ann Lehman MI US

2506 Ronald Martineau MI US

2507 Paul Olszewski MI US

2508 Kathleen Hanley MI US

2509 Sara Gunderson WI US

2510 Roald Bøe FR NL Roald Bøe

2511 Michael Jasperse MI US The engineers gave this line an expected service life and it is gone past that. This asset has served it's purpose and needs to be retired. All engineering and financial considerations were bad on the expected service life. We're past that. Shut it down as was the plan.

2512 Buffy Turner WA US Water is Life ~ Ama Ulisgediyu. Please do the right thing. Prayers going up.

2513 Chelsea Striker MI US

2514 Monica Unseld KY US

2515 Michele Gustafson MI US As guardians of these amazing bodies of fresh water, we must do all that we can to keep them pure for generations to come. An oil spill in the straits would be a disaster for the lakes and the millions who depend on them for their drinking water and livelihood. Shut down Line 5!

2516 Reverend Dr Ellen Sokolow

NY US

2517 Kathy Kae WI US Line 5 must be removed to protect our Great Lakes. Once a leak happens, that's it, the waters are polluted. Why are we taking a chance with that?

2518 Tori Cress ON CA I live on an island community in the Great Lakes water system. Line 5 must be shut down as the risk outweighs any argument that an Enbridge supported report can attempt to present.

2519 Stephanie Atkins MI US

2520 Brenda Perry TX US Shut it Down Now! Save our Lakes and Drinking water!

2521 Christine Mehuron MI US

2522 Judith Hainaut IA US The Great Lakes are a precious resourse - too important to continue this dangerous gamble. Shut it down!

2523 Marjorie Marks MI US We, as Michiganders, have heard from our Governor how much he will do to protect our great state and the people who live here. Allowing Line 5 to continue to operate goes against the promises of our Governor. Allowing a tunnel to be built for the oil goes against the promises of our Governor. Allowing any chance at all that our Great Lakes could suffer an oil spill unilaterallly goes against the promises of our Governor. Do what is right for our state, for the many states that use and prosper from our lakes, for the residents, visitors, and indigenous people of our state: shut down Line 5. Time and life and water is of the essence.

2524 Jamie Jones MN US Line 5 is old and could contaminate lots of water. Why are we still using such a line when the risks out weigh the benefits?

2525 Dara Unglaube WI US



2526 Carol Lynn Napora MI US A recent estimate suggested that a Line 5 pipe break could contaminate up to 700 miles of U.S. and Canadian shoreline on Lake Huron with crude oil.

***At the same time, the potential environmental dangers represented by the 24 pipelines running under the St. Clair River (line 5 is just one of about 24 different pipelines that cross the St. Clair River) have received comparatively little attention.***The St. Clair Flats serve as one of the largest freshwater deltas in the world. From there, the water flows through Lake St. Clair, a very shallow lake, that is highly valued for drinking water, fisheries, boating and recreation. The lake water then flows through the Detroit River to Lake Erie.

Along the way are 14 intakes for drinking water plants, including two major inlets for the Detroit regional water system, that provide tap water for nearly 3 million people.

24 pipelines carrying hazardous material

According to The (Port Huron) Times Herald, an estimated 24 pipelines carrying oil, natural gas, propane and industrial chemicals are located under the St. Clair River. That includes the same Line 5 in the Mackinac Straits. The Michigan Public Service Commission reports that 14 companies operate pipelines in St. Clair County that transport natural gas or hazardous liquids.#SaveTheGreatLakes #endline5 #nopipelines #FriendsOfTheStClairRiver #WaterIsLife #MniWiconi

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2527 Andrea Giza-O'Neill PA US

2528 Vickie Hintz MI US

2529 Mira Cotter MI US

2530 Jane Schneider MI US The Line 5 pipeline threatens permanent destruction of our Great Lakes, Michigan’s greatest natural resource. The risk is too great to continue. Close it down now and forever.

2531 Connie Davis MI US

2532 Lois Dockery MI US Lois Dockery "Water is Life"! ✌+

2533 Logan Scott MI US

2534 Michele Smokovich MI US Protect our lakes for future generations!

2535 Julie Antoine WI US Mni Wiconi--Water of Life

2536 Nicholas Hemwall MI US

2537 Arnold Robbins MI US It is absolutely INSANE that you would allow the drinking water for millions of people and the aquatic environment to be placed in peril by this aging oil pipeline that is in disrepair. SHUT IT DOWN before catastrophe strikes.

2538 Elizabeth Schaap MI US

2539 Theresa Zaydel MI US Line #5 is a danger to the health of the Great Lakes and MI's economy - missing protective coating, weakened/missing supports on the lake floor, misrepresented status and inspection reports from Enbridge - all point to a immediate leak or rupture - SHUT. IT. DOWN!

2540 Jeanne Fields MI US

2541 Jamie Berlin MA US Please protect our precious Great Lakes! They’re what make our state great! So many happy childhood memories at the Lakes. Still enjoy their beauty and recreation in them. We must protect them. Please protect our Great Lakes and Shutdown Line 5!!!

2542 Theresa Curtis CA US Theresa E Curtis

2543 Ronnie Schlosser MI US

2544 Darlene Fairbanks MN US STOP THIS INSANITY!!! NO LINE#5!!!!!!!

2545 Celeste DiFelici MI US

2546 Stacie Wilhelm MI US Line 5 is too dangerous and clean water is too important - it is life. Please decommission line 5.

2547 Karl Mickna MI US A 64 year old pipeline should be shut down. It's only a matter of time before there is a catastrophe. Line 5 does not benefit Michigan very much anyway, as the contents just go to Canada for the most part.

2548 Krista Arendsen CO US

2549 Terri Voitik IL US It is so way past time for other technology. Do not risk our greatest asset and fresh water body...

2550 Missy Ruminski MI US Shut it down. I want my drinking water.Signatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �111 oilandwaterdontmix.org


2551 Autumn Bell MI US

2552 Joe Selter MI US It is time to shut this line down, we the people of Michigan demand the Governor to listen to the people.

2553 Amanda Buckner NC US

2554 Cecilia Droz MI US This is ridiculous. How much longer do we need to keep going back and forth on such an obvious solution for a potentially irrepairabe issue? Shut down the pipeline!!!

2555 Sheri Lewis MI US Corporations or individuals should not legally be allowed to jeopardize public lands or waters to damage. Our Great Lakes need protection from any type of damage, oil, Asian carp, factory discharge etc.

2556 Robbyn Ware MI US

2557 Terry Tompkins MI US Terry Tompkins

2558 Jeannie Danna NY US

2559 Kathy House NV US

2560 Eliza Jones MI US No more oil pipelines!

2561 Lucinda Bates MI US

2562 Thomas Henry MI US Shut down Line 5 NOW!

2563 Autumn Sands MI US

2564 Margaret Van Houdt MI US This is a catastrophe waiting to happen! I live on Lake Michigan what will we do with oil soaked beaches, fish dying, who wants to come to Michigan and look at an oil layer on the water. Shut it down!

2565 Dorothy Velasco MI US Dorothy Velasco

2566 Erik Potgeter MI US

2567 Stephanie Purifoy MI US

2568 Carol Ward MI US The State of Michigan must immediately revoke the 1953 easement agreement. Enbridge has consistently violated the terms of that agreement and shows no indication of changing it's attitude of disregard of terms of that agreement.The assessment of Line 5 by Dynamic Risk was written by persons with connections to Enbridge and is therefore unusable.After the pipeline has been decommissioned alternate routes can be considered which do not cross any of the Great Lakes or rivers connecting them.The Great Lakes and bottomlands belong to the State of Michigan. Our elected officials must act in the best interests of Michigan citizens' not Enbridge.Decomission Line 5 now!

2569 Ruth Hetletvedt MI US Don't wait for the pipe to leak or break! Fix it now before it's too late. Yes, it will be costly...but more so if there is a cleanup involved, too!

2570 Sandra Dezelah MI US We need to prevent a catastrophic event in our Great Lakes. This water is one of our nation's most valuable resources. Act now and shut it down before it breaks. It isn't a matter of 'if it breaks' , it's a matter of when. Immediate action is needed!

2571 Shelley Giovannangeli MI US

2572 Lauren Hochstein MI US

2573 Kari Martin MI US

2574 Ryan Bezemek MI US Line 5 needs to be shut down before it ruins our greatest resource on earth! Why would we risk our future for the pure profit of enbridge a Canadian corporation! With out any compensation to the people and owners of this natural resource.

2575 Christine Senchesen PA US

2576 Darlene Pearson MI US

2577 Heather Huntoon MI US

2578 Michael O'Connell MT US The risks are too great. As an illustration the XL Pipeline guaranteed not to leak had a 100,00o gallon spill a few weeks ago. If this had been under a drinking water source. Well, there is the picture. Also, heavier crude has never been real world tested the line that goes under our lake.



2579 Fred Lenz MI US Reject the flawed report and shutdown Line 5 now! The livelihood of many Michiganders would be impacted by a disastrous oil spill by impacting Michigan tourism. Imagine Mackinaw Island or Bois Blanc Island, Mackinaw City or Cheboygan with their shores covered in oil. It should be a crime to risk this.

2580 Eva Saelens CA US Shut down line 5. Water is life.

2581 Ranee Compo MI US Save the great lakes!

2582 Rachel Tolmacs MI US People before corporations. Protect the people and our water. Water is life.

2583 Todd Wolter MI US

2584 Deeanne Purchase CA US Destroying our fresh water is not in anyone’s best interest

2585 Lynne Bemer MI US

2586 Kay Roumanis MI US

2587 Nick Schmidt WI US

2588 Kristi Tessier MI US

2589 Bev Schweighart IL US I'm disgusted with all these omissions and the possibility of an oil spill into the Great Lakes!

2590 Francisco Velazquez MI US An oil leak would devastate our state's natural resources as well as our economy. Profit for some is not worth misery for all. We will remember your actions.

2591 Martha Faketty MI US The Great Lakes are a precious resource and must be protected from oil spills. All pipelines spill or leak. Therefore, Line 5 must be decommissioned.

2592 Catherine Palmer MI US

2593 Elizabeth Patterson CA US Please protect the waters of the great lakes!

2594 Nathaniel Wandrie MI US

2595 Patricia Shepard MN US patricia ann shepard Stop the insanity and go green!!

2596 Jaycee Mann WA US

2597 Carmen Sarotte MI US

2598 Deborah Kurylowicz MI US Let your legacy be of protecting our most vital natural resource-clean water. The Great Lakes should be protected from all enemies both foreign and domestic. Shut down Line 5!

2599 Max Seebeck WI US The risk of a spill is too great to allow Line 5 to continue to operate in the Great Lakes. Our state government should not put the Great Lakes, our economy, health, drinking water, fisheries, and way of life at risk from a catastrophic oil spill any longer. In fact, on November 16, the Coast Guard Coast commandant testified again to Congress that his agency is not prepared to clean up a large-scale pipeline oil spill in the Great Lakes.

2600 Nebula Van Horn MI US I would rather live with Solar energy than oil in the lakes people play in.

2601 Fran Friend CA US fran friend

2602 Molly Gritter MI US

2603 Toni Smith MI US Please protect our natural resource! Water is life for all beings and is necessary for all to live. Oil in our water is not an option. Thank you.

2604 Tracey Ellison MA US Tracey Ellison

2605 Jenifer Gurgovits CA US I may have already posted for this petition so if this is a duplicate, please disregard. Otherwise, I hereby state that we need to safely remove this and all other pipelines from our soils, lakes and streams!!!

2606 Kristen Danek MI US

2607 Maureen Flaherty PA US Please protect our resources!

2608 Elizabeth Bruning MI US I live in Traverse City and treasure our great lakes. I swim in Lake Michigan every day during the summer and sail and kayak often. The pipeline is a dangerous risk to the health, economy and environment of Michigan. It is not worth the risk and needs to be shut down.

2609 Karen Steele MD US Time for change. Oil is dead and rots all it touches

2610 Lisa Dorrance MI US

2611 Sarah Adrian MI US Shut down Line 5 to avert a big environmental disaster.

2612 Crystal Walcutt MI USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �113 oilandwaterdontmix.org


2613 Kathleen Lloyd MI US Being one who loves this Great State and it miles of fresh water I am very concerned about Line 5 - Enbridge has not show it is to be trusted - the spill by Kalamazoo is still not 100% percent - the only way we can truly protect our great lakes is to completely shutdown Line 5

2614 Katie Baker MI US Shut down Line 5! This pipeline should NOT be happening if the interests are in favor of protecting our great lakes! Time for a change; oil is not something to invest in.

2615 Christopher Taylor MI US christopher taylorWTF is wrong with you people?

2616 Laura Wertenberger MI US

2617 Patricia Fowler MI US I am 100% in agreement with Mr Spague

2618 Toni Stoner MI US The fact that there are much better energies out there must make pipelines obsolete, eventually, but until Enbridge and other destructive oil companies become obsolete, they can stop the oil madness and become energy efficient with alternative energy! This has to happen before we have more catastrophies like the Kalamazoo river. Please consider this!!

2619 Lucinda Trombley MI US The integrity of the Great Lakes needs to be protected. Enbridge, like most large corporations, will pass on any public responsibility until a crisis happens. Their concerns are about what is best for Enbridge. My concern is protecting the Great Lakes for my grandchildren and future great grandchildren. The pipeline was built the year I was born. Technology in my lifetime has changed dramatically. It is time to either reinforce those pipelines or (preferred) reroute them out of the water completely. A breach of any kind will affect millions of people in the Great Lakes basin, not just in the U.S. but Canada as well. The Great Lakes contain 20% of the world's fresh water. It must be protected.

2620 Maryanne McLeod MI US Shut down pipeline5. It is the only safe thing to protect us from an oil leak.

2621 Andrew McFarlane MI US I am writing to submit my official comment in response to the State of Michigan’s Line 5 final alternatives analysis . Enbridge has proven incompetent in the management of pipelines in Michigan and this aging pipeline presents far too much risk for Michigan's economy. Remove, and do not replace.

2622 Allen Neumann WI US Allen Neumann

2623 Nadine Grabowski OH US I support

2624 Nancy Uschold MI US Nancy Uschold

2625 Linda Rydland NO When the last tree is cut down and the last river poisoned man will see they cannot drink or eat money! So stupid govorment must bee to destroy their home!

2626 Drew Phillips MI US Water is required for life. Why put my children's life at risk to fill a corporations pocket.

2627 John Hunter MI US John Hunter - Enbridge has shown they are not to be trusted or transparent when it comes to their operations. Shut down line 5 NOW...

2628 Veronica Randall CO US Veronica A Randall

2629 Chris Rose MI US Keep in mind the past oil spills!!! Do not wait until it is to late.. prevent what we know is a very extreme possibility of massive oil spill throughout the great lakes by shutting down a very risky operation.

2630 Karen Hanson MN US Protect the Great Lakes!

2631 Renee Wareck MI US Barry says it all! Thank you for being my voice and a voice for many others. Rise up.

2632 Ellen McDonald MI US Ellen McDonald

2633 Robin Fellers IL US

2634 Jeanne Sekely MI US Line 5 is as antiquated as a 64-year old human - you know it's going to break down and things are going to get messy. This Canadian pipeline that benefits a Canadian corporation has no business shortcutting through Michigan! Especially now when the world's population needs clean water far more than it needs fossil fuels. Fuel trucks can safely deliver fuel throughout the Upper Peninsula this winter. STOP RISKING OUR GREAT LAKES. SHUT DOWN LINE 5 NOW!

2635 Richard Mack IL US There is no need to give Enbridge another pass by letting them build a dangerous tunnel under the Greta Lakes when they have plenty of pipelines around the country to carry the oil. Line 5 has been shown to be in such bad shape it MUST be shut down! And with Enbridge clearly hiding the status of Line 5 they can not be trusted to build a tunnel! Richard Mack



2636 Berh Chiles MI US Enough studies already! Do the responsible thing for Michiganders and shut the pipeline down. Too much disinformation has been given to the public; those who are not interested enough to read and discover the truth will believe the lies and think everything is fine. Our elected representatives should protect our interests - not those of a Canadian oil company.

2637 Liz Rother MI US Please be true leaders in Michigan and laudable stewards of our irreplaceable lakes. Shutdown this pipeline before there is a costly, devastating spill. We ALL need clean water.

2638 Ernest Montoya HI US Thanks LEE SPRAGUE for your words, initiative & efforts to protect the Great Lakes from the potential of catastrophic oil spills.

2639 Katharine Ashford MI US

2640 Josephine James CA US Shut it down...

2641 Nancy Cunningham MI US Line 5 threatens the largest body of fresh water in the world. It is imperative that it is shut down.

2642 Ellem Polzien MI US A Great Lakes oil spill would be devastating to our state fishery and other wildlife, to the tourist industry and to the local economies in affected areas. Cleanup efforts would cost millions of dollars that are, frankly, being stripped from federal and state budgets. The benefit of maintaining the pipe are minimal compared with the great risks. Please shut down Line 5.

2643 Ruberta brelsford MI US Ruberta brelsford

2644 Kim Butwell AL US there are much safer alternatives than to risk the beauty and health of this whole state!

2645 Maureen Hansz MI US Please honor the concerned citizens and shut down the pipeline #5. It is old. It is illegal. It is dangerous to one of the largest fresh water bodies on Earth. We all need this water to live. Don’t risk the gift God has granted us. Protect our lives, our health, our jobs, our beauty and our greatest asset.

2646 Duncan MacKinnon NJ US

2647 Joyce Brown-Moore MI US How many hours did Enbridge invest in "cleaning up" the Kalamazoo area spill? How many hours would it take to "clean up" a spill at Michigan's Straits Area, meeting place of Lakes Huron & Michigan, given the currents and possible wind or ice conditions? What about shipping traffic? Why do you allow Enbridge to dictate process in this horrible disaster-in-the-making? I live within sight of Lake Huron. Protect our Great Lakes. Stop following like sheep and allowing money to determine what happens. PROTECTION, NOT PROSTITUTION, IS WHAT'S NEEDED. Get a GRIP and GET ENBRIDGE COMPLETELY OUT OF THIS AREA. SHUT DOWN LINE 5 NOW. NOW. NOW.

2648 Racquel Hill WI US NOTHING prevents or stops pipeline leaks. Why are pipelines being allowed to continue????

2649 Sheila Leaureaux MI US Shut it down!!

2650 Bradley Houseworth MI US

2651 Heather Baumgartner MI US Shutdown the Line 5. Oil and water don’t mix. Protect out Great Lakes PLEASE!!!!

2652 Mary Murphy FL US

2653 Paul Kerman MI US The shutdown of Line 5 as the only alternative that will truly protect the Great Lakes from an oil spill.

2654 Joshua Kofflin MI US The great lakes will be damage if line five keeps on going., Variables are there for issues with the line five.

2655 Terra Muma-Currier MI US Please consider not only this generation but the next 7 generations.

2656 Cye William-Gossett NM US You have killed the Gulf of Mexico. Why don't you leave this water alone? What you are doing is silly and ignorant.... you are not exempt. YOU AND YOURS WILL ALSO DIE. THINK ABOUT IT

2657 Janet MI US

2658 Kim Elmquest MI US

2659 Rachael Wismont MI US It is our duty to protect our resources, not only for ourselves but for our children. The benefits of profits now do not outweigh the risks to our children and our future.

Shut down line 5.

2660 Gary Rigby MI US Enough is enough. Stop the deceit, from both the state and Enbridge.

2661 Charles Petoskey MI US

2662 Kristy McNerney MI US



2663 Angelique Smith MI US I very concerned with the future of our Great Lakes, and our clean water. We all have the right to clean water and to have none of the same problems as the ocean. Don't you see what has happened?? We're the last place thats pristine. Stop big oil! Stop killing our planet! We need to be an example!!!!!Jah Bless and Namaste, brothers and sisters. Send love and positivity to all and tell your water that you love it! It's a living thing!

2664 Fawn Billie WI US

2665 Marcella Henry SC US I have read a lot of what other people and totally agree that the #5 pipeline shoukd be shut down . OUR FRESH WATER IS NOT WORTH THE RISK!!!!

2666 Robin Redden MI US it is time to put the people first not corporations!

2667 Flo Cutter MI US I agree with all the above written points. We must prevent a catastrophic Great Lakes oil spill at the Straits which could have far reaching effects. Line 5 should be shut down. To keep it any longer in any fashion is too great a risk to human drinking water, wild life, tourism and recreation. We must think of our responsibility to 7 generations to come.

2668 Je S. MI US

2669 Michele Leonard MI US Shut down line 5 and avoid the inevitable catastrophe of a broken pipe line and damaging oil spill. Our Great Lakes are too precious to take this terrible gamble, and we need to ensure their continued protection.

2670 Leah Johnk MI US Can you put aside your political ambitions, obligations to corporations and lobbyists for a second and think of everyone in the Great Lakes Basin's future? Not just your own.

2671 Lisa Lynn MI US

2672 Thomas F Cronan MI US Shut it down. Save the Lakes from being destroyed. Gov Snyder when you leave office in a year your legacy will be you destroyed the Straits of Mackinac or you saved it. Pretty easy choice. The economic impact, fuel supply, jobs lost if.shut down is a pittance of the damage done should line 5 leak.

2673 Stephen Rafferty MI US

2674 Marnie Kyriakou MI US Marnie Kyriakou

2675 Sue Frye MI US Do what is right for our state and in fact the world. Remove the pipe

2676 Kari VandenBrink MI US

2677 Andrew Frykberg MI US

2678 Jeremy Alexander MI US

2679 Bronte Payne MI US

2680 Joel Haan MI US

2681 Olivia Jones MI US

2682 Aaron Fisher MT US

2683 Brian Stanko MI US

2684 Denise Hartsough MI US

2685 Stephen Anger GA US

2686 Ben DeVries MI US

2687 Kelsey Herman MI US

2688 Karin Gallagher MI US

2689 Michele Lonzo IN US

2690 William Rosemurgy MI US I have nothing more to add. It's time to pull the plug on Line 5 before the unthinkable happens. Period.

2691 David VanZandt MI US

2692 Nancy Dock MI US

2693 Dan Russ MI US Shut it down!

2694 Karen Mcgrath MI US

2695 Teri Hammer MI US Teri Hammer



2696 Jennifer Bair MI US

2697 Megan McCullen MI US The Great Lakes are an essential natural resource and we have needed them and will need them for much longer than we've used or will use oil. Please remove the pipelines, invest in clean energy and protect our wonderful lakes.

2698 Tina Popso MI US

2699 Scott Janiski MI US

2700 David Yonick MI US

2701 Kimberly Carignan MI US Kimberly J. Carignan

2702 Rosaline Tompkins MT US Stop now..!!!

2703 Zachary Khalil MI US

2704 Leslie Watson MI US

2705 Alex Karakuc MI US

2706 Rita Childers AZ US Decommission Line 5.

2707 Bernadette Red Red EarHorse

WA US Bernadette Red Ear Horse

2708 Paul Gardner MN US Shut down line 5.

2709 Samantha Scannell MI US

2710 Debra Broemer MI US Shut it down NOW! Line 5 should be shut down.

2711 Marie Lee MI US

2712 Margorie Walz MI US Stop Line 5. Stop destroying the earth.

2713 Beverly Henrion TN US Shut it down now!

2714 Mary Branzei MI US Stop corporate pollution

2715 Cam Pratt WA US

2716 Leigh Blake OR US There are countless leaks happening across the country from pipelines that are not safe...and never will be...STOP THE PIPELINES!!

2717 Bryan Heystek MI US Shut it down now! It's that easy.

2718 Mallory Reardon MI US

2719 Anna Glasstetter MI US

2720 Jorjan Deloney IL US We must protect our water for OUR future generations. Water is life. Mother Earth doesn't need us, we need her.

2721 Christopher Ruppal MI US

2722 Monique Sonoquie US Leeks Kill

2723 Dianne Trudeau VA US

2724 Molly Flerlage MI US Line 5 threatens the livelihoods and homes of thousands of Michigan residents, now is the time to shut it down!

2725 Amy Malus MI US

2726 Molly Pierce MI US I have lived in Northern Michigan my entire life. I learned to walk in Cross village, and learned to swim in Sturgeon Bay. These waters are a part of who I am. I've had a lifelong relationship with Lake Michigan. My family owns a handful of cottages along the shoreline, one dating back to the late 1800s. 5 generations of my family alone, have resided in Emmett County.

A rupture anywhere along Line 5 will decimate, not only my community, but our entire ecosystem. We, as a species, cannot survive with out water. Water is life. If you value yours, please take the oil out of it.

Thank you.

2727 Melanie See MI US

2728 Richard Pichiotino MI US It is not a matter of IF this aging pipeline fails, but of WHEN it fails.

2729 Patricia Walter IL US Line 5 is an very old, at risk pipeline that must be removed before any damage is done from a leak.Signatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �117 oilandwaterdontmix.org


2730 Garritt Pankratz FL US .. sadly those that are voting on these pipelines do NOT give a shit if there is a leak or a thousand leaks...they DO care about the hundred or 2 hundred thousand dollars from the pipeline lobby.........You want proof..........why else would they accept any pipeline....

2731 Jacob Durham MI US

2732 Jacqueline Zarzycki MI US Jacqueline Zarzycki

2733 Kalee Rittenger MI US

2734 Freya Kniaz MI US

2735 Rhoda Mack NY US It is the government's duty to protect the life, health and safety of its citizens. We could be moving with urgency into renewable 21st C energy source, not mini the last foul dregs of fossil fuels that will inevitably pollute our water sources. To continue pipeline infrastructures is suicidal, ecocidal madness.

2736 Olivia Gorman MI US The Great Lakes are meant to stay GREAT. Keep our water clean, our animals safe, and our people happy. Shut down pipeline 5.

2737 Beatrice Perusse ON CA

2738 Tessa Sage Flores TN US

2739 Luann King WI US Sounds like another risky business, money (greed, wealth)first, people’s lives 2nd, environment last. Why is EPA called Enviornmental protection agency? Who or what are they protecting! Do your job and start protecting our natural resources. Stop line 5, do the sensible thing! Stop making excuses!

2740 Karen Neal MI US Close it down! Save our Great Lakes! MI has much too lose if we don't shut this down.

2741 Sonia Rodriguez-penix TX US

2742 Denise Denton MI US

2743 Cory Shook MI US

2744 Tommy Tackett MI US Many times I have spoken on the injustices of line 5. I’ve talked about how more than 40million people will suffer from this pipeline that has already previously leaked more than a million gallons in its 64 year tenor. I’ve spoke about treaty rights and how this pipeline is not just a environmental and economic issue, it is also a civil rights issue and we have every right and obligation to stand up and demand that this pipeline be removed by any means necessary.

No more back door deals. No more trusting that these government and corporate entities are going to do the right thing, because the fact is that their not. They will squeeze every cent that they can, while consciously murdering us and destroying the sacredness of the water and the land.

It is our choice to stand up and not buy what they are selling. Their money is just fire starter compared to what we are trying to protect. And it is now that we must be very clear; Shut down line 5, or we will find someway to do it ourselves.

2745 Katie Groves WI US

2746 Katherine Houston MI US Seriously this has to be stopped.

2747 Brett Kardon FL US

2748 Karen Riemersma MI US Karen Riemersma

2749 J Beverly IL US

2750 Brett Kirch MI US

2751 Chase Gifford MI US We are assuming all the risks with little benefits. Stop Line 5. You can't drink oil, keep it on the soil. Our Great Lakes will be devastated if this eroding old line breaks. We cannot afford to wait another day.

STOP LINE 5!

2752 Lucille Mirkle MI US

2753 Hannah Carter MI US



2754 Elizabeth Bontrager IN US Do not do anymore damage than you’ve already done. This line needs to be decommissioned, and no further built. You fossil fuel companies are destroying our planet. And you will meet resistance at every turn. I promise you that.Sincerely, Mrs. Elizabeth Bontrager

2755 Janine Dulac FL US

2756 Jared Boot MI US

2757 Daniel Bolthouse MI US Who is gonna benefit from this?? The oil company and anyone who is associated with this..that's who. Are the hard working people of Michigan, who bust their asses at jobs they probably don't like, ever gonna see a dime from this?? I think not!! Shut down Line 5 and keep Michigan the great state it is and always will be.

2758 Julie Wilhelmi MI US The oil being pushed through this pipeline is a lot more corrosive and thick than it used to be. Meanwhile, the pipeline is way passed it's expiration date and should've been reworked or taken down over a decade ago. People of Michigan, and people all over the country, who rely on drinking water from the great lakes are being put in serious danger. Our lawmakers are putting the needs of corporations and their greed before the well being of HUMAN beings! The irony here is (some of them) they are humans too... I don't understand this lack of logic and common sense. I don't understand why so many politicians want to use the Earth up so fast, almost like they're purposefully trying to end the world and the human race living on it.

2759 Barbara Stevenson MI US Michigan deserves safe water and needs to close IIne 5! It does not benefit michigan and is dangerous to our waters! Great Lakes are a critical resource and must be protected!

2760 Connie Katterjohn IL US

2761 Margaret Haynes MI US The risk we are taking to our future health, tourism, economy as a whole, is too much. Enforce the law that Enbridge has violated and shut it down!

2762 Mike Denunzio ON CA

2763 Andrea Johnson IL US Decommission Line 5 now!

2764 Terri Walsh LA US Decommission Enbridge Line 5!

2765 John Margerum PA US Water is life. leave the oil in the ground.

2766 Cynthia Charters MI US I'm not aware of any oil pipeline that doesn't experience leaks. Profit should not take priority over public safety, preserving water quality and the environment. Please make the right decision and shut down Line 5.

2767 Maggie Phillips KY US

2768 Gail Gouveia MA US gail gouveia

2769 Janice Tierney MI US Janice Tierney

2770 Veronika Schultz MI US

2771 Paula Curry MI US Paula Jean Curry I hope that we, the citizen protectors of our blessing of fresh water, can successfully stand for this precious resource. get that pipeline our of our beautiful great lakes. Do we have to cause a disaster? Let's smarten up with out a spill!!

2772 Ina Kline MI US

2773 Katherine Edgren MI US

2774 Sheryll Blaschak MI US Shut it down.

2775 Franklin Alexander MI US

2776 Mark Johnsen MI US Decommission Line 5 immediately!

2777 Gena King MI US We need to do the right thing. We must decommission Line 5 to protect all of the Great Lakes.

2778 Tyler Buntain WA US Petroleum energy and products are outdated and a dead end path for humanity. Our future is in our water.

2779 Diane Johnson OH US

2780 Abi Whitford MI US

2781 Stella Hawkins GB

2782 Catherine E Taylor VT US

2783 A M Thornbury TN USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �119 oilandwaterdontmix.org


2784 Deb Atkins MI US Protect our Great Lakes.. take responsibility & Permanently Shut down line 5 now !

2785 Priscilla Massie MI US Priscilla Massie

2786 Sandra Whetzel FL US I'm signing for the land, for the wildlife &for the people, now & future generations

2787 Natalie Napolillo MI US In the midst of a world wide water crisis lets do all we can to preserve and protect our waters ! PLEASE listen to the publics majority interest of shutting down line 5 . After all Water sustains life, NOT oil. Lets choose.

2788 Sally Davis AZ US Sally DavisPlease, do the right thing and shut down LINE 5.

2789 Jessica Knoph MI US

2790 Maureen Loftus MI US

2791 Brent Wilson IA US Brent Wilson

2792 Paul Borucki MI US Please consider what would happen if a leak occurred. It would poison the water supply for most of Southeast Michigan. The cost of providing safe water in such an event would bankrupt the State. Please close Line 5 down.

2793 Clark Crowe MI US As we see daily ,ALL PIPELINES LEAK. To allow this ill maintained , improperly monitered, and politically backed to still run smacks of illegal bribes and activities. SHUT IT DOWN BEFORE THE LEAKS PERMANENTLY DESTROY OUR WATERWAYS!

2794 Alex Chudzik MI US

2795 Melinda Danforth WI US

2796 Katie McNeil MI US

2797 Cynthia Milbrath MI US

2798 Laura Derks IL US I cannot tell you all how much the Great Lakes mean to me and my family let alone millions who rely on the fresh water for drinking, showering, watering, habitat, and life. As a Chicago residence, the Lake provides billions in tourism dollars and employment. Please shutdown Line 5, as we don't want an oil spill like the Gulf of Mexico has experienced time again. Please shut the ancient pipeline down. Now.

2799 Brayton A Boudot MI US Stop the pipeline. Enbridge can not be trusted based on previous lies and the spill in Kalamazoo. Stop putting our state at risk for increased revenue.

2800 Andrea Hallock MI US Protect our Great Lakes!

2801 Toni Hill MI US

2802 Marilyn Morehead MI US

2803 Kelsey Foster-Goodrich

MI US

2804 Jamie Platte MI US

2805 Steven Chappell IN US The Great Lakes are far too important to take chances with. Decommission Line 5!!

2806 Shirley Sutter IL US Decommissioned Line 5 - Protect our Great Lakes

2807 Stephen Roginson MI US It's simple risk v reward. The only reward to keep the pipeline operational is financial, and this pipeline doesn't positively impact Michiganders financially in a significant way.

The risk is almost imaginable. It's the very definition of a no-brainer. The only question is whether our elected leaders have the political will to take action.

2808 Brittney Young MI US

2809 Johanna Worley CO US Johanna Worley

2810 Robert David Denyer MI US The Great Lakes contain the world's greatest asset: fresh water. Please vote to maintain the beauty of the great lakes and put our natural resources over profits.

2811 Janet Campagna MI US

2812 Amber Drews MI US Shut down pipeline 5. Our lakes and water are too precious to risk for another countries oil and gas profit.

2813 Saeth Gronberg MI US Gov Snyder should be protecting the lakes, not profiting with pocket filling deals that benefit him.



2814 Mary Ann Davis MI US Shut down line 5 now. You need to see in your minds eye what a disater a leak in line 5 would do to our beautiful great lakes. As a kid I was privileged to spend time "up north", watched the bridge being built & run & play in the beautiful clear cold water. How sad this would be if ruined for my kids & grandkids. Listen to the people who care. Politics & croniesum should not be considered. Shut the line down!

2815 Andy Jerzak WI US



2816 Joe Wilhelme MI US To the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Michigan Agency for Energy, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Michigan Governor, Michigan Attorney General, and Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board:










2817 Michael Gabrion MO US We have so much to do already to reverse the damage we have done to the Great Lakes, why risk further disaster. Please decommission line 5, we owe it to generations to come.

2818 Morgan White MI US SHUT DOWN LINE 5!!!!

2819 Frank Dellacosta MI US shut down line 5!!!!! what will you do after the spill??

2820 Amanda Kapp MO US

2821 Jill Warren MI US

2822 John Brandmeier MI US Really? A tunnel? Who will pay without taxpayer money or abatement? The UM study told us everything we need to know, a spill will be devastating environmentally and economically with reverberations that will last a lifetime. It is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when and how much. This pipeline has already leaked numerous times at points along its overland route, when will it happen under our straits. Why endanger our lakes? The stupidity and craven ignorance is despicable and unforgivable.. Act for Michigan and its people who elected you, Governor Snyder, not Enbridge which has already shown their lack of ability on the Kalamazoo river.

2823 Anne Kent Rush AL US Shutdown Line 5 - Protect Great Lakes!

2824 Jill Poslaiko MI US

2825 Phillip Stinson MI US Close down Line 5 !!!!!!!

2826 Sara Charles US Keep our Great Lakes great.

2827 Michael Passalacqua MI US Apparently Governor Snyder cares more about cozy relationships with foreign corporations who make political donations to his party, than he is with the well being of the citizens he swore to serve. The whole stinking deal reminds me of Flint.

2828 Laura Glass MN US

2829 James Wright MI US We all know the pipeline will leak or burst, sometime. It's just a question of time. Act now. Shut down Line 5.

2830 Martha Warner MI US The economic costs and cleanup costs of spill, such as the Kalamazoo River pipeline break, although underestimated, are minute compared to what the costs would be for a Line 5 break.

What about the costs to the great lakes quality, the animals, plants, algae, microscopic organisms the would be wiped out in the event of a break? We must value and preserve the functioning great lakes ecosystems.

2831 Julie Ehle MI US Money making pales in comparison to preserving this irreplaceable natural resource. Shut down line 5 before it's too late.

2832 Chad Fordham OK US

2833 Amy Conlon MI US

2834 Robert Flucke DDS MI US

2835 Marcia Wilbur MI US You are messing with OUR water. you are stripping OUR forests. (and where, by the way, is that money going? that is against federal laws.) you have a blatent disregard for the law of this land, and you just don't care. we do. you don't deserve to be where you're at. the state of michigan depends upon the great lakes for water tourism, the health of the whole state. when you ignore the wishes of the citizens of this state, and your priorities lie with a corporation who is profiting off of possibly destroying our greatest resources. i don't know how you sleep at night. karma will pay you a visit for this. when it does, remember, you chose this route, you chose to sell out your state and your people. marcia d. wilbur

2836 Cheryl Ivey IL US

2837 Pam Allard MI US Please, SHUT DOWN LINE 5 NOW.

2838 Melanie Underbrink UT US

2839 Kim Albright MI US We need a plan to decommission the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline with a fixed deadline and an open process to determine alternatives which preserve Enbridge's business but do not jeopardize the water quality of the Great Lakes.

2840 David Barry IL US Decommission line 5 and all other pipelines in the great lakes!The risk is to great!Find another way to transport oil and gas!

2841 Gio Cerise MN US

2842 Nicholas Jacquez MI US

2843 Jon Nielsen IN US Shut the line down now and work on alternative Signatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �123 oilandwaterdontmix.org


2844 Donald & Janet Jackson

VT US The delay is just another outrageous example of big money corporate power alliance with irresponsible government, while pretending to care for the health and safety of the public.

2845 Drew Fults NM US When I think of "Pure Michigan" I don't think of oil soaked beaches. Does the state think that tourist from around the world want to take a ferry ride through a oil slicked , dead lake , full of rotting fish and birds ,while on there way to Mackinaw Island? It is time for out of state and out of country companies to stop playing Russian roulette with "our" lakes.

2846 George Sinnott MI US

2847 Katherine Heins MI US Decommission Line 5 immediately! Don't wait for the inevitable disaster. The cost to our irreplaceable resources and natural environment is too high.

2848 Beverley Rannow MI US You need to listen to the citizens of Michigan, not power brokers!

2849 Brenda Averill MI US

2850 Robert A. Dunn MI US I'm going to vote Democrate Gretchen for Governor ... solely because I am tired of Dick Snyder's regime, and him being in bed with big oil. These are tribal waters & bottomlands ... whereby our State of Michigan acting as trustee , must protect them for future generations enjoyment . As it is , Dick is failing the citizens on all counts !!

2851 Robert Croll WI US

2852 Paul Szurpicki MI US

2853 Calan hess WI US

2854 Beth Simon MI US

2855 Laura Mason MI US

2856 Deborah Pawlow MI US Water is precious to life on Earth. Stop the madness. We are hell bent on our own destruction.

2857 Erik Beers MI US

2858 Melissa Petoskey MI US Water is life. Shut down line 5.

2859 Lynn Fisher MI US There is enough doubt about Line 5 that not having it checked out by an independent third party would be stupid and possibly disastrous.

2860 David Chance OH US The cost of the enevitable catastrophic spill is much higher than a few pennies at the pump along with a quarter increase in propane.Are the governors willing to each bring a few oil booms to their annual Mackinac Island meeting?

2861 Sara Beckham MI US

2862 Karen White MI US

2863 Lynne Hendricks MI US It is of utmost importance that Line 5 be decommissioned before a tragic oil spill would take place. This vulnerable and unsafe pipeline is a threat to the commerce opportunities in Michigan, the tourism industry in Michigan, and the recreational enjoyment of the citizens of Michigan. Please act now.

2864 Sarah Schmalz MI US Shut it down

2865 Patricia Perkins MI US

2866 Jay Richley MI US Publish a "List of Shame" with the names and district of ever Legislature in Michigan who has stonewalled or supports Enbridge in keeping Line-5 as is! Display this list on your web site and send each legislature a congratulation notice that they have made the List of Shame and the reason.

2867 Loretta Burns MI US Keep the greed out of our precious water

2868 Lindsay Johnson MD US Shut it down!

2869 Julia Chambers MI US I have supported a shut down of Line 5 since I became aware of the aging pipeline. Enbridge is not honest and it is only a matter of time till a spill. Also the study is flawed and biased. SHUT IT DOWN!

2870 Thomas Yocum MI US It is past time to shut down Line 5, which benefits only Enbridge and Canada!!!

2871 Jessica Dara MI US

2872 Bettina Wenk DE

2873 Concetta Pellerito MI US I went to a presentation at the Dossin Museum about Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. The gentleman that presented the program mentioned the poor condition of Line 5 Pipeline. Sea Cadet divers along with expert marine biologist recommend shutting it down. This will be catastrophic if this line breaks. It is Deteriorating . SHUT IT DOWN!



2874 Russell Carter MI US Line 5 should be shut down immediately and removed. There is absolutely no need for any alternatives. The Great Lakes are too precious of a resource to be playing around with a ticking time bomb like a pipeline on.

2875 Elizabeth Broyles NC US

2876 James Stover MI US The Risk is too Great....we can not have our Great Lakes damaged.

2877 Tony Rust MN US

2878 Dr. Rebecca Pierce IN US Decommission Line 5

2879 Misheka Floyd MI US Misheka Floyd

2880 H. Stephen Baase MI US 'All risk' is what must be eliminated. There is none that is acceptable. The value of the Great Lakes as a one-of-a-kind resourceis incalculable, and ever increasing. It is a basic human need, and the foundational element of every organism on our planet.The petroleum industry must site refineries nearer to production sources. Great Lakes Basin populations are supporting far toomuch of the risk, while Embridge the energy transport company makes fortunes. There is only one acceptable option - Total Removal and Relocation of Line 5!

2881 Michael Wildschut MI US

2882 Mandy WI US Please do not DESTROY OUR GREAT LAKES!... it does not take rocket science to understand that no water equals no life...

2883 Kathleen Hart MI US Shut down line 5. Water Is Life. Greed is Death for all creation. Shut line 5 down.

2884 Sara McMurray IL US

2885 Julie Rush MI US Please do NOT destroy our precious natural resources, the Great Lakes. Shut down line 5. Thank you.

2886 Garrison Dyer WA US Please protect our Great Lakes! They are what make Michigan such a great state! Without them clean and ready for the public to use, Michigan would suffer.

2887 Dency Lippert MI US

2888 Margaret K. Jester OH US

2889 Dean Creighton MI US

2890 Douglas Williams MI US Unsafe, aged, unreliable. It must be shutdown

2891 Pat Grasser MI US

2892 Linda Antoniadis MI US

2893 Karen Guetzko IA US The recent spill in November has highlighted the fact that these companies still cannot reliably operate without spills and disaster. With a slap on the wrist after each incident the oil industry has allowed 5 spills in the United States alone in just the past year. The risk is far too high for the abundant flora and fauna as well as the communities of the region to allow an apparently reckless industry to keep operating in the status quo.

2894 Alexis Whitford AL US

2895 Susan Screven MI US In a world where fresh water is becoming more scarce and precious, it is crazy to take the chance of a spill in the outdated line 5. The only sensible choice is to shut it down and protect our Great Lakes.

2896 Diane Veneklasen MI US

2897 Kathy Justen IA US Shut down line 5 NOW

2898 Cathy Helton MI US

2899 Frances Johns MI US Lake Michigan is our sacred treasure. As our greatest natural resources. It is our duty to protect it, as an oil spill could be catastrophic.

2900 Bethany Gleason MI US

2901 Ben Pinti MI US PROTECT our Great Lakes. We do not need a Kalamazoo River accident in our Great Lakes!

2902 Jeffrey Hammersley MI US No longer can we risk our environment and major tourist industry on the transport of Canadian energy products for profit.

2903 Barbara Burke MI US There is no justification for continuing the Line 5 pipeline across the straits. Decommission it now before another Kalamazoo happens. Our waters NEED to be protected NOW.



2904 Olivia Smith MI US

2905 Michael Bahling MI US I find it SAD that this is not a no-brainer that we would even take a risk of any size spill; catastrophic or otherwise. When will common sense prevail?

2906 Paul Spata MI US

2907 Ross Rhizal MI US

2908 Ross Hammersley MI US

2909 Mary Valentine MI US Shut down line 5!

2910 Lynne Van Ness MI US Enbridge needs to cough up some money and move the pipeline to land - in Canada! No more delays. No more procrastination and no more "studies". In other words, NO MORE DELAYS. Shut down Line 5 now!

2911 John Wheaton MI US

2912 Bruce Ellenwood MI US can stand even the thought of a oil spill or leak into the great lakes. shut it down now !!!!!

2913 Elijah Newton MI US

2914 Robert Drake MI US Robert Drake

2915 Jane Enterline MI US

2916 Calla Beers MI US

2917 Jennifer Taylor WI US

2918 John Ledesma MI US Enbridge needs to be held accountable to the damage they are already responsible for. Line 5 must be shutdown so it cannot cause any further damage.

2919 Steven Niebuhr MI US

2920 Donald Kehl FL US Please decommission Line 5, it's the right thing to do.

2921 Rick Teplitz CA US

2922 Nancy Telling MI US

2923 Liz Thorp MI US Water is life, don't be so short sighted for money. We would never be able to recover from this. Stop playing roulette with the environment and this area's revenue.

2924 Lauren Guetzko IA US

2925 Kathleen Gallagher IL US Please shut down Line 5.

2926 Joan Riise MI US On all decisions of this magnitude think forward to cover all outcomes. Disaster is irrevokable!

2927 Connie Kreiner MI US

2928 Peter M. LaBlanc WI US

2929 Peggy Houk Payne MI US Please protect the Great Lakes. Enbridge is more concerned with making money than protecting the Great Lakes from a disastrous oil spill.

2930 Bruce Geldine OH US The risks are to high compared to the importance of our Great Lakes. Shut Down Line 5.

2931 Timothy Schroeder MN US If we need this pipeline, then it surely would be cheaper to replace it with better materials now than deal with a devastating and uncorrectable rupture in the future.

2932 Nate Guetzko IN US The recent spill in November has highlighted the fact that these companies still cannot reliably operate without spills and disaster. With a slap on the wrist after each incident the oil industry has allowed 5 spills in the United States alone in just the past year. The risk is far too high for the abundant flora and fauna as well as the communities of the region to allow an apparently reckless industry to keep operating in the status quo.

2933 Ward Bowen NY US If line 5 should rupture it would create an ecological disaster that would cause irreparable damage to the worlds largest supply of fresh water for hundreds of years to come! SHUT IT DOWN!!!

2934 Chad Lindsey NY US Michigan's natural wonders are worth EVERY minute of consideration, and are priceless. Oil is NOT the future of the economy of our state.

2935 Melanie Moore FL US

2936 Virginia Tenzis IL US Please decommission this pipeline to eliminate the chance it could leak oil into Lake Michigan which would affect Michigan AND Illinois. The pure water of the lake is what draws me there every summer. It would also endanger fish in the lake which supports a whole industry. It is vital to keep Pure Michigan.



2937 Janet Tyson MI US The risk that Line 5 poses to our Great Lakes is simply too great, and outweighs benefits. De-commission and close it now.

2938 Brad Gerlach MI US Shut down line 5!!

2939 Cathy Motycka MI US

2940 Lena McCown CO US Please don't let big oil ruin our beautiful Great Lakes. It not if but, when pipeline leaks.

2941 Mark Rogers US Immediately shutting down line 5 is not a realistic option, so what is the organization's next plan?

2942 Carol Rahbari MI US

2943 Matt Wasson IA US

2944 Lauren Moore MI US How many times does Enbridge have to slap you in the face before you refuse to accommodate them? This is our state’s life on the line here, and you’re entrusting it to people who have PROVEN time after time that they do not care, they cannot be trusted, and money is the priority. Any other response but shutting down Line 5 will be a complete failure to protect us and our state.

2945 Colleen Hyslop MI US I am concerned about the safety of our waters. We have seen the devastating effects of oil spills into our waters, including in the Kalamazoo River! Enbridge has proven that they are not trustworthy, especially given the recent lies that were uncovered about the current state of the pipeline. Do not risk our Great Lakes -- shut down Line 5! And do not approve the alternative of putting the pipeline in a tunnel -- which still risks the Great Lakes.

2946 Zack Lapointe MI US Our State government has a duty to protect the Great Lakes, very vulnerable and important bodies of fresh water to Michigan. Enbridge proved it cannot protect our water in the disaster in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, millions of animals, birds, fish were destroyed by Enbrige and millios of gallons of water was polluted by Enbrige. The issue here is about greed and our lgreat lakes are more valuable than money. Rick Snyder has already allowed enough time for Enbridge and we are fortunate there hasn't been a major leak of oil into the grest lakes. So many lives could be at risk of polluted water. The oil lines need to be removed. From Zack LaPointe

2947 Meredith Bradley MI US

2948 Chris Cheney IN US

2949 Misty Kosmerick MI US

2950 Neda Marks TX US Decommission Line 5. The Great Lakes are the what makes Michigan unique! Protect them!

2951 Amber Denton MI US

2952 Vicki Morse MI US Maybe the governor should be out there cleaning up, heaven forbid, the lakes from the spill! He needs to get his act together on this important issue!!

2953 Maddy Prusakiewicz MI US

2954 Brad Leffler IL US

2955 Marion Phillips MI US

2956 Amber Stilson MI US

2957 Matt Holman MI US

2958 Paula Shelhamer MI US The Great Lakes are the fresh water gems of the world. How anyone could allow a pipeline in them is horrifying and dangerous. Shut it down!!! If it is not shut down and a disaster happens, history will remember the people in power who could have made a difference.

2959 Justin kosmerick MI US

2960 Sammie Moran MI US

2961 Monty Proctor MI US With no way to clean a spill up, shut down line 5

2962 George Kleiber MI US

2963 Sean Click MI US

2964 Catherine Casadonte MI US

2965 Jarrod T Lucca MN US

2966 Paul Fritzell IA US

2967 Julia Riddle MI US



2968 William Braun MI US Nothing is more important to all life on this planet than clean, fresh water. Without it, there would be no plants, trees, animals, humans-no life at all. Any threat that puts 20% of the world’s fresh water at risk is unthinkable, even immoral. Haven’t previous leaks of these kinds of pipelines taught us anything? The potential failure of Line 5 would be catastrophic. NOTHING justifies its continued use including political support for the already dying fossil fuel industry. We have far superior options to leave future generations.

2969 Maeve Cleary IA US

2970 Katie Hatcher MI US

2971 Mandy Jo MI US

2972 Maura Cravey VA US

2973 Susan Morningstar MI US

2974 Elizabeth Vasiu MI US

2975 Dan Zomerlei MI US

2976 Christine Redman MI US

2977 Peter Kahn MI US

2978 Nathan Turco MI US

2979 Annie Greenfield OH US i have been going to lake michigan my whole life. It is not worth the risk of polluting our beautiful waters. Please save the lakes.

2980 Dean Sperlik MI US

2981 Thea McAlpine MI US

2982 Colleen Kennedy WI US

2983 Lisa Willett MI US

2984 Susie Romero CO US

2985 Michael Bennett NormandyFR

2986 Faith Allwn MI US

2987 Wendy Purdom MI US

2988 Lloyd Seawright II WI US

2989 Emma Mead MI US

2990 Sandie Dunkerley MI US

2991 John MacGregor MI US

2992 Ina Vanderwerff MI US

2993 Jessica Pershinske MI US

2994 Terry Birchler MI US Please our lakes are too important to Michigan to allow any kind of possible risk to destroy these assets in great waters. Stop destroying nature.Unless you are putting more funds into cleaning them up keep your pipelines out!!!!!!SHUT DOWN LINE 5

2995 Corey Ciesielski MI US

2996 Edward VanValkinburg FL US

2997 Helen Erginkara MI US

2998 Sue Hoff MI US

2999 Joseph Jacobs MI US

3000 Elaine Newbold MI US

3001 Carolyn Thayer MI US Please shut down Line 5 and remove the pipeline from the straits. Water is life...period...no water...no life! Why is the State of Michigan taking the biggest risk that they can by potentially ruining our water supply, lively hood, and environment. Is it Pure Michigan or Purely Big Business making decisions for everyone. Choose clean water which allows life!

3002 Nancy Kida MI US

3003 Zach loughrige MI US



3004 Jani Straley IL US

3005 Mike Bright MI US

3006 William warner MI US

3007 Barbara Wyant MI US

3008 Patrick Curley MI US

3009 Timothy Simon Birdsall MI US

3010 Shannon Heck-White MI US

3011 Ben Greenfield OH US

3012 Annie Pardington MI US

3013 Leland Macke MI US

3014 Dylan Miller-Morehouse

MI US

3015 Barbara Worgess MI US

3016 Kristine Chunn MI US

3017 Jason Reed MI US

3018 Ed Ballard NC US

3019 Jarred Russell MI US

3020 Lauren Freckelton MI US

3021 Dianne Baker -Hale MI US

3022 Matt Thome MI US

3023 Aaron Kates MI US

3024 Diane Kinney MI US

3025 Caitlin Riley Grand EstFR

3026 Olivia Rademacher MI US

3027 Erin Kennard CL ES

3028 Teresa Zimmers-Koniaris

IN US

3029 Rob Treadway MI US

3030 Sierra Olejniczak MI US

3031 Nancy Grobbel MI US

3032 Daba Croll MI US

3033 Marisa Papadelis MI US

3034 Olga Zakharova MI US Keep oil out of Great Lakes!

3035 Joseph Cantin MI US

3036 Elizabeth Anast MI US

3037 Brianna Chambers MI US

3038 Tina Anne Frankenberger

MI US

3039 Allyson foreman MI US

3040 Weston Buchan MI US

3041 Jenna Wade MI US

3042 Andrea Deering MI US I implore you to stop and act with reverence to our land and lakes, what make Michigan special and decommission Line 5 until an unbiased assessment and solution can be obtained. We are all stewards of this great land and acquiescing to those that profit from the pipeline is in direct opposition to that role that we should all take very seriously.



3043 Gus Navarro MI US

3044 Jodi Mackie MI US

3045 Marcia Wright IN US

3046 Lisa Baker MI US

3047 Rebecca White FL US

3048 Terri Patterson MI US

3049 Marcus Duck MI US

3050 Emily Schumacher MN US

3051 Roger Goddard MI US

3052 Wesley Harper FL US

3053 Wendy Haagen Grand EstFR

3054 Keith Stevens MI US

3055 Trini Pullen ID US

3056 Caroline Wade MI US

3057 Desiree Rowe MI US

3058 Rinda West IL US

3059 Pawiter Parhar MI US This is my practical life experience when it happen and where. In California and in Contra Costa County Exen Mobil oil pipe line leaked ,messed up oil shore and purified water . People get sick and birds, animals died lots of pollution. So we need to avoid from these kinds of accidents.Because health care is too costly and people have not enough benefits.

3060 Emily Rymer MI US

3061 Cody Schmitt MI US

3062 Heidi Pallo NJ US

3063 Maggie Hutchens CA US

3064 Elizabeth Kunz MI US

3065 Jordan McNeilly MI US

3066 Richard Stuber MI US

3067 Randy Newbold MI US

3068 J Altmin IL US

3069 Brian Royce MI US

3070 Turner Ruechel WI US

3071 Dot Wolff MI US Listern to those who have studied the effects of having pipeline 5 continue. Please shut down pipeline 5.Thanks.

3072 Maureen Smith MI US

3073 Dennis Gassman UT US

3074 Kimberly Lovelace MI US

3075 Lesley McCarthy MI US

3076 Carrie Traver MI US

3077 Cameron Baker MI US

3078 David H. Roach MI US

3079 Zoe Kelly MI US

3080 Arlene WI US



3081 Michael Graham MI US

3082 Marcia O'Connell IN US It is vital to protect the Great Lakes from a catastrophic spill. Do not take the chance of destroying their environment!

3083 Stefanie Herder MI US

3084 Debra Damron MI US

3085 Mary Lewis MI US The Great Lakes are a national treasure and a natural necessity for the health and welfare of Michigan and surrounding states. Get an independent expert review. It is your duty

3086 Lukas Duel MI US Oil and water don’t mix

3087 Jen Bement MI US

3088 Meghan Kelly MI US

3089 Michael l Robinson MI US

3090 Sandra Clipp AL ES

3091 Ann Webster NY US

3092 Cora Grimaldi MI US

3093 Nathaniel Duemler MI US

3094 Kory Stone MI US

3095 Heather Whitt MI US

3096 Dave Palmer MI US

3097 Nick Li NS CA

3098 Rebecca Gale-Gonzalez

MI US

3099 Daniel Fogel IL US

3100 Sharon Wawrzyniak MI US

3101 Karen Muncie MI US

3102 Josh Kluzak MI US

3103 Tim Limbert SC US

3104 Jessica Walz MI US

3105 Celeste Koerwitz OH US

3106 Joel Kolodziejczak MI US

3107 Stephen Kastner WI US Stop dicking around and protect our precious fresh water resources! Your political gamesmanship really sucks! The days of oil are over but humans will always need clean water.

3108 Mary Goodman MI US Protect our water! Shut it down!

3109 Avery Wolf ID US

3110 Mariah Hiebbner MI US

3111 Ericka Lehnen GA US

3112 Sophie Balardo MI US

3113 Edward Rosett MI US We must protect our investment in the Great Lakes!

3114 Mary Pope MI US

3115 Erin Smith OH US

3116 Glen Libby MI US

3117 David Canup MI US

3118 Madelyn Jester MI US

3119 Cindy Raymond US

3120 Tina Mills NJ US



3121 Milos Kovacevic IL US

3122 Kristen Olsen MI US

3123 Sue Green ID US

3124 Shana Chapman TN US

3125 Christie Lamoreaux MI US

3126 Kristen Talaga MI US

3127 Abbey Kennedy IL US

3128 Ashley Vogel MI US

3129 Pamela Wright MI US Please do not risk polluting our valuable fresh water supply. There are other safer alternatives. Act as if your family and friends life depended on it.

3130 Craig VanderMuellen MI US

3131 Bette Pierman MI US

3132 Liyah Gamez MI US

3133 Melanie Bess MI US

3134 Nancy Gallardo US

3135 Cindy Carney MI US

3136 Nate Vuyk WI US

3137 Alex Sebastian MI US Northern Michigan has seriously helped me in my recovery from depression. Going to Traverse City is always the highlight of my year. Being in nature helps me reset my brain and feel so much more alive than I do living in the city. These are the times that I actually feel good about myself and happy. If anything were to happen to the lakes it would take away from the very essence of what Michigan is. I strongly urge the authorities in question to take action against this pipeline.

3138 David Byrne FL US Coming from S. Florida to Michigan every year to visit, I am always amazed at the beautiful water in the Great Lakes. Please keep it that way

3139 Lindsey Orkisz US

3140 Christina Esch MI US

3141 Sarah Hengsteler TX US

3142 Angelina Wismer MI US

3143 Macy Fouch MI US

3144 Pariz Luppo SC US

3145 Tiffany Hendricks IN US

3146 Russell Wood MI US Shut down line 5 before irreparable damage is done.

3147 Samantha Purifoy MI US

3148 Gregory Vandervort IL US

3149 Caroline Kealy MO US

3150 Michele Hulsey KY US

3151 Jose Nunez-Regueiro MI US

3152 Jenna Zerbo MI US

3153 Michael Walden MI US

3154 Judy Jones MI US

3155 David Lossing MI US

3156 Corrine Turner OH US

3157 Katherine Karnoup MI US

3158 Packaging Ajm MI US

3159 Susan Curtis MI US



3160 Miles Riddle MI US

3161 Gus Slack MI US

3162 Ellen Climo VA US

3163 Nicholas Labadie MI US

3164 Emily Claire Plachta MI US PROTECT

3165 Carol McKee MI US

3166 Joseph Cox MI US

3167 Barbra Lounsbury MI US

3168 Mary L. Bowden MI US

3169 Jenna Kearns MI US

3170 Robin Glueckert IN US

3171 Mark Gustafson MI US

3172 Quentin Venney MI US

3173 Mimi Werner MT US

3174 Kaitlyn Oehring MI US

3175 Penelope Brooks MI US

3176 Jan Wade MI US

3177 Christopher Sack MI US

3178 Rylee Welsh MI US

3179 Sarah Landry MI US

3180 Nichole Welch MI US

3181 Judith Elzinga NJ US

3182 Nancy Fogarty MN US I demand the decomission of Line 5!!!

3183 Bryce K Porter MI US

3184 Justin Gallegos CA US

3185 Colleen Richards MI US

3186 Rosa Perez IL US

3187 Sarah Dakhlallah MI US Get rid of Line 5

3188 Sarah Dakhlallah MI US

3189 Theresa Harden-Houtz MI US

3190 Candice Selleck MI US

3191 Cathleen Nielsen FL US

3192 Karl Sangeorzan MI US

3193 Linzee Jewell CO US

3194 Brandie Dunn IL US

3195 John Vincent MI US

3196 Steve Schott US

3197 Chester Mahan MI US Please consider "We the people" first; not the profit from oil extraction/distribution first. Think first of the environment.......which is our life source.

3198 Susan Makrianis MI US I am writing to urge you to decommission Pipe Line 5. The risk to our Great Lakes is not worth it.

3199 Karen Brege Griggs MI US

3200 Arthur Decuf MI US

3201 Jill Claybour MI US



3202 Kim Gabriele MI US

3203 Suzanne Dixon MI US When Attorney General Schuette said that this pipeline would never be constructed under today's guidelines, I find it amazing that the conversation is looking at tunneling. There are other ways to move this product, less threatening. Please don't memorialize the movement of this product, which I expect will have a diminishing market in future years. This is not the direction our energy future is reliant on. Please end the use of Line 5. It is a threat to the Great Lakes. The State needs to stay on course in examining the interests of Michigan residents and not corporate interests.Thank you for this opportunity to comment.Suzanne Dixon

3204 Ellen O'Brien MI US

3205 Mary Van Valin MI US I can't imagine intelligent people choosing to risk an oil spill in our Great Lakes. When the pipeline is 64 years old, and is run by a company that doesn't appear to have integrity, we are simply in the twilight zone on this! Who in their right mind would allow this to continue? We have alternative routes to move the Canadian oil and gas that don't risk our most precious fresh water. Please set aside politics and greed and err on the side of public safety and well-being.

3206 Claudia Copenhaver MI US Claudia Copenhaver

3207 Mary Beth Schmitt MI US

3208 Shannon Ford MI US

3209 Francisco Rodriguez IL US

3210 Megan Hall MI US

3211 Kristin Blake MI US

3212 Alison Rummel MI US We won't be the "Great Lake" state if there's an oil spill!!!

3213 Richard Gienapp MI US I have no confidence in the State’s ability or Enbridge’s willingness to prevent a disaster. The pipeline is like an old car. You can keep pouring money into it but ultimately the problems are simply too great, you realize it’s not worth fixing and it gets sent to the scrapyard. The damage that will be done by a failure isn’t just sitting on the side of the road with a flat tire, it’s serious and permanent damage to a resource that deserves our protection. Like that old car, it’s time to move on.

3214 Tobin MacCready CA US

3215 Linda Dunigan MI US It just amazes me that after the disaster in Flint nothing is being done to immediately stop this Line 5 disaster!

3216 Marta Olson MI US Please shut down Line 5 immediately.

As someone who grew up in the Straits of Mackinac region (on Mackinac Island), I am well aware of the importance of the Straits area’s natural resources to the lives of our state's residents. As well as our emotional and spiritual connection to this land, residents from all over the state physically and economically depend on the water from the Great Lakes. Also, Michigan's pure natural environment and rich history attract millions of visitors from all over the world and, thus, are critical to our state and nation’s economy. We have a unique responsibility as a Great Lakes state to protect these resources.

There is NO risk too small to keep this pipeline operational. ANY risk to Michigan's precious natural resources is unacceptable.

I am continually dumbfounded that this is still an issue being discussed given all the scientific evidence presented about the risk, inability to clean-up a spill, vulnerability to terrorism, and the lack of benefits of this pipeline, etc. PLEASE show some leadership and protect Michigan's (and the world's) most valuable resource TODAY before it's too late!

3217 Jula Heckendorn MI US

3218 John Niedermaier MI US There are plenty of options for moving oil around surface waters and with the level of Michigander risk and the amount of corporate profits this 60+ year old pipeline has made, there is no reason to continue this ill fated plan. This line is only getting older. Let's move on to another plan before everyone regrets the result of continuing down this path.

3219 Walter Wojtowicz MI US Shut down line 5 and find an alternative.

3220 Jacob Sciammas WI US

3221 Christen Smith MI US

3222 Eric Alexander CA US We must do this now, while we have the ability.

3223 Shereen Edwards MI US Protect the Great Lakes! They are irreplaceable!



3224 Gail Richmond MI US

3225 Lindsey Leonard IN US Shutdown Line 5

3226 Michael Colvin MI US

3227 John Perrault MI US

3228 Sean Kelley MN US

3229 Hunter Jensen NY US

3230 Elaine Gerou MI US

3231 Dianne Sax CA US

3232 Karen Dolliver MA US

3233 Steven Blair Kopacki MI US Just because we the people has forced Enbridge to finally take care and try to up-grade Line 5 in the past 3 years, 50 years is long past the life span. We don't want a Catastrophic Great Lakes Oil Spill that will devastate everything we be leave in for "PURE MICHIGAN". We can;t trust Enbridge to do the right thing. I still demand the decommission of Line 5.

3234 Mark Shin CO US

3235 Vanessa ON CA

3236 Sara Brady MI US

3237 Katie Peugeot MI US

3238 Brian Monarch MI US

3239 Craig Camp MI US

3240 Sam Asta MI US The very minumum, replace the line. It is very old and it has not been maintianed as it should have been.

3241 Lisa Poulter NM US

3242 Scott Pettit CA US

3243 Ann Bosworth UT US

3244 Darla Fuleky MI US

3245 Andrew Starr CA US

3246 James Nickel NY US

3247 Rachael Clarke MI US

3248 Steven Hanawalt CA US

3249 Debbie Myers-Lockwood

MI US

3250 Michael Findley MI US

3251 Natalie h.k. IL US

3252 Sam Bourcier MI US

3253 Kaitlan Ware MI US

3254 Tracy Dobson MI US

3255 Russ Vente MI US

3256 Sarah Stallings MI US

3257 Melissa Daunt MI US

3258 Julia Eussen MI US

3259 Therese Povolo MI US

3260 Richard H Bornhoff IL US

3261 Cane Kostovski MI US

3262 Steven Kissel MI US

3263 Dana Mains MI US Dana MainsSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �135 oilandwaterdontmix.org


3264 Jake Therrien MI US

3265 Raymond Lam IL US

3266 Lawrence Olsen MI US

3267 Ashley George OH US

3268 Irene Schmidt MI US

3269 Carole Erbel MI US

3270 Claire Borgen MI US

3271 Ann Kalat MI US

3272 Pamela Jackson IL US

3273 Philip Rice MI US

3274 Jack King IL US

3275 Andi Staffan MI US

3276 Josie Kingscott MI US

3277 Charles VanderKlipp MI US

3278 Cheryl Adams MI US

3279 Tracy Boyce CA US

3280 Charlotte O'Keefe MI US

3281 Sarah K Craig MI US

3282 Ann Miller MI US

3283 Eric Black MI US

3284 Mary Jane Barnwell MI US

3285 Marv Van Haitsma MI US

3286 Audrey Hughey MI US

3287 Katie Lifka IL US

3288 Kaila Emerick MI US

3289 Lindsey Walker It is time for us to shut down the antiquated Enbridge Line 5 before it's too late.Let us be the example nationwide of what it looks like to successfully and responsibly decommission an antiquated pipeline. Let us all celebrate in the shutting down of this Canadian pipeline. Throwing a retirement party for Line 5 would be a win win win- for Enbridge they should be proud of being leaders in their industry and demonstrating what responsibly shutting down a pipeline looks like. For our elected officials they should be leading the call to shut down line 5 and of course for the water, the people, the flora and the fauna in and around Michigan have the most to lose with the inevitable oil spill. Let us ALL do the right thing and #shutdownline5

3290 Morgan Barbret MI US

3291 Erick Palacios MI US

3292 Chris Woodworth CA US

3293 David Holm MI US

3294 Rachel Glowski MI US The RISK greatly outweighs the benefit. Water is more important to local communities than oil!!!

3295 Grace Stamos NY US

3296 Mark Poprawa MI US It is totally unacceptable to put our Great Lakes in risk of a catastrophic event for the greed of a corporation. In reality it barely benefits the people of Michigan at all. Even if it did it is ludicrous and shameful to endanger our fresh water Great Lake for your profits. Seriously , what are you thinking? Are you really willing to risk the damage to the wildlife,our drinking water,our health, our economy for your greed. Any government official that supports this careless stewardship of our lakes will be remembered come election time. Stop the madness.

3297 Cynthia Vigneron MI US

3298 Robert Frisk MI US

3299 Elena Larosa NY USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �136 oilandwaterdontmix.org


3300 Olivia Olds MI US

3301 Katherine McGinnis MI US

3302 Cecil Goodman AZ US

3303 Samantha Lynch MI US

3304 Melissa Straus MI US

3305 Michael Roller MI US

3306 Sue Monaghan MI US Decommission Line 5 now and revoke the 1953 easement agreement with Embridge. It is the only way to permanently protect the Great Lakes for all of us and future generations.

3307 Carol Spencer MI US

3308 Janis Leslie MI US Please think ahead to the disaster that could occur and the damage it could do to our wonderful Straits of Mackinac waters, the surrounding lands including all of our tourist destinations, the wildlife , the boaters, and all of the Great Lakes. Shut down Line 5.

3309 John Gray MI US

3310 Rachel Ball MI US

3311 Keith Nelson IL US

3312 ConstanceMalecek MI US

3313 Candice Wiers MI US

3314 Stephen Gasteyer MI US

3315 Janice Jackson MI US

3316 Rebecca Terpening MI US

3317 Ciara Ristig CA US

3318 Agnes Szeloczey MI US

3319 Annette Kingsbury MI US

3320 Dr Pamela Ditonto MI US

3321 Carol Marshall MI US

3322 Greg Hejl MI US

3323 Clare Slack MI US

3324 Robert Rice MI US

3325 Roberta Noss MI US

3326 Tyriek Bugbee MI US

3327 Freda Dailey MI US

3328 Sue Coyle MI US

3329 Lauren Bonetti WI US

3330 Tracy Warning MI US

3331 Daniel Engle MI US

3332 Brett Petrill MI US

3333 Steve Ryder MI US

3334 Melinda Torres TX US

3335 Ryan MacDonald MI US

3336 Sandy Moyer IL US

3337 James Tillotson TX US

3338 Marni Holmes MI US

3339 Stephanie Kemp WI US

3340 Joshua V. Bartlett MI US



3341 James E. Brewer MN US

3342 Cynthia Garratt IL US

3343 Valerie Ackerman IL US

3344 Laura Wisdom OR US It is obvious that this pipeline is a disaster waiting to happen. Its not if it fails, its when. Its also obvious that the easement conditions have been violated. There is nothing in this for the local residences except for the pollution of their environment that they depend on. Line 5 must be shut down!

3345 Joanna Connelly MI US

3346 Ben Williams MI US

3347 Erick Orlando MI US

3348 Joseph William Stroup Ii

MI US

3349 Katie Jacob MI US

3350 Allen Riling CO US

3351 Bertha Helfont MN US

3352 Mary Bird MI US

3353 Zoë Campain-Atkins MI US

3354 Cyrus Cook MI US

3355 Kathryn Almy MI US

3356 Miranda Gilbert MI US

3357 Abigail Jester MI US

3358 Kelly Cain MI US

3359 Alex Poltorak IL US

3360 Mary Jo Czajka MI US

3361 Iva Weaver MI US

3362 Sharon Franklin MI US

3363 Melissa Krisniski MI US

3364 Ed Shalda MI US

3365 Kelly Kamrowski-Lewis MI US

3366 Michael Pepin MN US

3367 Jean Hammond MI US

3368 Stephen Sirotko CT US

3369 James Cormier MI US

3370 Claire O'Brien MI US

3371 Mike Wilkinson KY US

3372 Mary Petersen MI US

3373 Amber Pape MI US

3374 Jennifer Swain MI US Why are we risking the safety of the Straits in order to protect the interest of one faction of an industry? Why are we allowing one industry to control and dictate this pipeline when it’s failure would impact the entire Great Lakes region?

3375 Precious Daniels MI US

3376 Nathan Spangenberg MI US

3377 Michelle Anderson MI US

3378 Maiya Wimbley MI US

3379 David Bahr MI US



3380 Edward Troutman MI US

3381 Lauren Welsh MI US

3382 Michele Irwin MI US

3383 Susan Brown MI US

3384 Beverly Sherrer MI US

3385 Patti Jarosz MI US

3386 Deanne Pala ON CA

3387 Sarah Perez-Sanz MI US

3388 Richard Dinon MI US

3389 Benjamin Simón MI US

3390 Deborah Burcar MI US We can not afford an oil spill in the GreatLakes....the largest fresh water supply in the world...There is no benefit to the people of Michigan, only risk. Please SHUT down line 5 today.

3391 Amy Dahl MI US

3392 Charity Lytle MI US

3393 Alix Dowling IL US

3394 Bonnie Mills MI US

3395 Claire Tighe NY US

3396 Amanda Major MI US

3397 Noah Weiner MI US

3398 Charles Tazzia MI US The Great Lakes are far too valuable of a resource to risk a catastrophic oil spill from Line 5. If it remains operational, it is not a matter of if, only when. It needs to be shut down immediately, and permanently. It would be much easier and less expensive to figure out another way to get oil across the Straits, than to have a spill and lose all the tourism revenue in addition to having to clean up. AN ounce of prevention is worth many pounds of cure in this case.

3399 Abigail Knox MI US

3400 Robert Olepa MI US

3401 Carmen Bates MI US

3402 Jodi Escalante WI US You have already let corporations ruin most of America for the almight dollar. Please don't ruin the largest fresh water in the world.

3403 Nancy Bone MI US

3404 Randy Duvall OH US

3405 Sandra Cordes MA US What a precious resource we have in the Great Lakes! We must protect them. Please, no "end-runs" or other evasive action. Do the right thing, NOW for the welfare of all citizens of this - and every region. We are our generations care-takers of this resource. Do the right thing to protect it.

3406 Lissa Tann MI US

3407 Shannon Roberson VA US

3408 James Wegner MI US

3409 Pearly Alhameed MI US

3410 Sharon Vente KY US

3411 Theresa Harrington MI US

3412 Kelley McCarthy AZ US

3413 Alexandra LaBarge MI US

3414 Leigh Wietsma MI US

3415 Terry Turnblom MI US

3416 Nathaniel Borenstein MI US



3417 Lee Sykes CT US

3418 Kim Smith MI US

3419 Peggy Todd MI US

3420 Claude Howard MI US

3421 Carol Roehrich MI US

3422 Kristi Harter IN US

3423 Faye Spinniken MI US

3424 Michael Lavely MI US

3425 Sarah Knapp MI US

3426 Susan Frahm MI US

3427 MaryAnn Halbeisen MI US

3428 Tim Clancy MI US

3429 Stephen Germic MI US

3430 Daniel Dorazio MI US

3431 Chase M. MI US

3432 Mike Kirchner MI US

3433 Rebecca Cooper MI US

3434 Carl Ballou WI US

3435 Robert Lemon IL US

3436 Christopher Hoving MI US Christopher Hoving

3437 Susan Sprowls MI US

3438 Katalyn MI US

3439 Ingrid Lindfors MI US

3440 Eileen Wright MI US Shut down Line 5 before it destroys our Great lakes.Please!

3441 Connie Albrecht MI US The risk of a spill in the Great Lakes is too high!

3442 Alex Vining NM US

3443 Joseph P Popp MI US

3444 Betty Anguiano MI US

3445 Ruth Schaut MI US

3446 Emma Spencer MI US

3447 Steve Riddle MI US

3448 Sarah Vroon MI US

3449 Kyle Jacob Homerin IL US

3450 Kristy Allen MI US

3451 Micaela Ward ME US

3452 Tele G. OH US

3453 Beverly Stevenson MI US

3454 Edna Quillen FL US

3455 PA US

3456 Jane Dinnen MI US

3457 Leigh DeForth SC US

3458 Seth MI US

3459 Drew Deters NY USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �140 oilandwaterdontmix.org


3460 Michael Andrews CO US

3461 Jason Pritts PA US

3462 Ralph Feichtinger MI US

3463 Sarah Parish MI US

3464 Doug Meyer MO US

3465 Pamela York MI US

3466 Nick Georgacakes MI US

3467 Chris Bott MI US

3468 Lori Owen IN US

3469 Elly Hurd MI US

3470 Michelle Diebold MI US

3471 Kyle Franklin MI US

3472 Becky Butela MI US

3473 Anna Eckmann WI US Anna M Eckmann

3474 Racheal Reed MI US

3475 Roxanne Moore MI US Please save our Great Lakes. Stop the pipeline.

3476 Cynthia Bowers OH US

3477 Kate Burnett MI US

3478 Valerie Sisson MI US

3479 Kersten Neuman MI US

3480 Jason Caya MI US

3481 Danielle Paul MI US

3482 Christabelle Dozeman MI US

3483 Frank Kiley KS US

3484 Theresa Love MI US

3485 Brad Bender MI US Michigan has enough water disasters (i.e. Flint Water Crisis) - do not allow for another one to occur and poison citizens! We have the power to stop another disaster if you act now!

3486 Mike Turriff MI US

3487 Taylor Euwema MI US

3488 Therese Smith MI US

3489 Natalie Mattson MI US

3490 Ann Gilson MI US

3491 Brandon Franczek IL US

3492 John G Schmid OR US

3493 Debra Hutton MI US

3494 Jon Bonadeo KY US

3495 Jennifer Yuhn MI US

3496 Maria Buffalo IA US

3497 Zach Strader MI US

3498 Roberta Hinman MI US

3499 Amy Henning MI US

3500 Tracy Hill MI US

3501 Samantha Hoffman MI US We must protect our Great Lakes!



3502 Anastasia Klimovitz MI US

3503 Wayne Lundberg OH US

3504 Marcy Korynta MN US

3505 Brenna Chamberlain MI US

3506 Lucinda Grover MI US

3507 Jaynan Montague MI US

3508 Linda Sommerville MI US

3509 Tom Kenney MI US

3510 Paul Cataldi MI US

3511 Michael Nicholas MI US

3512 Wayne Say MI US December 20, 2017

GENTLEMEN:Re: Line 5

I am writing the Michigan Attorney General and Governor to urge them to use existing powers of their respective offices to withdraw an easement granted to Enbridge Line 5, twin pipelines located in the Straits of Mackinaw. This action is needed because of the high risk of catastrophic failure of one or both pipelines. The effects would be unimaginable, irreversible, wide-spread and very long-term. Based on pipeline conditions and the behavior of Enbridge the risk terms should be thought of in terms of “when” rather than “if” pipeline failures occur.

Line failures would have effects including:1. municipal water supplies are affected for at least 40 million residents of the Great Lakes watershed,2. 700 miles of shoreline are saturated,3. twenty percent of the freshwater in the region is compromised4. migratory shorebirds in the Great Lakes Flyway fare badly, as do other forms of wildlife with whom we share the planet,5. Enbridge deliberately mislead, the AG, the Governor, and the residents about the condition and safety of the pipeline---finding that anchors supposed to be present and stabilizing the pipelines are missing,Enbridge shows little responsibility for having been the source for the spill in the Kalamazoo River that went undetected for 17 hours. It is the largest spill in the US, cleanup costs exceed $1billion+,and Pristine conditions will never again be achieved because of Enbridge's 6. Regional economy—what regional economy? Based on recreation and tourism, the market in this area for such activity will shift to other geographic areas which really are “clean and green” never to return.7. Youth—they deserve better than what we will turn over to them—a fractured, contaminated, species-poor, very large “broken ecosystem” that will never recover.

How much better if they see adults acting to protect the planet we will all call home, an ecosystem that is Green, vibrant, diverse and healthy.

We can't get it wrong! There is only 1 planet, 1 freshwater system of Great Lakes, and 1 Straits.

So Mr. Schumpeter, all things considered, yourreasonable and responsible course of action would be to void the easement, and second, immediately begin the decommissioning process to close both Line 5 pipelines.

Thank you for this opportunity to present this information for your consideration.

Wayne Say512 West Fifth StreetFlint, Michigan [email protected]

3513 Elaine Brazin MI US

3514 Caroline Cook MI US

3515 Corinne Cochran MI US Please do the right thing for our state and our beautiful Great Lake. Shut Down Line 5. Now.Signatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �142 oilandwaterdontmix.org


3516 Jack Johnson MI US

3517 Katherine Barnes MI US

3518 Carley Davidson MI US

3519 Paul Singer MI US Line 5 will leak. We cannot afford to destroy our natural resources. Go to sun and wind ASAP. These areas are job producers.

3520 Christina DeHaan MI US

3521 Tyler Harp MI US

3522 Walter Blanc MI US

3523 Betty Kliewer MI US

3524 Kat Szalek MI US

3525 Jennifer Pasanski VA US

3526 Linda Opipari MI US

3527 Denise Wunderlich MI US

3528 Andrew Garrod MI US

3529 Jessica Hiller MI US

3530 Shane Peterson MI US

3531 Leah Bennett MI US

3532 Sandra McGee IL US

3533 Joyce Peralta MI US

3534 Suzannah Tobin MI US

3535 Valerie Vogan MI US

3536 Tina Murua MI US

3537 Cheryl Campbell RI US

3538 Paige Wilson MI US

3539 Matt Chandler MI US

3540 Elena Mosher MI US

3541 David Adams WA US

3542 Rylan Sherwood IL US

3543 Chuck Borg MI US

3544 Michael Merriam US

3545 Lauri Droster WI US

3546 Keegan McColley MI US

3547 Michael Geary IA US

3548 Samuel Seth Bernard MI US

3549 Peyton Bray WI US

3550 Daniel Farr MI US

3551 Abel Richards WI US

3552 Anna Bahle MI US

3553 Raymond Wyman MI US

3554 MI US

3555 Mary Rodgers MI US

3556 Aaron Carr MI US

3557 Matthew Thomas IL US



3558 Franklin Lawrence MI US

3559 Susan Beattie MI US

3560 Lorraine Filipek MI US

3561 Nancy Daling MI US

3562 Allison Scherzer MI US

3563 Linda Ervin MI US

3564 Giovanni Ephraim MI US

3565 Michael C MI US

3566 Mark VanderKlipp MI US I see this as an end-run around the process, and not listening to the experts that have quantified the irreversible damage that could be done in the event of an oil spill. Please reconsider this "alternatives" study and shut down Line 5.

3567 Betty Short OH US

3568 Cameron Bazner MI US

3569 Mariah Wheaton MI US

3570 Brennan Dougherty MI US

3571 Christopher Shepard MN US

3572 Charlotte Pemberton MI US

3573 Jacqueline Driscoll MI US

3574 Lisa Fox MI US

3575 Penny Menerey MI US

3576 Savanna Klear MI US

3577 Emily Strayer CA US

3578 Richard Tuxbury MI US There is no legitimate reason to continue shipping oil through our waters. ..except greed and corporate distance, which carries no responsibility should there be an accident. Nothing can be done to absolutely protect our waters except to prohibit putting oil into close contact with this resource. Since no one can take full accountability for an accident, then we must insist that this method of transporting oil stop immediately.

3579 Cathy Hart MI US

3580 Monica Krackowski MI US

3581 Kathryn Savoie MI US

3582 Robert Merrill NY US

3583 Paul Glendon MI US Reasons to decommission Line 5: Intolerable risk to health of Lakes Michigan & Huron, pipeline already beyond its useful life even if properly maintained, it hasn't been, Enbridge has repeatedly demonstrated that its assurances cannot be believed, and keeping it in operation in light of all this also is inconsistent with the clear need to end dependence on fossil fuel and convert to clean, renewable energy sources before it's too late.

3584 Jesse Dittmer MI US

3585 Karen Tighe MI US

3586 Sabrina Blanchett-Anderson

MI US

3587 Ryan Lo'Ree MI US

3588 Jessica Harris MI US

3589 Caitlin Scannell OH US This pipeline could have huge impact on our Great Lakes. Please shut down this pipeline!!!

3590 Greta Bolger US Pipeline 5 MAINLY benefits Canada and Enbridge and greatly endangers the State of Michigan and the Great Lakes. SHUT IT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3591 Brittani Verdun MI US

3592 David Crandall MI US

3593 Kendall Mackey ME USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �144 oilandwaterdontmix.org


3594 Anne Wandel MI US

3595 Catharine Schuba MI US

3596 Rebecca Ferns MI US

3597 Richard Bolton AP IN

3598 Dudley Jordan MI US Listen, This line was installed BEFORE I was born...64 years and counting!!!..If Enbridge officals are sooo darn sure of this lines integrity, then have them sign on the dotted line that they will personally pay for recovery if failure...AND...serve jail time for the ruination of our precious great lakes fresh water!!!! I'm quite sure none will agree to this due to the RISK that we the citizens are pointing out!!!Shut it down...and if it's sooo important, then find a way to seal it off before restart, with no way of oil contamination to our precious Natural Resource...our Great Lakes!!! OR, is this really about profits first???

3599 Bob Ferguson MI US

3600 Barbara Parent MI US

3601 Barbara Wycliffe MI US

3602 Heather House MI US

3603 Annie Jankowski MI US

3604 Mary Burton MI US Shut down Line 5. No tunnel alternative. Truck your product across Canadian soil if you must move it. Governor Snyder, listen to the voters of Michigan, not the owners of a Canadian company profiting from our risk.

3605 Jay Broski MI US Risking the health of the Great Lakes, the economy of the state of Michigan, and the health of it's people in order to protect the profits of a foreign company at no benefit to Michigan is absurd and should be ended immediately.

3606 Jan Ealy MI US

3607 Shelley Keller MI US

3608 Elizabeth Greenwald IN US

3609 Nina LaPine AZ US

3610 Dante MI US

3611 Owen Lloyd CO US

3612 Lachlan Hogg MI US

3613 Christianna Hargan CA US

3614 Margaret White MI US

3615 Marcus Manoogian NY US

3616 Isabel Shanahan MI US

3617 Timothy Black MI US

3618 Paris Rutter MI US

3619 Mitchell Clem MI US

3620 Larry Junck MI US The Dynamic Risk study doesn’ pass the smell test. Close Pipeline until a respectable study is done!

3621 Sean Robenalt MI US

3622 Debra Warwick MI US

3623 Dave Williams MI US

3624 Ashley Killion MI US

3625 Michelle Kloehn CA US

3626 Tara Stacy MI US

3627 Sinead Kennedy ON CA

3628 Lyli Rosales IL US

3629 Robert Thomas MI US



3630 Richard Thomas MI US

3631 Lorraine Dykstra MI US

3632 Mary Jo Fitzpatrick MI US

3633 Aaron Mendenhall WI US

3634 Jerry Smith MI US

3635 Margaret Schankler MI US When the pipe leaks, there is no going back. You are gambling with one of the most precious natural resources in the world for what? When the spill happens will you still believe you made the right decision?

3636 Mark W. Cavender TX US

3637 Patrick Miriani IL US

3638 Stephanie Collins MI US

3639 Elizabeth Ball CO US

3640 Michael Palmer MI US

3641 Debbie Reed GA US

3642 Jerry Hamelink MI US Why not put the pipeline on the Big Mac bridge?

3643 Craig Davis MI US

3644 Peggy Jensen TX US To think Enbridge or the State Government, i.e.Gove. Snyder, would do ANYTHING to risk polluting Lake Michigan is beyond belief.

3645 Marsha Boettger MI US Pipeline 5 needs to be permanently shut down. It makes no sense to risk an oil spill into the Great Lakes which the majority of Michigan residents rely on for their drinking water to benefit and enrich a Canadian oil company. Clearly Enbridge has a poor track record for cleaning up their spills. Clearly Governor Snyder has a poor record for ensuring Michigan residents have clean water (Flint). Let's stop this unneeded flow through this pipeline once and for all. Enbridge can use other routes that don't threaten our Great Lakes. We need to preserve and protect this fresh water at all costs for the State of Michigan and all other surrounding States.

3646 Anne Erlewine MI US

3647 Dorcas Smith MI US

3648 Erin Giles MI US

3649 Tammy Rohatynski MI US

3650 Emily Emersen-Rich MI US Our Great Lakes are precious. Wildlife, recreation revenue, and families need and depend on their cleanliness, safety and health. Please don't add another pipeline!

3651 Laura Tiaga WA US

3652 Inger Evans MI US

3653 Theo Dixon PA US

3654 Marilyn Mayo MI US marilyn mayo: Please put the health of all creatures and flora on this planet before money grubbing greed!

3655 Oliver Stoutner AL US

3656 David Tackett MI US

3657 Judith Barker MI US

3658 Kristina Chappel MI US

3659 Mary Telfeyan NC US Be mindful of our precious natural resources and decommission Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac as it is a necessary action to protect our Great Lakes. Thank you!

3660 Mackenzie Kraft US

3661 Thomas Filardo MI US

3662 Jackie Berens IL US

3663 Ruth Ann Stice MI US We all need the Great Lakes! Please don't ruin our waters that we will never be able to fix or get back!



3664 Bruce Snyder MN US The potential for disastrous pollution of one of the largest fresh water sources in the world is too much. We need a safer alternative. Bruce D. Snyder MD

3665 Carrie Fawcett MI US

3666 Natasha Eggleston MI US

3667 Kieman Holland-Anderson

MI US

3668 Emma Kauffman MI US

3669 Laurie Phelps MI US

3670 Patrick Zielinski IL US

3671 Samantha Muldoon MN US

3672 Sarah Moore MI US

3673 Amanda Gilley MI US

3674 Adam Warner IN US

3675 Daniel Driessche MI US This is an opportunity to do the right thing. Protect what cannot be replaced. You may not be remembered. You may not be compensated. You WILL be responsible.

3676 Kelly King IL US

3677 Jennifer Korman MI US

3678 P Weber MI US

3679 James Olson MI US

3680 K Bremer OH US

3681 Maureen Fletcher MI US Line 5 pipeline should be shut down immediately to avoid a major catastrophe in the Great Lakes!! The evidence is there so why is there such a delay in taking action? The Governor & his back door deal is shameful!! It is time to use the public trust doctrine in protecting our Great Lakes NOW!!! Michigan's government is not protecting our Great Lakes. Shut down Line5!!!

3682 Sam Klassen MN US

3683 Judi Myers MI US

3684 Melanie Kiddle GB Oil in the water will destroy lakes and other water Eco systems.life in the water, on the water, wildlife, and human beings. We have got to protect, all water systems now and for the future. Water substances , looks after plant life it goes on. Protect all water.

3685 Samantha Schnoebelen

IL US

3686 Tracee Crockett MI US

3687 Daniel Kline WI US

3688 Pamela Hall MI US

3689 Heide Post MI US

3690 Rachel Westra MI US

3691 Tony Geren MI US

3692 Rebecca Mandrell IA US

3693 Rebecca King LA US

3694 Resha Reneau MI US

3695 Juraj Siska IL US The line 5 should be shut down or major repair and maintenance must be performed immediately to prevent environment catastrophe that is likely to going to happen.

3696 Elaine LaFreniere MI US

3697 Michael Essling IN US

3698 Jessica Rademacher MI US

3699 Cameron Thompson MI US

3700 Daniel Smith LA USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �147 oilandwaterdontmix.org


3701 Chad Emmett Briggs MI US

3702 Adam Petrick MI US

3703 Elon Cameron MI US

3704 Kammer Offenhauser NY US This issue is even more interesting to look at from an out of state perspective. It’s no surprise that the Midwest is often viewed as lagging behind the East and West Coasts and that reflects in this issue as well. This pipeline is an invasive and outdated piece of insfradtructure that provides an undiversified stream of revenue in the form of crude oil and gas transport. Let’s do some math. Our state is bending over backwards to allow this Canadian energy megalith, connected to many other major failures, leaks and environmental damage (including within Michigan) to shuttle a single product through our greatest natural resource and the worlds largest freshwater supply.

This sweeping approval of a clearly biased reviewing party endangers the health and safety of Michigan tourism and life itself on shoreline communities that depend on Lake Michigan’s clear water for their way of life.

This also is part of a larger story which is of Michigan’s identity in the post-recession nation-view. If we appear to be slack in our values and principles regarding the protection of our Lakes, how will that appear as a climate to accept new business that favors the more progressive values of places like New York and California who, because of their own state’s environmental issues, may be attracted to the once great state of Michigan for the long term. By turning a blind eye to this issue, we’re not doing ourselves any favors for the long term. Not only that we’re sabotaging our opportunity to create a new image that protects the people and place first before the barely flowIng profits and rooyalties of a foreign energy conglomerates anachronistic methods of transporting a dangerous threat to the most iconic aspect of our region.

3705 Andrew Nieboer MI US

3706 Linda Dietz MI US

3707 Michele Callender MI US

3708 Daniel Newell WA US

3709 Antonia Edson MI US

3710 Patrick MacLeod MI US

3711 Hillary Rumsey MI US

3712 Jeremiah Williams MI US

3713 Joseph Tyler MI US

3714 Hannah Flaugher MI US Shut down LINE 5!

3715 Jerry Gillissen MI US

3716 Roberta Paschka MI US Line 5 is just NOT worth the risk. The consequences of a serious leak or break are too numerous to list, but they are all really scary.

3717 Jeff Van Dellen NV US

3718 Ken Kohlman MI US Great Lakes fresh water is an essential life source for most of the denizens of the midwest states (human and otherwise).

I recently read about oil slick plumes that were discovered in the Gulf of Mexico, a large body of salt water, 11 years after an oil rig was damaged by hurricane Ivan. Those well heads were not capped 11 years ago because there was no discernible leakage. I can envision a similar occurrence beneath the straits due to a pipeline rupture caused by fatigue or a rare seiche or seismic event. Given the delayed response of Enbridge after the Kalamazoo river spill as well as other pipeline rupture events, I fear that the precious Great Lakes fresh water will be seriously contaminated. I also believe that tunneling under the straits exposes us to unpredictable future geologic events that would be more manageable if a solution does not represent a risk to any fresh water source. Hence, nothing less than a continuous land transport is acceptable. We're much more knowledgeable about the risks of the Enbridge solution now than we were in 1953; Enbridge has demonstrated their lack of ability to respond quickly to disaster and also their disdain for transparency. Any solution that includes transport of anything accept free flowing fresh water in or under the straits is unacceptable!

Shut down Line 5 now and figure out a solution that doesn't include crossing the straits!

3719 Michael Smith MI US It's time do do the right thing. Shut it down.



3720 James Zimmerman MI US

3721 Maria Patch MT US

3722 Devvie Walton WI US

3723 Sky Emerson CA US

3724 David Schwartz AZ US

3725 Maria Nehan MI US

3726 Kim Nguyen Fiske TX US

3727 Edward Steinman CA US

3728 Sarah Ferguson MI US

3729 Bonnie Leboeuf MI US

3730 Lynda Nehan MI US

3731 Chris Parker NC US

3732 Lauren Coates MI US

3733 Barbara Weber CO US

3734 Lindsey Martin MI US

3735 Katherine Stoll WI US

3736 Connie Metcalf MI US Shut down line 5.

3737 Marguerite Huber IL US The Tunnel Alternative is an unacceptable option for protecting the Great Lakes. Because a tunnel (1) ignores the best feasible and prudent alternative of using existing pipeline infrastructure around the Great Lakes; (2) still is vulnerable to spills because of corrosion and human error and the inland portions of Line 5; (3) contravenes Michigan’s legal ban and policy against oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes; and (4) is a gateway for new oil pipelines to be located under the Straits based on international trade laws.

3738 Mary Bradley MI US Line 5 must be shut down. The effects of a spill would be catastrophic! I simply can't believe that state officials would tolerate this risk, no matter how small you may say the risk is. It CAN happen. And if that is the case, then that is a risk that must be eliminated by shutting down line 5.

3739 Monte Klein MI US It's time to find a safer way . Shut it down.

3740 Kim Streich MI US

3741 Patricia Ankerson UT US

3742 Bryan Root NY US

3743 Sandra Kimble MI US Keep the worlds largest fresh water lakes clean!

3744 Christine George IL US The Great Lakes are so important to the well being of our society, whether one thinks the economy, people's health, food supply, recreation, potable water etc. We must be good stewards of what we are blest with.

3745 Elizabeth Murcko MI US

3746 Kyle Schlabowske MI US

3747 Zachary Andrews MI US

3748 Todd Ziegler PA US

3749 Justin Ewing MI US

3750 MI US

3751 MI US

3752 Diane Corrigan MI US

3753 Daniel Sloboda IL US The backroom deal conducted between Gov. Snyder and Enbridge is a complete betrayal of public input along with the Advisory Board specifically created to assist in the public's input. The current Line 5 pipelines and all other alternatives allowing oil to flow under the Great Lakes is reckless and against the Public Trust of those that live in Michigan and the 30 million plus individuals that rely on the Great Lakes for their fresh drinking water. Enbridge has continually showed a constant lack of concern for transparency and this recent backroom deal is yet another occurrence of this. No pipeline should ever exist under the Great Lakes.



3754 Andrea Weiner MI US Andre

3755 Matthew Denny IL US

3756 Gwen Foor MI US

3757 Dale Cook MI US

3758 Jonathon Wolfer MI US

3759 Patty Woodard MI US

3760 David Gregorka MI US

3761 Lee Cheadle MI US Do the right thing. End pipeline 5 !

3762 Eponine Garrod MI US

3763 Samuel Yates NY US

3764 Amy Skiles OK US

3765 Carol Johnston MI US

3766 Ellen Rusten MI US I didn't realize how little concrete benefit Michigan gets from line 5. It's really not worth the risk. Time to shut it down.

3767 Amelia Wilks MI US I think the only safe & healthy approach is to eliminate the pipe line totally.

3768 Jolene Waupekenay WI US

3769 Diane Balas MI US Please shut down Line 5!!

3770 Alyssa Huiskens MI US

3771 Ryan Emerson MI US

3772 Tammy Graves MI US

3773 Dorothy Batchelder MI US

3774 Linda Vanderveen MI US Don't take chances with the beautiful irreplaceable Great Lakes!!

3775 Eric Wesolowski MI US

3776 Olivia Ankerson MI US

3777 Carol Polverini MI US

3778 Alexis Wheeler IL US

3779 Anne Garcia MI US

3780 Gretchen Smith MI US

3781 Kathryn Harris MI US

3782 Dawn Hightree CA US

3783 Nancy Soule MI US

3784 Kayla Norlander MI US

3785 Renee Peot WI US

3786 Karin Winegar MN US

3787 Kaia Olson MI US

3788 Jennifer Colagiovanni MI US Enough is enough. It is time for Michigan to take action and protect our greatest natural resource. Decommissioning Line 5 is the only way to ensure the protection of our Great Lakes. These waters are held in the public trust for the benefit of all, and our concern should be to protect these waters for generations to come, not to offer them as a short-cut for a for-profit energy company that has repeatedly failed to uphold their commitments. Please do the right thing and take action NOW. Thank you. Jennifer Colagiovanni

3789 Pat Valzonis MI US

3790 Kyle Desembrana IL US

3791 Marilyn Hagle TX US

3792 Robbin Moore MI



3793 Pete Jank IN US Pete Jank

3794 Rachel Dow MI US

3795 Kristi Martin MI US A leak in Line 5 would devestate our greatest fresh water resource, the Great Lakes ecosystem, and the tourism economy of multiple states. Line 5 needs to be shut down.

3796 Michael Zimmerman MI US I strongly support the decommission of Line 5.

3797 Kim Hunter MI US

3798 Tamara Watson-Small MI US

3799 Heather Foreman-Colthurst

MI US Please for the health of our natural resources decommission Line 5 its aged infrastructure is putting our resources at risk. Coupled with the aged infrastructure is the fact that we do not have a large enough emergency response system to handle such an oil spill that Line 5 could produce. Like, others I don't want gas price to increase however regardless of this I believe the health of our natural resources to be of much great importance!!! Besides whether this line is shut down or not gas prices will always continue to fluctuate. It's the nature of "Big Oil" to do so; therefore it's time for us as the great public to say "NO", loud and clear!!

3800 Kimberly Holmes IN US

3801 Mark Jarasek IL US

3802 Debbie Belmonte MI US

3803 McKenzie Magee MI US SHUT DOWN LINE 5 NOW!!!



3804 Robert Learner MI US 17 Hours, 64 YearsCALLING ENBRIDGE 1764*PLEASE ANSWER

Robert Learner

Calling Enbridge 1764, Calling Enbridge 1764,Please Answer.17 hours, a ruptured pipe,One million gallons, into the night.Talmadge Creek - Kalamazoo River,Tar sand oil, running forever.17 hours, a rusted break,From Marshall, Ceresco, Battle Creek.Heavy diluted bitumen crude,Augusta, Galesburg, Morrow Lake too.Calling Enbridge 1764, Calling Enbridge 1764,Where are you?17 hours,No Answer.

Calling Enbridge 1764, Calling Enbridge 1764,Please Answer.64 years for Line No. 5,Two twenty inch pipes with a 50 year life.Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, great fresh water lakes,Five miles across in the Mackinac Straits.64 years, two old oil pipes,23 million gallons running day and all night.Niagara force currents, times that by ten,Lake bed washed out, gone is the sand.Calling Enbridge 1764, Calling Enbridge 1764,Please Answer.

Four anchor supports, broken free by the flow,Two old oil pipes, supported no more.Zebra / quagga mussels hold on,New acid waste, new weight by the ton. 64 years, two stressed-out old pipes,Nine rusty spots on the eastern Straits side.Glass fiber coating, in places torn,Metal fatigue, the most feared rupture born.Calling Enbridge 1764, Calling Enbridge 1764,Where are you?64 years,No Answer.

Calling Enbridge 1764, Calling Enbridge 1764,Please Answer.Five beautiful lakes, a great glacial gift,Fresh water for millions, forever so blessed.Pure Michigan treasure, foundation for life,A wonderful resource, a shared human right.High winds, high waves, strong currents and ice,A dynamic ecosystem, supporting all life.Two tired old pipes, 100 - 200 - 300 feet deep,With the importance of water, they can never compete.

So flush out the pipes, turn off the pumps,Shutdown Line 5, we need to be blunt.20%, all surface fresh water on Earth,Must remain safe, on this planet of our birth.Calling Enbridge 1764, Calling Enbridge 1764,Please Answer.

© Robert Learner, April, 2017

* The number, Enbridge 1764, is a combination of the 17 hour delay in shutting down the oil in Line 6b when it ruptured in 2010 and the current 64 year age of the Line 5 pipe in the Mackinac Straits. The number is designed to be raised yearly as the pipe ages or until it breaks or is shut down



3805 Reed Rodwan MI US

3806 Michael Beattie Aseer ProvinceSA

3807 Daniel Corbin MI US Are you REALLY willing to chance a spill that will leak into the largest fresh water drinking supply in the world, thereby tainting it??? If so, you need to rethink your position. Just stupid is what I would call it.

3808 Chad Swenson NY US While New York could have joined the folly of fracking, I'm proud to state we chose to protect our citizens. We need to begin looking at what we are doing to our planet! It's the only one we have! Please for the sake of all, begin the decommissioning of Line 5! God Speed Michigan!

Rochester, NY

3809 Kristy Wisniewski MI US

3810 Peter DeBoer WI US

3811 Christy Lowe GA US Please shutdown line 5.

3812 Becky Thatcher US

3813 Douglas McInnis MI US It is unbelievable that our State Govt. is willing to risk our most precious natural resource. One that affects our Great Lakes ecosystem and millions of people. The risk is well established. Michigan citizens do not want this risk hanging over their head yet our State leadership could care less about the people who put them in office.

3814 Nickolas Fleezanis MI US It's time that the Sate of Michigan decommission Enbridge Pipe Line 5 and protect the waters and people of this great State. Enbridge has shown negligence and poor practices in its ability to safely transport crude oil and gas through it pipelines. While Enbridge makes billions while our Great Lakes are in danger. The Michigan economy will not suffer if this pipeline is shut down.

3815 Reid Ruhland MI US

3816 Anneke Myers MI US

3817 Jessica Bernock MI US

3818 James Nelson MI US Reasons to maintain or reconfigure the under the Straits pipeline are invalid and flawed. Propane canbe better supplied to the U.P. without Line 5. Northern lower peninsula supplies can be delivered without the Line 5 having passage beneath the Straits. Time to protect Michigan not the profits ofEnbridge and the Sarnia petro-chemical pollution complex.

3819 Daniel Eriksen MI US

3820 Jeremy Barnes MI US

3821 Peter Brady MI US

3822 Genevieve Sprague MI US

3823 Jeffrey Kassien MI US

3824 Emma Kolodziej IL US

3825 Rhiannon Espuet MI US

3826 Craig Sharp MI US

3827 Aiden Voss MI US

3828 Judy Binda NL CA

3829 Makayla Putnam MI US

3830 Linda Turner MI US

3831 Patti Kelly MI US Please disconnect line 5

3832 Donna Wright MI US Start protecting our environment instead of catering to big oil and other special interest groups! The Great Lakes should be protected above all else! I will never forget the damage done to the Gulf of Mexico and to the coast of Alaska. We cannot put the largest source of fresh water at risk!

3833 Janice Warren MI US

3834 Alan Katz MI US

3835 David Hoyle MI US Shut down and remove Line 5. To those who have the power to do so; should you not, I am certain citizens will rise up and demand criminal prosecution.



3836 Pamela Neely MI US

3837 Gaylene Daisher MI US Fine Enbridge for breach if contract and make them shut it down and get it out of there. One of the largerst fresh water lakes in the world, is not the place for a pipeline!

3838 Susan Kulikowski MI US

3839 Judy Ellis MI US

3840 Amy Crow MI US It sounds like Line 5 is no longer a safe way to transport oil. Please shut down. The Great Lakes are a national treasure and the pride of all MIchiganders.

3841 Erin McPhail MI US

3842 Alan Yahanda NV US

3843 Evan Fink MI US

3844 Deborah Bailey MI US

3845 Luke Stenberg IA US

3846 Julia Hoekwater MI US

3847 Caprice Delsignore MI US

3848 Leo Luna IL US Environmental concerns aside, petroleum is just a short-sighted investment. There is much more money to be made in clean energy in the long run.

3849 Martha Moyer MI US

3850 Stephen C Brown MI US Enbridge Line 5 must be decommissioned ASAP pending repairs. The "deal" that Gov. Snyder brokered does not protect the public against this risk of a major spill contaminating the waters of the Mackinac strait.

3851 Katherine Rich MI US

3852 Jill Niedzwiecki MI US

3853 Julie Lalonde IL US

3854 Keith Soloman MI US

3855 Joseph Mold MI US Shut it down! Shut it down! Shut it down!

3856 Mark Rojek MI US You took a Sacred Oath to defend not only the Us but State of MI Constitutions. I will hold you to that Oath in the next election. You are a Public Servant beholden to THE PUBLIC, We The People. Remember this when you vote.

3857 Charlene Lutes MI US Michigan deserves to keep its clean water for its residents and the nation. Playing games with reports and reasons to take risks with our fresh water should be denounced and unacceptable to government members and citizens alike.

3858 Margaret Wilkes MI US Shut it down!

3859 Brenda Bathum MI US

3860 Tara Carlson WI US

3861 Joe Waslawski MI US

3862 Mary Ann Martin MI US

3863 Elizabeth E. Patterson MI US

3864 Claudette Balz IL US

3865 Cathryn Gran IL US

3866 Angela Hembroff WA US

3867 Dorothy Ebersole MI US Shame! This report does not provide the State of Michigan "with an independent, comprehensive analysis of alternatives to the existing Straits Pipelines, and the extent to which each alternative promotes the public health, safety, and welfare and protects the public trust resources of the Great Lakes.” Please act as responsible stewards and decommisson Line 5 to protect OUR Great Lakes.

3868 Lamar Koller MI US

3869 Erin Farrell MI US



3870 Steven Rider IL US As identified, line 5 is operating as a potential multi-billion dollar cost to not only Michigan Residents, but also to our Great Lakes neighbours and friends. Instead of looking at this potential environmental hazard as a short term issue solved by scabbing the aged infrastructure of older technology, let's look forward to the tomorrow's of our great grandchildren and rework this transfer line with modern technology. Let's turn the line 5 issue from being a costly burden of responsibility into a substantial economical opportunity by replacing the line altogether. Protecting our environment while at the same time bringing much need work to the constituents of our elected State Leadership. Multi-billions of dollars in fixes or multi-billions of dollars in advancements; we are at the critical point in decision making which will forever impact Michiganders and the rest of North America and beyond.

3871 Emina Bakalbasic IA US

3872 Amanda Henry IL US Amanda Henry

3873 Daniel Valley MI US The Great Lakes are our most precious resource. We do not need a very old pipeline running under the straits unprotected. There are other options for this Canadian company. Shut it down now!!!

3874 Kathy Wiedemann AL US

3875 Gail Martin TX US We need to protect our lakes above all else. I live in Kalamazoo County. I know firsthand how reliable Enbridge is. Shut down line 5!

3876 Adele Rose NY US

3877 Bradley Douglas WI US The only acceptable way to protect the Great Lakes is to SHUTDOWN LINE 5.Please!...

3878 Jerry Bierens MI US This line has certainly paid for itself many times over and it is way past its expiration date. It should be removed BEFORE an "accident" that has the potential to do thousands times more damage than will ever justify its continued use.

3879 Steve Rall MI US Putting off decommissioning Line 5 is like ignoring lead pipes in Flint. The officials of the State of Michigan are foolishly playing with disaster again.

3880 Maria Woloson US

3881 Kyle Vanderzee IN US Please protect our Great Lakes! Don't do something you'll later regret by keeping this line open. It's not worth it!

3882 Charles von Weise IL US

3883 Elizabeth Wright CA US

3884 Mark Reither US

3885 Donna Taylor MI US

3886 Coleen Durbin-Matrone

MI US Water is our most precious resource. There is no way to take back a spill or leak, and this line is so old and dilapidated it will surely happen. It's not worth it!

3887 Sarah Brown IN US

3888 Cynthia S. Foley MI US

3889 Sandra Stanley MI US

3890 Martha Phillips MI US

3891 Laurie Robinson MI US shit it DOWN

3892 Maddison Thomas MI US

3893 Pamela Trevethan MI US

3894 MI US

3895 Ashley Bodnar MI US

3896 Terrance Meyer MI US Shut it down!!!

3897 Kathleen Wilson MI US

3898 Bibi Cross Nicolosi MA US Any type of spill to the Great Lakes would be catastrophic. Please protect these beautiful lakes and their ecosystems before it’s too late.

3899 Michelle Hamilton MI US PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. WE HAVE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR GREAT LAKES!

3900 Christine Ballard IN US



3901 Corey Leggett CA US

3902 joe ziolkowski MN US

3903 Robert L Stone MI US Shut Down & Remove Line 5 Now !

3904 Ian Magnuson MI US

3905 Peggy Rowe OH US Please don't ruin the beautiful Staits!!! Please find a better way!! I've visited the Upper Peninsula for 55 years...since I was two!!! I've turned my husband on to your beautiful Mackinac Straits!! PLEASE find a better way, ! And I'm even from Ohio...but don't hold that against me! Wish I would have been born a Yooper! Again, please find another way. Peggy and Stephen Rowe

3906 Amy Schook MI US

3907 Patricia Prochowski MI US

3908 Marc Green MI US

3909 Betty Ann WA US Shut Down Line 5 and or any other Lines. Get Canadian Enbridge Energy Transport Company OUT of America to keep them from destroying more of our water, soil, air, all swimmers in the water. They are NOT Good to the US in any way. There is NO way the $ they pay covers all the damage to the Earth and every part of our existence. WAKE UP.

3910 Angel of Deah Death US Keep Line 5 open! Don't shut it down. Yea cars!

3911 David M Harman MI US

3912 Dani Carlson MI US

3913 Jim Kaufman MI US Very disappointed in Gov Snyder for signing a deal days before the committee's study was released. Just another day in the life of this disenfranchised Republican.

3914 Barbara Hansen MI US

3915 Randall Sanderson MN US

3916 Larry O'Connor MI US

3917 Eleni Ho-On IL US

3918 Tyler Wellman MI US

3919 Anamaria Pimentel MI US Let’s prevent a catastrophe. Shut down line 5! We live here, so do all the life the lakes support! We want our voices heard, water and land are entities just like corporations, and have rights to exist in pristine conditions.

3920 Lyn Mulkey MI US SHUT DOWN LINE 5. There is no other option if you're sincere about saving the Great Lakes, not polluting them. No amount of money is worth seeing your children and grandchildren going to war over water. And that will happen if you squander this opportunity to save the Lakes.

3921 Amber Frazier MI US There are no provisions to stop a pipe line leak in the Straights.. if there is Ice on the lake.. we may not know the impacts of a leak or burst for days.. no booms large enough in the area to stop one.. and it will be our tax money, livelihoods, and health that are at risk. Enbridge Pipeline 5 or any pipeline in the state is not OK.

Amber FrazierTraverse City MI

3922 Jacob Aragon MI US Please keep oil out of the great lakes! Water is life.

3923 Colin McHugh MI US

3924 Natalie Cruz MI US

3925 MaryBeth Leet MI US Keep our Great Lakes safe from a disastrous oil spill

3926 Mary Jane Baker MI US Protect our Great Lakes do not support this flawed plan

3927 Melissa Alan MI US

3928 Kyle Handy CO US

3929 Patrick Kennedy IL US

3930 Julie Eriksen MI US

3931 Candice C. Dunnigan AP IN

3932 Brenda Engels MI USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �156 oilandwaterdontmix.org


3933 Carol Shuckra MI US Michigan's Governor has made a back room deal with an oil company that is willing to cheat ... and has already done so.Enbridge has asked Michiganders , 'trust us.' ... and how did that trust work out ! Enbridge knew for years that it was in violation of their easement agreement... specifically disrepair of missing coating and missing braces. Pipeline 5 under the water is an accident waiting to happen. Enbridge cannot guarantee that the pipeline is safe. Therefore, our Great Lakes are not safe and that means that 20% of the world's fresh water is not safe. To further the point of endangerment, Pure Michigan's economic well-being would be jeopardized if there were a rupture or spill. Even the Coast Guard has expressed the grim reality that they would be unable to do much if there were a Pipeline 5 disaster under the Straits.It is the responsibility of the Governor and the Attorney General to protect our Great Lakes water and citizens.... not to protect Enbridge.Stop this Pipeline 5 insanity. Shut it down NOW.Carol Shuckra

3934 Loretta Wesaw MI US YOU CAN DRINK WATER BUT YOU CANT DRINK OIL!! --...

3935 Polly Jackson MI US Protect the Great Lakes. Don't let a disaster happen.

3936 Dennis Bradley NV US The risk, cost, and consequences equation is simple. The risk of Line 5 rupture increases as shutdown is delayed. The cost of implementing alternatives to Line 5 is readily determined. The catastrophic consequences and costs to be incurred with a Line 5 rupture far outweigh all other elements! Shut it down!

3937 Mel Hansens MI US

3938 Greta Lyons MI US

3939 Barbara Freudenmuth MI US

3940 Richard Barron MI US

3941 Melanie Rice MI US To contemplate what happened on the Kalamazoo River on an even larger scale to our beautiful Great Lakes is too horrible. When will people realize that clean water is not infinite. Flint will never be right. The Great Lakes would never recover from a spill.

3942 Cheryl Pulvirenti MI US

3943 Sally Kellen MI US

3944 Jan Stowe MI US Jan Stowe- don't kick this can down the road for the next administration- Line 5's "numbered" days are long past. Do you really want this to be another Snyder horrible legacy?

3945 Lucy Anna Teubner MI US

3946 Thomas Hayes CO US

3947 Ben Duval WI US

3948 Jan Merrill MI US I believe line 5 could endanger our lakes and our children's heritage of clean water.

3949 Colin Texter MI US

3950 Wanda Jane Burlinson NC US

3951 Patricia Hoeft WI US

3952 Amy German NY US Shut down Line 5, protect our Great Lakes from a catastrophic event.

3953 Susan Klco MI US

3954 Joan Christensen MN US

3955 Fritz and Linda MacDonald

MI US

3956 Cathy Lester MI US If we don't take action soon, the line WILL break some day. When it does, it will cost the region and the country MUCH more to clean up, (even if it's possible to clean it all up) than it would have to shut Line 5 and possibly re-route it. Canada wants it. Why not route a line through Canada?

3957 David Olshansky MI US

3958 William Andress MI US

3959 Sarah Honos MI US

3960 Wesley Kasbaum MI US The benefit does not outway the risk, there are alternative routes for Canadian oil, and the economies such a catastrophe would effect are many. Just shut it down.



3961 Renee Clark CA US

3962 Sarah Lou Who MI US

3963 Dean Crawford MI US Dean Crawford Fresh water is important to us all and we do not need any possible oil spills in our great lakes. An oil spill would hurt tourism in the state as well. Time to shut down a pipeline built 65 years ago. There are other alternatives.

3964 Grant Grassmid MI US

3965 Andrejs Reskevics MI US

3966 Jay Homan WI US

3967 Rachel Tapp MI US

3968 Jessica Noe MI US

3969 Gary Irving MI US NO oil in our Great Lakes, fix this now and do what's right for me and my family. We are part of the back bone of this state and country as tax paying citizen's so our voice is what really counts.

3970 Karen Shroyer-Sines MI US

3971 Elise Aikman MI US

3972 Kathy Sanders MI US The great lakes are the one of the largest fresh water supplies in the world and supplies the water for Michigan citizens. We cannot afford an oil spill that could negatively impact so many Michigan citizens and businesses. We must find another alternative and decommission Line 5 through the Straits.

3973 Sam Quick MI US

3974 Joshua Trapp OH US

3975 Glen Harbin MI US Glen Harbin

3976 Susan Anzicek MI US

3977 Justin fraher MI US shutting down line 5 is the only acceptable way out, period.

3978 Travis Neuman MI US

3979 Brandyn Saenz MI US

3980 Evan Beattie CA US

3981 Robin Speese MI US Our Great Lakes IS what makes Michigan GREAT. The Great Lakes are also our economy today and in the future. There is too much at stake to allow this pipeline to continue!Decommission Line 5 NOW!

3982 Madi Piet MI US

3983 Ronda Hart MI US

3984 Leah Gillon MI US Leah Gillon

3985 Tanya Reza KY US

3986 Marcia Moore MI US Don’t risk our Great Lakes fresh water.

3987 Lindsay Mason MI US

3988 Kenneth Kostielney MI US Let's not wait for a disaster to take action too late!

3989 Elaine Connors MI US Pure Michigan will not exist once our waters are slick with oil. There are credible reports that Enbridge was aware the pipeline is compromised in more areas than acknowledged, but did not feel compelled to step up to protect our greatest asset. Do not run roughshod over your constituents out of pure greed.

3990 Carrie Bailey MI US

3991 Kathy Moore MI US Kathy Moore WATER IS LIFE --SAVE OUR CLEAN WATER FOR OUR CHILDREN

3992 Dane Drew WI US

3993 Maureen Naylis MI US

3994 Apolo Pena CA US



3995 Emily WA US

3996 Alaina Streberger MI US

3997 Elizabeth Ann Misch WA US

3998 Alan J. Sutovsky CA US

3999 Tristan Fedynik MI US

4000 Elysabeth jaskowiak MI US

4001 Paul Hoeksema MI US

4002 Margaret Forgione MI US It's all so obvious - We need to be proactive in order to protect our most important resource. No need or advantage in prolonging the shutdown of Line 5.

4003 Michael Teshich FL US

4004 Susan Dragt MI US

4005 Steven Flashner GB

4006 Austin Burt MI US

4007 Ryan Snider MI US

4008 John Bedick MI US

4009 Brandon Zeman IL US

4010 Roxanne Fratto MI US

4011 Trent Tomlinson MI US

4012 Lea Vanklompenberg MI US

4013 Tonie Brovont MI US

4014 Ashley Ayoub MI US

4015 Larry Boonstra MI US

4016 Cheryl Vance MI US There is much evaluation describing the dangers of not shutting this down. Do the right thing for our great resource & the people of Michigan and shut this down.

4017 Ted Thomas MI US

4018 Chris White EnglandGB

4019 Kali Garcia MI US

4020 Heather Lee MI US

4021 Michael Harmon IN US

4022 Kimberlee Claus MI US

4023 John Runberg MI US

4024 Crista Megee MI US

4025 Margo Hessler MI US

4026 David York MI US

4027 Susan Hefner MI US

4028 Ashley Edgar FL US

4029 Andrew Dancer MI US We thrive on our fresh water. Don’t let big oil ruin the Great Lakes region!

4030 Meredith Keiser MI US

4031 Denise Dennehy MI US

4032 Gregorylj MI US

4033 Philip dirnberger MN US

4034 Natalie Hockamier MI US Please shut down line 5. I believe this is the only alternative that will keep our Great Lakes safe.

4035 Albert Sprague MI US



4036 Dennis Lack Tabuk ProvinceSA

4037 Caroline Carr MI US

4038 Michelle Russell MI US

4039 Meredith Chupack MI US

4040 Shauna Tindall MI US

4041 Anita Fox MI US

4042 Susan Rogan MI US

4043 Teresa George MI US

4044 Eric Wodfin MI US

4045 Mark Bearss MI US

4046 Bill Kircos MI US

4047 Renee Turner NC US

4048 Jon Morrissey MI US

4049 Evah Splan MI US

4050 Shannon Donley CA US

4051 Sarah Sercombe NC US

4052 Pamela Goodman MI US

4053 Kaitlyn Cora MI US

4054 Mike Sanders MI US

4055 Tiffany Fearn MI US

4056 Don Camp MI US

4057 Rhonda Ives MI US

4058 Jennifer Clark MI US

4059 MI US

4060 Chelsea Ashley TX US

4061 Thomas McGarry MI US

4062 Bill Roach MI US Come on, what are you waiting for

4063 Aaron Camacho WI US

4064 Susan Ross MI US

4065 Bill Davis MI US

4066 Holly Aragon MT US

4067 Rachel Lambert IL US

4068 T DeMaio NJ US

4069 Dean Fields NY US

4070 Scott DeGenova IL US

4071 Eileen Denamen OH US

4072 Katie Johnstone MI US

4073 Daniel Donahue MI US

4074 P Dei Myles MI US

4075 Ed Humenay MI US

4076 Mary Green NM US

4077 Mary Thompson MI US



4078 Dottie Hawthorne MI US Listen to the public on this issue. Making decisions behind closed doors presents a negative context . The environmentalists voices were not even considered. Please consider what impact a leak in the from line 5 might have on the overall environment of the sacred waters of the Great Lakes:

4079 Patricia Marciniak MI US

4080 Erin Thompson MN US

4081 Lauren Hunter MI US

4082 Kyle Thomas MI US

4083 Sam Scott MI US

4084 Hans Good WI US

4085 Travis Rooke OH US

4086 Josiah Wenrich MI US

4087 Hannah Mico MI US

4088 Lynn Beagle IL US

4089 Mohammed Cherri MI US

4090 David Zmikly US

4091 Sally Knoll MI US

4092 Andrea Mack MI US

4093 Maggie Carey MI US

4094 Gretchen Getsinger CT US

4095 Alice Montie MI US

4096 Abby Burch MI US

4097 Emily Jasperse MI US

4098 Kathryn Chambless MI US

4099 Glenn Princen IL US

4100 Caitlin Kalfut MI US

4101 Elise Tuck MI US

4102 Cole Baumann WI US

4103 Pat Schumacher MI US

4104 Ronny Culver Pays de la LoireFR

4105 Jennifer Collins MI US

4106 Catherine Schneider MI US

4107 Meegan Fritsma MI US

4108 Nick Carriero MI US

4109 Derek Mois NE US

4110 Denise Slabaugh SC US

4111 Michel Dees SC US

4112 Sally Van Vleck MI US

4113 Debo Ciavattone MI US

4114 Joan Carpenter MI US

4115 Allie Graziano MI US

4116 Kathleen Hempsall Williamson

MI US

4117 Joseph Colagiovanni MI US

4118 Jesstin Wasen MI US



4119 Lisa Anderson MI US

4120 Amy Robinson MI US

4121 Margaret Campbell MI US It is imperative to the health of the Great Lakes and Northern Michigan Inlands that Line 5 be permanently shut down. Enbridge has proven they cannot be trusted-repeatedly. Please take immediate action to preserve our waterways, commerce and tourism.

4122 Jenny Magli MI US

4123 Savannah Lilyhorn MI US

4124 Cheryl Linck MI US

4125 John Engelhardt MI US

4126 George Kiel MI US

4127 Lisa Putkovich MI US

4128 Katie Parrish MI US

4129 Jennie Hoffmann MI US

4130 Kristin Wolfer MI US

4131 Jeremy Day MI US

4132 McKenzie Decker MI US

4133 Amy Kercher OK US

4134 Charles Keeling MA US

4135 Jamie Stepanian-Bennett

MI US

4136 Michael F. Lenz MI US

4137 Laura Speiran MI US Our environment matters! Please keep our Great Lakes safe.

4138 Erika Carberry MI US

4139 Barbara Wellman MI US We are blessed with the greatest grouping of lakes in the world! They are a treasure that needs protecting and the proposed plans don’t do that. Must we lose everything of value in this country before people realize what’s going on?

4140 Donna Reinke MI US

4141 Lisa Learned MI US

4142 Victoria Person MI US

4143 Matthew Smith MI US

4144 Jeff LeClair MI US

4145 Liselle McFletcher MI US

4146 Mary Doolen IL US

4147 Erica Root MI US

4148 Sherry Hayden MI US I drink Lake Huron water daily. It is just stupid to not shut down Line 5 NOW.

4149 Brenda Kensler MI US

4150 Lisa Kennedy MI US

4151 Noah Getz MI US

4152 Anna Souto MI US

4153 Denise Gilbert MI US

4154 Rochelle Bateman MI US

4155 Samantha Guregian MI US

4156 Andrea Hagen MI US

4157 Beth Dornan MI US

4158 Susan Steigerwalt MI USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �162 oilandwaterdontmix.org


4159 Patricia Ahrens MI US

4160 Michelle Rodwell QC CA

4161 Karin and Tom Chandler

MI US

4162 Deborah Forster MI US

4163 Shannon Hanley MI US

4164 Alicia Mazurek MI US I urge you to shut down Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac.

4165 Paul Salzetta IL US

4166 Barbara Funnell MI US

4167 Tarrant Kelsey MI US

4168 Jessica Hess MI US

4169 Kathleen Jefferson MI US

4170 Steven Hautala Ii MI US

4171 Frances Cook MI US

4172 Kathy Carter-Osborne MI US

4173 James Brock MI US

4174 Nick Estes MI US

4175 Lynne Carothers MI US

4176 Heidi Allen Wilkinson MI US

4177 Robin Frisch-Gleason MI US

4178 Michelle Stuck MI US

4179 Linda and Dan Silvasi MI US

4180 Maureen A Absten OH US

4181 Susan Ozanich MI US

4182 Helene Whalen MI US

4183 Brian Mamula OH US

4184 Leslie Edwards MI US

4185 Patricia Litwiller MI US

4186 Timothy Rife MI US

4187 Peggy Holappa AR US

4188 Gwendolyn Krupa MI US

4189 Harry Bousamra MI US Don’t wait till it’s to late

4190 Addison Wesley Clark Bodis

MI US

4191 David Helfrecht MI US

4192 Rocky Votolato WA US

4193 Kristina Storm MI US

4194 Heidi Wester MI US

4195 Marjorie Marks MI US

4196 Kent Casadonte MI US

4197 Stephanie Drozdalski MI US

4198 Caryn Charter MI US The risk to our prescious lakes is too great. Close line 5!

4199 Jeremy and Mike Connolly

MI US



4200 Lynn Backhaus WI US

4201 Kathryn Charles MI US

4202 Maja Bombaugh LaForest

MI US Do the right thing! It's time to protect the people of this state, the nation and the world by protecting our fresh lake waters. The time is now, shut down Line 5.

4203 Morgan Hollemans MI US

4204 Eric Currin MI US Our GREAT LAKES can not, and should not allow Line 5 to continue. SHUT IT DOWN NOW!!!!! Embridge has already received 20% more time on the line than it was designed for. Our world seams to run on profit. Embridge, be happy with the extra 20% you have already received and SHUT THE LINE 5 DOWN NOW before you destroy our natural wonder that will never be able to recover from a GREED LEAD Spill in the Straits. SHUT DOWN LINE 5 NOW!!!!

4205 James Fahey IL US

4206 Evan Kroon MI US

4207 Robin Broder VA US I own a house on Beaver Island on Lake Michigan.

4208 Keith Kleber AZ US

4209 Anne Donn MI US Let's not wait until we have Kalamazoo disaster of epic proportions at the Straits.

4210 Jerrod Ehlich MI US

4211 Dena Cox MI US

4212 Brad Kordiak MN US

4213 Teresa Zbiciak MI US

4214 Jeremiah Smith MI US

4215 Heather Giardina MI US

4216 Mike Gilger MI US

4217 Carol Kelly TX US

4218 Audrey Minick MI US Audrey Minick

4219 Chris Luna MI US

4220 Victoria Bowman MI US

4221 Sarah Deaver MI US

4222 Stacy Kimpston IL US

4223 Jonathon Reither MI US

4224 Diane Nielsen TX US

4225 Peter Szok TX US

4226 Donna Kann Méx. MX

4227 Nancy Louise Appel TX US

4228 Barbara Groen MI US Close line 5.

4229 Leslie Paynter WI US Protect the Great Lakes. Shut down Line 5.

4230 Steve Ebert IN US SHUT IT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4231 Sally Palmer MI US

4232 James Smith WA US

4233 Kristin Schroeder MI US



4234 Manfred Klein MI US Line 5 under the Straits of Mackinac must be shut down now. The alternatives recommended in the Line 5 Alternative Study, are, at best, comparable to a band aid on the potential rupture of a major artery. As has been observed many times, any rupture in Line 5 would contaminate a major portion of Lakes Michigan and Huron, and would damage all of the lakes below the Straits.

We cannot afford even the possibility, no matter how remote, of a break in Line 5.

Enbridge's assurances that such possibilities are remote are a farce. The company gave the same assurances for the pipeline under the Kalamazoo River . This line broke in 2014, with catastrophic results, contaminating miles of the river, and have not been cleaned up, to date.

SHUT DOWN LINE 5 NOW!

Manfred Klein

4235 Janice Hicks MI US

4236 James Lenfestey MI US

4237 Jane Harris MI US It is long beyond time to develop renewable sources of energy and to protect, once and for all, our Great Lakes. The Pipeline is not safe and a Tunnel isliterally along the same line of faulty thinking. I am a Physician and for the future sake of our clean waters and our people, we must shut down any oillines across fresh waters forever, due to the likely possibility of their breaking at some point. The reports by un-biased scientists have shown the danger ofthis. There is no doubt about it. The political money schemes of our Michigan Government, do not take seriously the needs of the water, land and peopleover time. Please accept this comment. Very Seriously, Jane K. Harris, D.O. in Northern Michigan.

4238 Robert Holt MI US

4239 Carole Donner OR US

4240 David Elliot MI US

4241 Kathleen Field MI US

4242 Nancy Nelson MI US

4243 Tricia Denton MI US

4244 Kathy Calcutt MI US The only solution is to stop flow of oil through the straits. Our Great Lakes are the cornerstone of our economy, quality of life, and drinking water sources. We can not put them at risk.

4245 Mitchel Osman IL US Hundreds of thousands of jobs depend on the health of the Great Lakes. Don't gamble with the health of these waters.

4246 Travis Bergy MI US

4247 Barbara Visota MI US Line 5 is already ten years older than it was ever meant to be. Enbridge is hoping we'll all be as gullible as Snyder and we'll just let them kill years more time while they spin fairy tales about a tunnel under the straits of Mackinac. Enbridge has a long track record of proving it can't be trusted. Remember the Kalamazoo River? The entire Great Lakes region is at stake. Do you REALLY want to bet it all on the long shot that is Enbridge Line 5? Haven't we learned anything from the disaster in the Gulf states?

4248 Victoria Bennett MI US Please stop the pipelineI'm living on the Kalamazoo riverI know personally what this company does to our waterPlease think of our childrenThank youVictoria Bennett

4249 Tad Wysor MI US Tad Wysor

4250 Suzanne Gillespie OH US

4251 Gayl Casgrain MI US

4252 William Fitch IL US

4253 Thomas Russell IL US



4254 Barbara Stamiris US This analysis doesn't fairly consider existing alternative pipelines which avoid the high risk straits crossing. It assumes that oil should keep flowing despite Enbridge's dishonesty about maintenance on Line 5. It also fails to use the standard "worst case scenario" using instead a less rigorous "most credible worst case scenario".

These and many other shortcomings in the analysis indicate that corporate interests have been placed ahead of Michigan's interests. We can't risk another winter while study and analysis continue about the safety and need for Line 5. Err on the side of caution - stop the flow of oil immediately and decommission Line 5. Protect our water. Prevent a disaster.

4255 Michelle Yates MI US Do the right thing. Shut down Line 5.

4256 Rebecca Smith OH US

4257 James Shook OH US Do not support the revenue driven corporate initiatives of Enbridge at the expense of Lake Michigan.

4258 Rebecca Emerson MI US Don't gamble with the health of the great lakes. SHUT DOWN LINE 5

4259 Narooz Soliman MI US the great lakes are too important to leave to chance. and this is not even chance! given a long enough timeline the probability that there will be an oil spill is 100%. it will eventually happen.

4260 Donna Boris MI US There simply is no good reason to allow a pipeline or tunnel under the straits of Mackinac. The risks are huge and the potential benefits go to a Canadian company with a history of spills right here in Michigan and a lack of transparency regarding issues with the current pipeline. Take a look around you at the view from the Mackinac bridge and ask yourself how you will feel when this beautiful sight is ruined by a black, smelly, toxic substance that was never meant to be there. How will you live with yourself when you have to explain to all of the people displaced by the tragedy that you did it for a corporation’s profits.

4261 Mary Polonowski MI US

4262 Magdalena Gaffney IL US

4263 Nicholas Rinella IL US

4264 Craig Brainard US This pipeline will be decommissioned and removed from the Straits some day. The only pertinent question is: Will it be BEFORE or AFTER the worst environmental disaster in world history?

4265 D'Arcy Jeffery CT US

4266 Barb Holcomb MI US The age of line 5 plus the area it's in and the facts that Enbridge has consistently under reported it's condition should call for it's shutdown. A leak/spill cannot be undone. The damage can never be totally undone. Why in the world are you endangering the drinking water for 40 million people plus environment al damages plus the use of the shipping lanesIt's a foolish gamble with high stakes that does not have to be taken. Enbridge has shown itself to be untrustworthy time after time. Shutting down line 5 will not cause them as much damage as a leak/spill would cause our state and the others affected.

4267 Megan G Valassis IL US

4268 Travis Grimm AZ US

4269 Marilynn Crittenden Mcgraw

IL US

4270 Ian Hughes IL US

4271 Mark Halsted OH US

4272 Darci Schippert MI US

4273 Jeff Leonhardt GA US

4274 Marla Neusel TX US I have only have one thought to relay and that is knowing the horrible accidents and lax safety standards that have pervaded I want to see them kicked out of Michigan forever! We don't need their stinking oil and certainly don't want their oil ruining our beautiful state.

4275 Kaitlin Silvers KS US

4276 Everett Lee MI US Everett L Lee--------- Replace the pipeline with current technology to prevent an oil spill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4277 Elizabeth Barnes IL US

4278 Melinda Sturgill MI US Oil and water don't mix!

4279 Margo Wright IL US The Great Lakes are a key natural resource to the U.S. Every effort should be made for their protection including eliminating the threat posed by Line 5.

4280 Thando Manoogian NY USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �166 oilandwaterdontmix.org


4281 sarah neal US DO THE RIGHT THING

4282 Robin Hendricks FL US It's beyond time to decommission and remove Line 5 from the Straits. Enbridge has proven they will fail and they cover their mistakes with lies. The people's trust doctrine needs to be upheld-there should be no private corporations profiting at the expense of the people and the public waters. There should be no back room deals. Shut down Line 5!!

4283 Laura Eiseler Mi US Remove the pipeline from our Great Lakes. They are too important!

4284 Shannon Philemon MI US

4285 Judy Karandjeff MI US Shut down Line 5.

4286 Marcie Cervantes MI US

4287 Kay Eh MI US

4288 Zachary Richmond MN US

4289 Heather Outman MI US The risk of a spill is too great to allow Line 5 to continue to operate in the Great Lakes.

4290 Anne Goudie MI US

4291 Danielle Ovaitt MI US

4292 Gabe Fields MI US

4293 Suzanne Willets Brooks

MI US All eyes are on us. We have a choice to make. Each one leads us down a different pathway. One, to preservation of life of our water of our health and the other for death profits and greed. Wake up. Look at the science and the facts.

4294 Jennifer Monette MI US

4295 Amy Ellinger MI US

4296 Pam Potgeter MI US SHUT DOWN LINE 5!!!

4297 Kathy Fiebig MI US It's been there long enough, and it's served its purpose. It is outdated and unsafe and it needs to be SHUT DOWN.

4298 Douglas Barnes FL US I have read that some are considering turning the pipeline off during high winds and then off again. I was a plumber for 25 years and had found that if a latent leak was present it would let itself be known when a system had been turned off for some reason and then turned back on. To do this repeatedly increases the probability exponentially. The mere thought of the potential damage should scare everyone with any love for the Great Lakes to death because that is what will happen to the Great Lakes.

4299 Jennifer Holtz MI US

4300 Jonathan Lilje MI US

4301 Lisa Angell MI US

4302 Josh Kuse WI US

4303 Daniel Ziervogel WI US

4304 Michele Berry MI US

4305 Sandra Newbigging MI US Sandra Newbigging

4306 Matthew Merriam MI US Why are we risking our children’s and all future generations enjoyment of the Great Lakes? It’s not a matter of if but when. Enbridge’s track record speaks for itself. Remember the Kalamazoo river. Shame on the Governor and all of the other elected officials who have chosen foreign dollars over our irreplaceable natural resources.

4307 Julie Whalls MI US Please protect our GREAT LAKES for our children and future generations.

4308 Ethel Larsen MI US Foresight is so much better than hindsight. An ounce of prevention is worth a ton of toxic cleanup.Ethel Larsen

4309 Cynthia Collison MI US

4310 Ryan Ogden IL US

4311 Kim Johnson MI US

4312 Lois Smith MI US

4313 Kimberly D Cramer MI US



4314 Paul Pendery MI US Shut down Line 5 ASAP!!!

4315 Carolyn Lucas MI US

4316 Christine Schopieray MI US Once a leak is found ,the damage has already been done. Remedy, no pipeline, no leaks! Our great lakes water supply is not meant to be compromised or used as a bargaining chip. Stop lining your pockets Governor and listen to your constituents!

4317 Barbara Eckstein MI US Michigan should invest in renewable energy generation technology. Develop a highly trained forward looking, technologically savvy workforce, and ensure a livable wage. These three pillars will drive the Michigan economy forward and make Michigan a 21st century state. Investing in oil and gas is like buying stocks in telegraph companies.

4318 Monica Rico MI US

4319 Toby Steihr MI US

4320 Corey Ballinger MI US

4321 Dean Loebig MI US There is no amount of risk that should be taken when it comes to oil traveling through the Great Lakes. The risk profile should be 0 and a cost/benefit analysis is unconscionable. It is not appropriate to continue to have this line open. Please shut it down.

4322 Denny Rauen WI US

4323 Peter Solenberger MI US

4324 DebraJw Michael KS US Stop killing off our planet. We all need water, and if you do not. Then I suggest that you take the next flight off of our beautiful planet.

4325 Brad Damon MI US Please shut down line 5 before major damage to our Great Lakes

4326 Patrick McFinton MI US SHUT IT DOWN! This runs through 20% of the world's fresh water supply. I still can't believe this was allowed.

4327 Connor Borg MI US

4328 Gary Twardowski MI US Shut down line 5

4329 Asa Johnson MI US

4330 Ronnie Alff MI US Was the govenor thinking of grandchildren, and the future of Michigan grandchildren, when he agreed to the possibilities carefully described above ? They are a probability, not just a possibility.

4331 Kim Dorsey AL US No pipelines, No Fracking. Water Is Life

4332 Celeste belanger MI US

4333 Elaine Ogden MI US

4334 Michelle Batson GA US

4335 Neil Woodward MI US

4336 Eric Korzeniowski IL US

4337 Philip Riggs MI US

4338 Jennifer Loebig MI US It’s time to do the right thing. We are smarter than this.

4339 Amanda Brooks MI US

4340 Robert Scott MI US

4341 Karen Derhammer Schuur

MI US

4342 Bradley Cunningham AZ US Bradley Cunningham

4343 Angie Slater IL US I am a Chicagoan who stands with you Michigan. Please protect our Great Lakes.

4344 Stacey Lialios IL US We MUST protect our water to prevent a catastrophic oil spill in the Great Lakes.

4345 James Grant MI US Failure of the report on Line 5 to be independent and follow standards shows it to be to closely linked to the company it was reviewing to give a fair and unbiased opinion.

4346 Bret Huntman MI US Water is THE fuel of life. Protect this irreplaceable resource by shutting down line 5 and investing in sustainable energy supplies resources.

4347 Todd Brewer MI US

4348 Big Al MD US



4349 Lynn Retzlaff WI US

4350 Doug Kimble MI US Doug Kimble To:[email protected] 21 at 10:01 AMLine 5 is safe we are toldFlint's water was safe to drink they were toldTitanic was unsinkable...maiden voyage...bottom of the Atlantic OceanDeepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico...considered largest marine oil spill everExxon Valdez Prince William Sound AlaskaThree Mile IslandChernobleFukishimaChallenger Space ShuttleTalmadge Creek/ Kalamazoo River Largest and most expensive inland oil spill in American history 7 years and over a billion dollars spent EnbridgeLine 5 Over 1 million gallons leaked EnbridgeAll of these built and designed by big, successful corporations with professional engineersAll of these, calamitous disastersWe are being engaged in a gamble, Line 5 Roulette, that gambles against the forces of nature, gambles against the fallibility of steel and engineersWe are risking our drinking water in this gambleLine 5 is not safe we are telling youSHUT IT DOWN, DON'T BUILD ANOTHER ONE, SHUT IT DOWN, PLEASE SHUT IT DOWN

Doug Kimble

4351 Sue Thomson IL US

4352 Jane Packard MI US

4353 Stephanie Boling MI US Do the responsible thing. Be a steward of the Great Lakes . As a kindergarten teacher, my students are counting on you to care about the environment more than corporations! Shut down Line 5!

4354 Alison Thomas AZ US

4355 Lori Willemsen MN US

4356 Nathan Frischkorn CA US There is only one acceptable alternative: the immediate and permanent shutdown of Enbridge Line 5.

4357 Jeanne Stoppels MA US

4358 Rochelle Tucker MI US Being a good steward of the land and water is our responsibility, let' s be accountable. Water is Life!

4359 Misa Myong IN US We can't take back the decisions in the past that have inhibited us from protecting our environments. But we can alter our decision making for the future.

4360 Julianna Giovannini PA US

4361 Grace Hayes IL US DECOMMISSION LINE 5 and keep our Great Lakes clean, hospitable, and enjoyable by all for generations to come!

4362 Stephen Yelick MI US Keep our great lakes great...no oil in our water!

4363 Jo Ann Roosen MI US Line 5 has no value for the State of MI - except run across the U. P., through the Straits, and down through the L. P. -(point of origin: Northern Ontario, Canada; destination: Southern Ontario, Canada). A break/spill will destroy the ecosystem of the U. P./great lakes and all the inhabitants therein. Line 5 should be shut down immediately before the inevitable disaster strikes. Enbridge has lied for years about the safety of this line.

4364 Lisa Leininger MI US

4365 Elizabeth Hightower IN US

4366 Nancy Lunn MI US After much study, I believe there should be NO PIPELINE under any part of the Great Lakes. Please shut this down.

4367 Kenna VanderWest MI US

4368 Jack Pulvermacher Pays de la LoireFR



4369 Sharon Blazy MI US Do whatever it takes to protect the clean water of Michigan, you can’t undo an environmental catastrophe

4370 Gwen Filer WI US Decommission Line 5. Keep our Great Lakes clean and stop taking risks with our natural reapurces.

4371 Erik Zimmerman OR US Keep the Great Lakes clean! Shut it down!

4372 Rohit Sankaran IL US

4373 Shelley Emerson MI US Another Trudeau Junior scam job, leaving any oil pipe inside the Great Lakes! Another flawed so called study from our Canadien cousins. Decommission Line 5 immediately! Then expose any remaining Lines, before they expose themselves, in a ruinating spill that cannot be fixed or cleaned up?

4374 Brandon Hewitt MI US

4375 Melissa Sargent MI US

4376 Doug Ryan IN US

4377 Brian Fennell MI US

4378 Stephanie Sczomak MI US

4379 Gary Galbraith MI US

4380 Meghan Baker MI US

4381 Colin Cederna MI US

4382 Anna Hebior NY US By allowing this pipeline to exist, it is putting human safety, animal safety and environmental safety in jeopardy. Shutting down the line is the ultimate answer.

4383 Brittany Petures OH US Protect our Great Lakes!

4384 Ashley Tank MI US This isn’t right. With everything going wr(on)g in our country today, surely you can understand that this might be one of he last decisions the American People get to make. Do make the wrong choice, I beg you. Dumping oil into our Great Lakes, is like tearing the break pads off of your car in the winter—only horrible things will come from it. Please, this is urgent, this is important, this is OUR water.

4385 Jon Seebeck WI US

4386 Brad Sovine MI US

4387 Terra Collier-Young CA US

4388 Richard Scott MI US The comments above are reasonable. In my review of the ,enfthy proposal,by the Canadian firm inspecting the line I found some summaries which are suspect. That the lines have not been all thoroughly inspected and corrosion and weakening some secondary to the inadequate struts not installed is frightening. In any kind of risk management the company needs to ensure that they are funded and coverage for what the investigators consider remote. Accidents, failures and change I. Weather are not able to be accurately forecasted and errors that occur are always felt afterward to,have been remote. Hedging to protect all in Michigan with appropriate coverage is essential.

4389 Corey Rolfe MI US

4390 Tim Rysgaard MN US No brainer, protect the great lakes by shutting down this pipeline.

4391 Linda Renn MI US Decommission Line 5 IMMEDIATELY !! Water is life .We cannot survive without it. In Michigan wedepend on the Great Lakes to supply water forour food, jobs, recreation and countless otherreasons. Not only do we depend on it, millionsof others do, as well. We all have a right to pure water. As our elected officials we are counting on you and insist that you do the jobwe are paying you for. One leak and it's too late.

4392 Meg Quinn IL US

4393 David Helps MI US

4394 Sue Munda MI US

4395 Patricia Leonard MI US

4396 Samantha Forner MI US



4397 Cammie Cantrell MI US Please protect our state. Why allow us to carry the burden for such great risks without reward? It does not make any sense to me. Please don't give away our state. There are tremendous health and environmental risks.

4398 Rachel Meeuwse IL US

4399 Barbara J. Ginther MI US Our Great Lakes water is too valuable to take chances. Decomissiion Line 5 NOW! It is not safe. The draft report is full of errors and omissions and is not credible since the author has ties to Enbridge.

4400 Melissa Kadri CO US Every oil pipeline bursts. Every single one. The world is moving away from oil, and we have to as well. We must stop putting profits over people, profits over health, profits over life.

This pipeline is going to pass under the environmentally sensitive Straits of Mackinac, which connect Lake Michigan to Lake Huron. This will endanger the species living there as well as the humans living there. We don't need this pipeline. It should be shut down.

4401 Brooke Conklin1 MI US

4402 Miranda Toczydlowski MI US

4403 jolynn davis MI US I live on the lake ..shut it down why is this even a question?

4404 Andy Smith MI US Take action. Be proactive. Protect our resources... not theirs. Water is more important to survival than a dollar.

4405 Gail Gerstenlauer MI US

4406 Shelly Igrisan MI US Don't take chances with the Great Lakes, Shut down Line 5

4407 Virginia Maturen MI US What are you waiting for? The accident that's going to happen. It's just a matter of time. And the environmental and economic impact to upper Michigan (Pure Michigan?) will be beyond belief. It's a death knoll for Michiganers. Please don't wait. Take action now. Decommission Line 5. Tthank you.

4408 Heather Smith NE US

4409 Catherine Daligga MI US If you truly value human life consider the lives that could be lost. The cost of property damage in addition the lack of an adequate escape plan. The worst-case scenario described in this Alernatives Analysis is a gross underestimate of the potential damage to be caused by a rupture in Line 5. The agreement between Gov. Snyder and Enbridge is not an adequate set of precautions to take to prevent catastrophe. These pipelines present too much of a risk for our Great Lakes no matter what. It’s time to shut them down, now, before irreparable harm is done to the ecology and ecology of our state and region.

4410 Betty Tyler TN US

4411 Peggy Hawley MI US One accident is one too many.

4412 Michelle DuVall OR US

4413 Patricia Captain US

4414 Emily Cybulla MI US

4415 Stephanie Doolan TX US

4416 Thor Person MI US

4417 Melissa Hickman IL US

4418 Helen Hankins MI US Enbridge does not have a good record. They had a disastrous spill on the Kalamazoo river. They have not been truthful regarding the state of Line 5.There is not public trust. The disaster that would be caused by a spill in the Great Lakes would be a tragedy of major proportion. All caused by a man made problem!Shut Line 5 NOW.

4419 Barbara Coye MI US Do it! End the danger to Michigan"s shoreline and economy! Now...not after it happens...as you know it WILL, sooner or later...

4420 Alexandra Robinson MI US

4421 Val Lincoln MI US It is CRITICAL to END line 5. NOW!!!!!

4422 Gretchen Baldwin MI US

4423 Jodi Payne SA

4424 John Ludy MI US This pipeline poses a public health and environmental risk to not only Michigan but the entire Upper Midwest. It should be stopped.



4425 Julie Wilson MI US

4426 Gayle Nolan MI US

4427 Morgan Hoekstra MI US

4428 Ruth Bradfield MI US

4429 Janine Zawideh OR US

4430 Carol Gross WI US

4431 Johnathan Kopsi MI US

4432 Sherry Stewart MI US

4433 Judy Bonnell-Wenzel OH US

4434 Camber Zeisler MI US

4435 Stephanie Bentley MI US

4436 Julie Herrada MI US

4437 Jaclynn Spryshak MI US

4438 Karen Wright MI US

4439 Lydia Plescher MI US

4440 Kamela McNabb MI US

4441 Ryan Herrmann MI US

4442 Elaine Frydrych US It is time to do the right thing! An ounce of prevention is worth a Great Lake full of cure!

4443 Eileen Dickinson MI US

4444 Maripat Perkins MI US

4445 Alicia Douglas MI US

4446 Pierre A. Balthazar MI US

4447 Emilie Weisberg AP IN

4448 Jonathan Wege IL US

4449 Tiffany Thurow MI US

4450 Gabrielle Van Steenberg

OR US

4451 Billie Ann Purple FL US

4452 Michael Kudla MI US

4453 Alfred Luke MI US

4454 Marcy MI US

4455 Bridget Cook MI US

4456 Diane Dupuis MI US

4457 Al Friederich IL US

4458 Gary Cannon MI US

4459 Renee Satterthwaite MI US

4460 Amy Johnston MI US

4461 Evan Bassett MI US

4462 Jane Sonnenday MI US

4463 Barbara Huegli MI US

4464 Allison Hogikyan MI US

4465 Melissa Bellere MI US

4466 Ivy Carpenter MI US



4467 Scott Vanderklipp MI US

4468 Linda Swansen Smith MI US

4469 Celine Smith MI US

4470 Marcy Roban FL US

4471 William Conway CA US

4472 Konstantine Tsiribas IL US

4473 Leslie Schmidt CA US

4474 Joshua Smart IL US

4475 Luci Leonor MI US

4476 Kellie Jo Henige MI US

4477 Kevin Robinson NJ US

4478 Meranda Mauric MI US

4479 Tom Hoffman NY US

4480 Roberta Dempsey NA

4481 Caitlyn Viger MI US

4482 Padraig IL US

4483 Delaney Carr MI US

4484 William Plut II MI US

4485 Kady Elkins MI US

4486 Emma Rice MI US

4487 Kyle Sweet MI US

4488 Alex Milanoski OH US

4489 Tad Peacock MI US

4490 MI US

4491 John Erdevig MI US The balancing of benefits and harms of shutting down Line 5 must take into account the minimal economic benefit of leaving this overaged piece of 1950's engineering and outmoded environmental protection thinking, in place for any length of time, compared to the risk of a catastrophic and unmanageable oil spill in our pristine Great Lakes freshwater basins. Any homeowner knows that all pipes eventually leak, and this one is well past its prime and poorly maintained. Who takes responsibility here, in practical terms? Practically speaking, not Enbridge, not Dynamic Risk, and not their insurers. Only regulators. Don't pass the buck, as happened with the Flint water source conversion, and Deepwater Horizon. Protect our irreplaceable water resources, and fisheries, tourism industry and riparian land values. Might as well, at this point, reflect via adequate regulation, just how costly fossil fuels are to the public at large, to taxpayers. Mind the "externalities" in your analysis. From subsurface to fuel oil tank, the cost is too great. Just move away from fossil fuel, one reasonable, indispensable regulation at a time, and don't fret over this dinosaur of an industry. It's like passing out cigarettes to GI's, or getting off the train to shoot buffalo. This type of risk and ongoing pollution has no place in the 21st century.

4492 Cara Hanrahan IL US

4493 Lori McPhee MI US

4494 Michelle Zurawik IL US

4495 Deborah Youngstrom MA US

4496 Charles Olawsky MI US

4497 IL US

4498 Joseph Matievich MI US

4499 Renee Rosario CO US We need to take care of our precious resources of earth, land and air. Oil and gas exploration are not needed and driven by profits. What is best for us all?

4500 Michael Lucas IL US



4501 Oswald Sobrino MI US

4502 Mario DeCarolis MI US

4503 David Geiger MI US

4504 Kendra Jean MI US

4505 Diane Duffy IL US

4506 Clara Shaw MI US

4507 Kay Misenheimer MI US

4508 Michael Sesi MI US

4509 Irene Metro MI US

4510 Cal Phillips OH US

4511 Kirk peterson IL US

4512 Ellie Katz MI US

4513 Christine Ingles MI US

4514 Nate Command MI US

4515 Dilip Das MI US

4516 James Cook OH US

4517 MI US

4518 Kim Naujokas QC CA It is very *urgent* to shut down line 5 and line 9 now ! #EnbridgeLies

4519 Jade Clinton MI US

4520 Chip Smith KS US

4521 Tim Sparling MI US

4522 Michelle Laylin MI US

4523 LuAnne Dreves MI US

4524 Madelyn Green NC US

4525 Maddie Wittenbach MI US

4526 Jason Brashear OH US

4527 Sarah DeYoung MI US

4528 Lana Elzein MI US

4529 Molly Rozegnal MI US

4530 Samantha Leedle MI US

4531 Liamara Haskins CA US

4532 Michelle Hill MI US

4533 Katherine Matteson MD US

4534 Eric Tank MI US

4535 Anissa Emery

4536 Charlene Kolon KS US

4537 Amy Novak MI US

4538 Cody Wethington AZ US

4539 Andrew Wilhelme MI US

4540 Brian Kozminski MI US

4541 Karolina Kahle IL US

4542 Merrily De Boer CA US

4543 OH USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �174 oilandwaterdontmix.org


4544 Dan Murphey MI US The Great Lakes are one of the world's greatest treasures. Do the right thing and protect this resource!

4545 Abby Olsen MI US

4546 Aaron Linke MI US

4547 Kristen Hayden MI US

4548 Emily Jernberg MI US

4549 Aaron Toth MI US

4550 Daniel Stephens MI US

4551 Lauren Donley MI US

4552 Mara Klco MI US

4553 Dixon Dudderar MI US

4554 Tim Knight MI US

4555 Meg Ackerman

4556 Julia Weiss IL US

4557 Joshua Hoffman MI US

4558 Austin Srdjak MI US

4559 Carrie Turner MI US

4560 Robert Burns MI US

4561 Kailee Phelps TX US

4562 Mark Contrucci MI US

4563 Matt Hoostal MI US

4564 Molly Siler MI US

4565 Jessica Taylor MI US

4566 Teri Lenhart MD US

4567 Alison Szabo MI US

4568 Scott Lee MI US

4569 Lisa Goldmann MI US

4570 Ashley Folkema MI US

4571 Kelsey Sumner MI US

4572 Michael Klement MI US

4573 Benjamin Libby MI US

4574 James Dupray MI US

4575 Jean Brown MI US

4576 Eric Gietzen WI US

4577 Travis Heeren MI US In this case, you're not even protecting the interests of an evil American corporation in putting an entire region's ecosystem, water supply, and economic livelihood at risk. If you manage to shut down Line 5 now, perhaps your legacy will read: "Near the end of Snyder's second term, his administration nominally improved its record of not poisoning people in his own state from a score of 'grossly negligent' all the way up to 'incompetent.'" Shut it down and don't ruin the lakes, you turds.

4578 Jan Mrozinski MI US

4579 Phillip Kirkland OR US

4580 Peg Shaw IL US Water is life. The lakes are my love. Why in the world would we risk destroying them? Think of the future generations. Stop greed.

4581 Katelyn Tuppert PA US



4582 Erik Donley MN US

4583 Julia Norconk MI US

4584 Ruth Ann Mcgrath MI US

4585 Shnook Donaldson MI US

4586 Carly Harmon MI US

4587 Stacie Printon MI US

4588 Tina Campbell MI US

4589 Jay Pozner MI US

4590 Ruth Ralston MI US

4591 Pierce Morley MI US

4592 Cameron Young MI US

4593 Rachel Tucker AZ US

4594 Maryssa Fenwick WI US

4595 Sandra Howe MI US

4596 Theresa Clark IL US

4597 Sean Phillip CA US

4598 Mary Hanrahan-Taube MI US MI has one of the greatest resources in the world!!! Our fresh water cannot be left at risk>. Shut it down!!

4599 Kate Moss MI US

4600 Darrell Spruce MI US

4601 Anita D. Monical MI US

4602 Rosanne Fry MI US

4603 Annie DeAngelo ID US

4604 Gloria Boomer MI US

4605 Jedd Countey NY US

4606 Mary Thompson MI US

4607 Dorothy Felton US

4608 Emma Anderson WI US

4609 Jan Wright MI US

4610 Megan Ward MI US

4611 Bill Cobbs MI US

4612 Kirstin Ward MI US

4613 Anne Loftus MI Enbridge has repeatedly denied wrongdoing both in Kalamazoo and in the straits, even when their own inspection reports pointed out critical problems.. We need comprehensive and independent ,scientifically accurate information on which politically neutral decisions can be made.

4614 Beth Michalski MI US

4615 Samantha Groen IL US

4616 Robert Brewer MI US

4617 Patricia Pelletier MI US

4618 Elizabeth Glynn MI US

4619 Dennis Kreiner IL US Dennis Kreiner

4620 Candace Town MI US

4621 Courtney Dunn MI US

4622 Allison Weber MI US



4623 Melissa VerDuin MI US Shut down line 5!! I'D LIKE FOR MY GRANDKIDS TO HAVE CLEAN WATER IN THE NEAR FUTURE! WATER IS LIFE! TOO MANY PPL HAVE ALREADY DIED BECAUSE OF CONTAMINATED WATER IN MICHIGAN! IS THAT WHAT YOU DECISION MAKERS WANT?? MORE DEATH AND CANCER? WE HAVE TOO MANY SICK AND MORTALITY RATES HERE IN MICHIGAN! I WONDER....WHO PROFITS OFF SICKNESS AND DEATH?? SHUT IT DOWN! PEOPLE BEFORE PROFITS!!! LIFE AND LAND BEFORE PROFITS!!

4624 Laura Farwell WI US

4625 Bryan Hoekstra MI US

4626 Jeremy Hang MI US Shut down line 5 please

4627 Bret Fickes NC US

4628 Jennifer Reid MI US

4629 Lisa Gunnels MI US

4630 Kevin Meyer MI US

4631 Scott Dylkowski MN US

4632 Chelsea Rosen MI US

4633 Jim Hamp MI US

4634 Allison McElroy MI US

4635 Audrey Marihugh-Bouck

MI US Stop being dumb assholes and selling out. We need fresh water to live. Have a spin, push the money away that they are offering you and do the right thing. Is this what you want your legacy to be?

4636 Lauren Scott US

4637 Sam Franz MI US

4638 Jerry Pruitt MI US

4639 Nathaniel Campbell MI US Please protect the Great Lakes and shutdown line 5 pipeline

4640 Lisa Vulpas WI US

4641 Barb Fettig FL US

4642 Jeanne Katz MI US

4643 Cassandra Carpenter MI US

4644 Garrett Bratten MI US

4645 Whitney Roberts MI US 20% of the worlds fresh water is in the Great Lakes, we can not afford to put even one liter under threat. Considering Enbridge's track record, it is under threat.



4646 Jennifer Aulie AT To the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Michigan Agency for Energy, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Michigan Governor, Michigan Attorney General, and Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board:










4647 Kelly Johlie IL US

4648 Jerry Dennis MI US I've been studying and writing about the Great Lakes for 30 years, and Line 5 has me more worried than any other issue I've encountered. A line rupture would have devastating consequences that would reverberate for decades. We MUST shut down the line.

4649 Emily Chou IL US

4650 Dianne Williams MI US

4651 Mary Picucci MI US

4652 Stephen Smith OH US

4653 Olivia Perfetti MI US

4654 Rebecca Griffes MI US

4655 Gayle Felski MI US

4656 Patti Smith NY US

4657 David Greene US

4658 Katherine Davison MI US It is time to decommission Line 5. It is old and becoming unsafe. Enbridge is not a good company evidenced by their oil leaks across the country. Their approach of waiting for the worst to happen then spending years trying to clean up the mess would be devastating to the Great Lakes .

4659 Raquel Jimenez MI US

4660 Lori Darling MI US

4661 Ellie DeMuth WI US

4662 Mary Evans WI US

4663 Alan Exoo MI US

4664 Ann E. Lockwood MI US

4665 Mary Mahaney MI US

4666 Louise Coakley MI US

4667 Deborah Nelson

4668 Kathleen Robinson MI US

4669 MA US

4670 IL US

4671 Ted Tabor MI US

4672 Marie Johnson CA US

4673 Martina One Star AZ US

4674 Bonnie Bassett MI US This has dragged on way too long! Are you going to wait until we have an actual spill and it will cost us millions in cleanup and lost tourist dollars? SHUT IT DOWN NOW!!!!!!!!

4675 Tristen Coca PA US

4676 Sandra Place MI US

4677 Elizabeth Noren MI US Elizabeth Noren

4678 Linda Zielke MI US Please do this before there's a spill. Then you won't have to search desperately for someone else to blame it on. Like you did with the Flint water crisis. The buck stops with you. Do your job.

4679 Jula Osten MI US

4680 Shea Gabriel MI US

4681 Gary Gritter MI US

4682 Irina Dalbec MI US



4683 Dan Dene MA US I am writing to advocate the shutdown of Endbridge Line 5 across the straits of Mackinaw and the St. Clair River between Port Huron and Sarnia.

The line is older than the “big Mac” bridge. It has been inspected and shown to be in a state of considerable disrepair. The risk this poses to the Great Lakes and to the Michigan economy is beyond expression.

Tourism has always been the second most important industry in Michigan, after automotive. Any kind of unfortunate event with Line 5 would have a devastating effect on the Michigan economy. Mackinaw Island may as well close up for at least the year. The jobs that would be lost is hard to count. Additionally, the water intakes for many communities reach out into the great lakes and they would be horribly harmed by any event.

Gov. Snyder made a terrible, reckless deal with Endbridge to allow further transport of petroleum products through Line 5. He ignored his fiduciary responsibilities to protect and ensure the well being and safety of our Michigan citizens. It is now up to voices outside of the governor’s office to speak responsibly, and properly, to protect the great lakes and those people who share its shoreline.

Line 5 is in disrepair. Even at its best it is a danger to Michigan and its citizens. At its worst it is a disaster waiting to happen. It would be a job killer and health hazard to all of the people along the great lakes shoreline should this antiquated pipeline fail. I ask this pipeline to be permanently shut down. Let us find our energy for the future elsewhere.

4684 Shawn Corbett MI US

4685 Byron Richard MN US

4686 Derrick Davis MI US I tried to post a comment. But my comment wasn't accepted. Sorry I tried.

4687 Jessica Deverney-Mclaughlin

MI US

4688 Abigail Harter IN US

4689 Claudette Byers MI US Claudette Byers age 69. When I was 5 there were fewer people and pipeline was technology of the time. We make best decisions at time BUT when we KNOW better we should DO better. Close down the old pipeline and stay away from Great Lakes...above below or thru.

4690 Bridgette Mendreta MI US

4691 Roselyn Retszke OH US

4692 Nick Chevillot MI US Please prevent an international environmental emergency.

4693 Owen Vollick-Offer MI US

4694 Aaron Brodkey MI US

4695 Robin McCullough MI US

4696 Don Groom

4697 Susan Johnson MI US

4698 Susan Chase ME US

4699 John Schliksy MI US

4700 Victor J Banta MI US

4701 Rebecca Panitch IL US

4702 Lauren Robert MI US

4703 Troy Brock MI US

4704 Debra McGowan MI US It is grossly neglent after the Kalamazoo spill. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Or maybe possibly they (people who engaged) don't give a flying #### !!!

4705 John Gensic IN US

4706 Polly Carlton MI US

4707 Gaia Kile MI US

4708 Caitlin Bryant MI US

4709 Renee Vance WI US It's pretty bad when one company is taking at least a million gallons a day, ond another want to destroy the Great Lakes for profit.



4710 Robert Olson MI US The line is well past any safety factor in it's design life. Many critical physical problems are becoming evident. Shut down line 5

4711 Samantha Nichols IL US

4712 Carol Kotcher MI US CAROL KOTCHER

4713 Anita Pokornicki MI US

4714 Nancy Bordine MI US This is our precious water, our drinking water, the lakes that define us, the lakes that sustain us and sustain our spirits - - shut down Line 5 before it destroys our precious water.

4715 Carol Smith MI US

4716 Christine Brodhead MI US

4717 Lori Bonifas MI US Please stop this pipeline before an oil spill that will ruin our beach front forever! There’s got to be another way that won’t harm the beautiful Great Lakes.

4718 Marcia OConnor MI US We DO NOT want the pipeline to continue operating in Lake Michigan or any freshwater water body

4719 Shuna Stevens MI US

4720 Whitney Huff

4721 Jeanne Munn LA US

4722 Heather Sumner MI US

4723 Keith Byrd MI US

4724 Amanda L. Weinert MI US

4725 Stephanie Bennett MI US

4726 Dakota Mosley US

4727 Rose McCormick MI US

4728 John Rappaport MI US

4729 Tiffany Herrera MI US

4730 Ian Milosek MI US

4731 Jennifer Pregenzer MI US

4732 Kory VanDuinen MI US

4733 Michelle May MI US

4734 Paul carbone MI US

4735 Logan Decker MI US

4736 Ryan Gembarowski MI US

4737 Jerilynn Tucker MI US

4738 Kyle MD US

4739 Debbie Bach MI US

4740 Freda Dreves MI US

4741 Marissa McNamara MI US

4742 Jacqueline Lammert MI US

4743 Amanda Wolter MI US

4744 Sydney Fisher MI US

4745 Collin Sudderth MI US

4746 Kristen Rushlow MI US

4747 Adam Brown US

4748 Anna Mapes MI US

4749 Jane Wright Roden MI US

4750 Cydney Andrew MI US



4751 Suzanne Neefus MI US

4752 Lakin Boyer FL US

4753 Maddie Wiygul IL US

4754 Marc Thompson MI US

4755 Joy Strong MI US

4756 Cathy Arsenault MI US

4757 Jamie Duncanson ON CA

4758 Jeremy Turner MI US

4759 Katie Turner IL US

4760 CA US

4761 FL US

4762 Margaret Hughes MI US

4763 Davis Elm WI US

4764 Mariah Seybold MI US

4765 Kayla Rowe MI US

4766 Jennifer Hoin MI US

4767 Linda Glaeser MI US

4768 Mary Fleming NY US

4769 Nichole Abbott MI US

4770 Melissa Rodriguez MI US

4771 Thelma Godin MI US

4772 Amber Moore CA US

4773 Madeleine French MI US

4774 Naomi MI US

4775 Danny McCarthy MI US

4776 John Vick MI US

4777 Stephen Wilkinson MI US

4778 Lori Wilson MI US

4779 Kali Hartt MI US

4780 Amelia Shank CA US

4781 Brenda Rugenstein MI US

4782 Bethany Foote MI US

4783 Matt Quinn OH US

4784 Randy Lee Kronewitter MI US

4785 Gerrit Immink MI US

4786 Bailey Fairchild MI US

4787 Sarah Peters MI US

4788 Brian Clausen MI US

4789 David Farley CA US

4790 Raquel Lakari MI US

4791 Jennifer Rohs MI US

4792 David Wallace WI US

4793 Kent J Breazeale CA USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �182 oilandwaterdontmix.org


4794 Kim Blackburn TX US

4795 Maureen Voss MI US

4796 Kim Stoutenburg AR US

4797 Mary Ellen Morris CO US

4798 Andrea Lescoe MI US

4799 Heidi Molony MI US

4800 Corbin Dickerson MI US

4801 Hannah MacDonald MI US

4802 Mary Ward MI US

4803 Lars Erlandson WI US

4804 Greg Rousseau AP

4805 Vivian Delgadillo NJ US

4806 Jesse Sutherland MI US

4807 Rebecca Courchaine WI US

4808 Evan Forgacs MI US

4809 Allison Buikema MI US

4810 Jonathan Stone MN US

4811 Elizabeth Firek MI US

4812 Shane O'Brien MI US

4813 Nancy Smith MI US

4814 Alec Wall WI US

4815 Alex Willis OR US

4816 Matthew Grymek MA US

4817 Julie Kilpatrick KS US

4818 Mary Heather Missad MI US

4819 Isabelle Fritz MI US

4820 Dale Lemke WI US

4821 Loren Murphy MI US

4822 Timothy Holstad HI US

4823 Krysta Grubaugh MI US

4824 Terry MI US

4825 Brandon Alexander MI US

4826 Michele Hulan MI US

4827 Alaina Smith MI US

4828 Laura Adams IN US

4829 Todd Hanson MI US

4830 Sydney Rae NC US

4831 Andrea Gautraud MI US

4832 Vickie Wellman MI US

4833 Galen Nelson MI US



4834 Florence Johnston MI US I am writing to submit my official comment in response to the State of Michigan's Line 5 final alternatives analysis dated October 26 and released on November 20. I STRONGLY OPPOSE this final report! It was prepared by a firm with a conflict of interest, and contains many errors and omissions of pertinent information. The consequences of an oil spill from this pipeline would be so irreparably catastrophic to the water quality of the Great Lakes, its flora and fauna, and the coastlines of the states and provinces that the pipeline must be shut down immediately. How many more instances of Enbridge's untrustworthiness do we need to see? They have operated the pipeline far above its mandated capacity, neglected their responsibilities for supervision and maintenance, and have repeatedly misled state authorities and the public about alarming and dangerous conditions that they knew about for years in some cases.I find it hard to believe that with several previous pipeline breaks the powers that be don’t seem to understand that clean water is necessary for life; it is not an infinite resource! Damage to the recreational, sport, tourism and fishing industries, as well as subsistence fishing, will hurt the welfare of the entire state. In fact, a rupture of this pipeline would cause a significant disturbance to the national economies of both the United States and Canada.An administration whose legacy is already stained by the Flint water system catastrophe cannot afford to risk the much greater potential disaster inherent in the continued existence of this pipeline. Please shut it down!

4835 Alexis Downing MI US

4836 Austin Matheney MI US

4837 Bill Mathews MI US

4838 Linda McDonnell MI US

4839 Dan Hestad WY US

4840 Kelly Cooper US

4841 Madeline Levinson MI US

4842 Bruce Kezlarian MI US

4843 Patrick Resing IL US

4844 Melissa Townsend MI US

4845 Beth Price MI US

4846 Julie Walker MI US

4847 Ryab Wenk MI US

4848 Jerud Buhagiar MI US

4849 Acey Quinn MI US

4850 Hannah Burdek SC US

4851 Lakota Libby MI US

4852 Penelope Kimmey AR US

4853 Ben Lemmen MI US

4854 Lisa Lange MI US

4855 Roy Bauer MI US

4856 Katherine Cagle MI US

4857 Taylor Scott MI US

4858 Quentin Johnson MI US

4859 Eileen Stryker MI US

4860 Aris VanDerLeest MI US

4861 Susan Sharp-Korte MI USThe risk is too great for any pipeline, regardless of the design.

4862 Kelly Dausey MI US

4863 Marcus McGlown PA US

4864 Cynthia Nielsen MI US



4865 Tim Rappleye MI US

4866 Doug Levack US Since Line 5 has been in use much longer than it's intended design, it has exceeded it's life. The design criteria is no longer valid and the aged pipe and supports must not be allowed to "run to fail".

4867 David Blouin NY US

4868 Christian Ryan MI US

4869 Brenda Boyd MI US

4870 Matthew Blew CT US

4871 David Petrove MI US

4872 Jay Ross TX US The Gulf has still not recovered from the "beautiful" oil spill. GO GREEN.

4873 Comdy Anderson MI US

4874 Joseph DePaul MI US

4875 Monni Raphael MI US

4876 Jennifer Blesh NY US

4877 Mark Byars Hauts-de-FranceFR

4878 William Sullivan WV US

4879 Ian Brewster ON CA

4880 Cameron Herrington MI US

4881 Valerie Carlisle NY US

4882 Kris Kruid MI US

4883 Tyler Flynn MI US

4884 Cheri Bridgewater MI US

4885 Heather Muir MI US

4886 John Perkins MI US Please do the right thing.

4887 David Grimshaw MI US

4888 Bowdy Brown MI US

4889 Julia Wendell MI US

4890 Larry Jacques MI US

4891 Katherine King MI US

4892 Jacquelyn Ankerson MI US

4893 Charles F Glass MI US

4894 Tc Fowler MI US

4895 David Gedraitis MI US

4896 Mark Kammerer MI US

4897 Jane Ives MI US

4898 Meghan McDermott MI US

4899 Lawson Bunch MI US

4900 Kile Parker MI US

4901 Martha Swain MI US

4902 Lauda Sisung MI US

4903 Tom Mount MI US

4904 Diana Glauch US

4905 Nancy Ritcheske MI US



4906 Dave Mayberry MI US This very old pipeline is a dangerous way to play with our drinking water. Common sense tells us to pull the pipeline out of the Great Lakes now and forever!

4907 Steve Mentzer MI US

4908 Jim Frye MI US

4909 Morgan Bermudez MI US

4910 Elizabeth (Lisa) Del Buono

MI US There is no reason to keep LIne 5 open. It serves very few MIchganders and it puts one of our greatest natural resources at risk. It is time to focus on non-carbon forms of energy.

4911 Destiney Blades US

4912 Mary Hall MI US

4913 Gene Reck

4914 Lisa Del Buono MI US

4915 Willie Jones MI US

4916 George Jackiewicz KS US george jackiewicz

4917 Bonnie Orr US

4918 Steve Klopp MN US

4919 Bari Dilworth MI US

4920 Michael Bergman MI US

4921 Mariana Hesselink MI

4922 Kim Offenburger MI US

4923 Marilyn Smith MI

4924 Joel Lavold MT US

4925 Heather Radford MI US

4926 Hannah McKinney MI US

4927 Glenna Raleigh MI US Please shutdown line 5 before the disaster. Common sense must prevail over greed.Think of Local people's welfare before foreign corporations greed. Please stop the flow of oil in the Straits of Mackinac

4928 Marty Bellis MI US Shut down Line 5!Our lakes are precious resources. Let's protect them.

4929 Brad Smit MI US

4930 Craig Richards MI US

4931 Diego Smith Región MetropolitanaCL

4932 Stephani Prevost MI US

4933 Cynthia Price MI US I'm amazed that anyone is even considering any "alternative" other than decommissioning Line 5. Use the precautionary principle!

4934 Philip Hamburg MI US

4935 Bob Meyer MI US

4936 Sean Kiebler MI US

4937 Ashley Peake MI US

4938 Rachel Brink MI US

4939 Andrew LaPorte MI US

4940 Marion Genia MI US

4941 Alan Schug MI US

4942 Marianne Pletcher US

4943 Cara Keyser CO US



4944 Alicia Lemorie VA US

4945 Suzanne Plunkett MI US

4946 Taelar Steward

4947 Benjamin Glendening MI US

4948 Luke Johnson MI US

4949 Wade Brecht MI US

4950 Jared Laucks NJ US

4951 Deborah Burns WI US

4952 Melinda Otto MI US

4953 Hannah Zonnevylle MI US

4954 Jennifer Zinn MI US

4955 Sophie Collard MI US

4956 James Lilliquist MI US

4957 David Swan MI US

4958 Linda Sahn MI US

4959 Cynthia Schwalbach NY US

4960 Mary Povolo

4961 Sebastian Stankiewicz MI US

4962 Justine Yglesias MI US

4963 Nancy Weatherwax MI US

4964 Deborah Orlowski AR US It is ridiculous to believe that it’s possible to run this pipeline without danger to the Great Lakes, a resource for transportation, food, recreation and most of all, fresh water. The disaster in Dakota shows what happens when we run dangerous oil pipelines across precious land or water.

Stop this!!!

4965 Laurie Macpherson MI US

4966 Lauren Niergarth MI US

4967 Keith Theisen MI US

4968 Lauren Bloom MI US

4969 Kitten Lloyd MI US You can say all you want about safety, but the pipelines still leak and destroy the environment . Tell the truth and we can work together .

4970 Megan Blount MI US

4971 Savannah Ison MI US

4972 Leahley Alawi MI US

4973 Katie Hill WA US

4974 Kevin Blazaitis MI US

4975 Alex Shur MI US

4976 Carol Kuiper MI US

4977 Thomas Sherman WI US

4978 Maria Johnson MI US

4979 Bonnie Lumley NY US

4980 Nikki Soldan MI US

4981 Claire Hamilton IL US

4982 Joaquin Ramos US

4983 Meghan Leuschner UT USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �187 oilandwaterdontmix.org


4984 Elizabeth Peacock SC US

4985 Brandon Everest MI US

4986 Zachary Bambach IL US

4987 Cohen Dodd AP IN

4988 John Anderson MI US

4989 Sarah Trumble KS US

4990 Carol Glidden MI US

4991 Lois Mummaw MI US

4992 Chris Naum MI US

4993 Christine Hutchinson MI US

4994 Susan R. Miller MI US

4995 Andrew Atkinson MI US

4996 Ruth Bloink MI US Ruth Bloink we have to protect our water! Life does not exist without clean water! Energy can be produced in other ways besides using oil. We have to continue to move away from oil and to protect all of our clean water. Our lives depend on it.

4997 Michael Hubbard MI US

4998 Shani altiman ON CA

4999 Kurt Heyer AK US

5000 Erin Schug MI US Please save our Lakes before it’s too late. I don’t want my children growing up in a world where they can’t swim in the greatest freshwater on earth.

5001 Heather Jensen MI US

5002 Christopher Fries PA US

5003 Donald McLeod CA US

5004 Dolores Mattscheck MI US The worst possible outcome of not shutting down Line5 is the contamination of our precious source of waters. Violations by Enbridge need to be remedied by the State of Michigan.

5005 Joseph McGlinchey MI US This needs to stop!

5006 Larry McGahey MI US The risk is too great for anyone to take. Shut Line 5 down now.

5007 Edward Manson MI US

5008 Annette Lucas MI US

5009 sharon osbon MI US Protect our waters! shut down line 5

5010 Amanda Imler MI US

5011 Renee Yax MI US

5012 Vandy Moses MI US

5013 Julie Wagner MI US Our Great Lakes need to stay Great.

5014 Cheryl Roulston MI US

5015 Julie Kuieck MI US Michigan, the Great Lakes state. Keep it that way for our future generations!

5016 Marie Roper MI US

5017 Karen Mitchell MI US

5018 Sarah Archer US This pipeline is at high risk of polluting our Great Lakes. It's time to shut it down .

5019 Karena Miller MI US

5020 Karen Back IL US

5021 Mel Marra US One fifth of the World's fresh water runs through these straits, its absurd that this pipeline runs through it in the first place it also crosses Lake Huron at the south end, an accident would mean devastation for half of the United States, that's obvious and doesn't take an "expert" to see.

5022 Joseph Daboul US



5023 Rachelle Emerick MI US

5024 Jordin Hajek IN US

5025 Jennifer Morris MI US

5026 Margaret Fry US Shut down line 5...we need safe water to live!!!

5027 Brian Madigan WI US

5028 Eric Henry MI US

5029 Jeffrey Leiter MI US

5030 Jeff Rickfelder MI US

5031 Sherri Brom MI US Line 5 is just to risky for Michigan. We need to shut it down. It’s old and could leak any day. Save the Great Lakes!

5032 Craig Ritter MI US

5033 Julie Martinson US The welfare of this precious resource should not be jeopardized by comnercial interests failing to provide adequate study and protection. I feel it is a public commons needing our protection. The pipeline should be decommissioned. Enbridge has taken advantage for too long.

5034 Krista Cain MI US

5035 Thomas Kline IL US

5036 Tara Stroh MI US

5037 G.T. Long MI US

5038 Michael Gillespie MI US

5039 Donna Brown IN US I feel truly sorry for the next generation. We are not good and faithful stewards of this planet or of this still beautiful state.

5040 Terri Bays MI US Why is our government so stupid that we have to do this. Our Great Lakes do not belong to embridge. They belong to us and are not for profit. You can't clean oil out of water. Go dig a hole on the shores of Alaska and you will see oil from exon still resides there. True fact..I did it myself!

5041 Nancy Mccook VA US

5042 Jill Henemyer MI US

5043 Kevin Pierson MI US

5044 Michael Anderson MI US Please shut down this pipeline.

5045 Lydia Levinson MI US Protecting the water quality of our Great Lakes is of utmost importance to the future of this state.

5046 Robert D Fox MI US water

5047 Allan Baker MI US

5048 Robert Szychowski US

5049 Geoffrey Holstad CA US

5050 Jan Price MI US

5051 Barbara Rakowski WI US

5052 Lauren Gill OR US Stop this pipeline! This pipeline is dangerous and not up to standards or regulations.

5053 Steven Orr US Close it down.

5054 Charlie Campbell ON CA Save our water!

5055 Janis Frazee MI US Please shut down pipeline 5 now. You must protect the Great Lakes which are one of the nations most valuable natural resources. Without clean protected water, we humans cannot exist for long. Please do the right thing for us and for future generations. Thank you.

5056 Maria Donner MI US This is such an unacceptable risk to our Great Lakes and to the economy,(tourism, fishing) health and well being of citizens who rely on the Great Lakes for drinking water. There have to be alternatives! If we don't have them yet, we need to invest in finding them! This is crazy.... doing business with the same company who's negligence caused the Kalamazoo River spill!



5057 Mary Underwood US Hearing of a study of water currents by a U/M professor who has been measuring these throughout the great lakes, there IS NO clean up after a spill. The oil will quickly be carried and circulated throughout Lake Michigan and Huron. To wait for a disaster instead of preventing one would not only be stupid, but negligent beyond belief. Put greed aside. Do the right thing.

5058 Charles Billings MI US Let's fix this the right way!! Water over oil!!

5059 Lauren Tingwall MI US The way our government is dealing with is not acceptable. Until they can be honest and take a serious independent scientific look at this and treat it as a priority this needs to be stopped.

5060 Renu O'Connell MA US I have been coming to the Straights area for 65 years and cannot fathom having such a dangerous, useless, pipeline below a most treasured fresh water source in the world. And who does this benefit? Canadian business. These lines are not up to any standard and to drive them to more capacity is asking for trouble.

5061 Eric Carlson CA US Any one of the problems listed with Line 5 should result in decommissioning. Taken together, these make decommissioning the only reasonable decision.

5062 Renee allen US Please pay attention to this critical situation. This has the ability to cause one of the greatest fresh water disasters of our time. The time is now to come up with viable solutions. I urge you to be a part of the solution to safe oil transport through our region!

5063 Shannon Fineout MI US Decommission Line 5 now! This is the only alternative that will truly protect the Great Lakes from an oil spill. The risk is too great!

5064 Joe Trumpey MI US The risks to our state's economy and the health of the Great Lakes far exceeds the benefits of having the pipeline. It is time to shut it down.

5065 Judy Willibey US This pipeline is old, risking a leak into Michigans Great Lakes. What's to think about? It needs to be shutdown before something really bad happens and we totally damage the waters of the Great Lakes!

5066 Gretchen Zuiderveen MI US Sending oil through a pipeline under the Great Lakes is unacceptable, no matter what! Enbridge must find another route for their product.

5067 Judith Reich MI US Fresh water is a limited resource. When it’s polluted it’s gone forever. Without water there is no life. There are other ways to transport oil. The risk is too great. Shut down Line 5 NOW!

5068 Beth Adams MI US We must keep the Great Lakes clean. This oil isn't even for us - it's for Canadian use and profit! Why are we allowing them to use and possibly destroy our lakes?

5069 Priscilla Robbins MA US

5070 William Pellett MI US Shut down line 5 permanently.

5071 Gary Surber FL US Prevent a catastrophic Oil Spill in the GREAT LAKES !!!

5072 Marianne Perraut MI US

5073 Michale Nichols MI US SHUT IT DOWN! I've seen enough of large & small corporations treat the environment like it's a garbage bag. Water is life!

5074 Dick Elliott MichiganUS

5075 Elizabeth Snyder MI US The Great Lakes MUST be protected. Leakage or rupture of the aging Line 5 would be a pollution catastrophe for the Great Lakes. Decommission it now and make a plan that avoids future spill risk.

5076 Kathryn Koches MI US The Great Lakes are too beautiful and too precious to risk. The greedy people who profit from Enbridge do not understand and appreciate the real value of our environment. Please stop this dangerous practice. Our luck will run out and there will be no fixing the destruction a leaking pipe will create

5077 John Childs MI US There is no way to determine the absolute "risk" of a leak. What we know for sure is that a leak would devastate the Great Lakes. It is a certainty that Line 5 will have a significant leak . Shut it down! Remove all pipelines from our waterways.

5078 Dorian Creighton MI US

5079 Molly McMullen-Laird MI US Please shut down Line 5 it is the only safe approach, the pipeline is past its wear cycle. Would you drive a car with tires that were 20% beneath the level of safety? It is not just a little bit unsafe it is totally unsafe. We are lucky nothing has happened and risking the Great Lakes. Please do the right thing for the largest body of fresh water on the planet. No compromise, shut it down.

5080 Anthony Lewis CA US

5081 Stein Slette MI US

5082 elizabeth Swartz MA US



5083 Heidi Purcell TX US Our Great Lakes are too economically important to this state to threaten them with a pipeline through the straights. Especially one owned an operated by Embridge, a company that has proven many times in the past to be negligent and more interested in their bottom line than our drinking water.

5084 David Taylor WI US

5085 Rebecca Counsellor MI US There is no sane argument for a pipeline containing oil be allowed in the Great Lakes or any other body of water.

5086 Gail Heath FL US

5087 Tom Burkett VA US Stop this violence! Water is a human right.

5088 Marcia Fry WI US We are Wisconsinites who spend the largest portion of our TOURIST DOLLARS in the Straits Area. We will vacation elsewhere if "PURE MICHIGAN" is tainted.

5089 Victoria Guerrini MI US This could damage our Great Lakes beyond repair. Especially if a leak occurs under frozen ice.

5090 Anil Sikri IL US

5091 Fred Swinehart MI US

5092 Adam Weeks US Line 5 is outdated and dangerous.

5093 Patricia Bauer MI US I cannot think of anything more critical than protecting out fresh water. The line 5 shutdown is the only solution.

5094 Christine Becker MI US

5095 Frank Vaydik MI US

5096 Victor Volkman MI US Line 5 has proven itself to be a dangerous risk to our state's most precious resource. Let's turn the tap off on corporate greed which has wrecked our state's environment long enough.

5097 Nereida Nazzaro MI US The the only acceptable way to protect the Great Lakes is to SHUTDOWN LINE 5.

5098 Barbara Andries VA US Please keep our Great Lakes clean! And keep the funding that makes that happen!

5099 Chris Cieply MI US Enbridge has shown itself to be incapable of evaluating the condition of it's pipelines. We are not prepared to clean up any large scale spill. Certainly we will not have support from the current administration in Washington in doing so. Any rational cost-benefit analysis suggests this pipeline be shut down now!

5100 Sharon Hahn US

5101 Gary Rentrop MI US Line 5 must be discontinued. The consequences of the lines failure are far too great to treat this as a hazard risk that can be managed. Unfortunately Gov. Snyder has lost support given his unilateral actions without consultation with his task force and without prior notice of his action. Let make the right, all be it the tough decision. Shut the line down.

5102 Kelli Belanger MI US Keep our Great Lakes safe! Shut down Line 5!

5103 Gf Korreck MI US The Great Lakes are an immense source of pride for our state; more than that they are an indisoendable resource. It is our obligation to serve as responsible stewards for these natural gifts. Why take even the slightest risk of harming than for years beyond the lives of our children and grandchildren? Instead, let's show that we are capable of protecting and preserving what has been given us. Money is nice to have but it doesn't stir the soul.

5104 Jane Parker OH US THe natural resources of the Great Lakes needs to be protected. This is the time to critical think before a tradagy happens.

5105 Vicki Schettling MI US It’s too great of a risk. We have beautiful great lakes and we don’t need them Ruined

5106 Dale Novak WI US We live on the shoreline of Lake Michigan and travel across the Mackinac Bridge quite often. It would be an Unforgivable Sin to soil our Great Lake Michigan with a disgusting oil spill. If there is even less than an ounce of common sense among any of you, let it be know that a leak in line 5 would be A Great Travisty to This Very Precious Recource Of Lake Michigan.

5107 Sue Wright US

5108 Judith King IL US Please protect our waters

5109 Claudia Brim MI US Does anyone remember Enbridge and the Kalamazoo river spill? I believe that Enbridge's attitude is: " if it breaks, we'll just clean it up." NO! Please listen to the people of Michigan and prevent that break/spill from ever happening by forcing Enbridge to decommission Line 5.

5110 Jon Webb MI US I'm supporting the elimination of the pipeline#5. It's antiquted design is too big of a threat to the Great Lakes. Thanks, Jon Webb



5111 Claire Moore MI US Are you kidding me?? This shouldn't even be a question. SHUT THIS SHIT DOWN.

5112 Hadley Couraud US

5113 Danielle LaVaque-Manty

MI US

5114 Donna Kensa MI US I am amazed that the government still does not look at this as a big threat to the great lakes. It would be huge if this pipeline would break in rune are great lakes.

5115 Kara Jeffery MI US Let's not risk 20% of the world's freshwater. Find alternatives. Shut it down.

5116 Karen Whitman LA US Line 5 needs to be shut down NOW. Very disturbing to hear of the governor's secret deal with Enbridge. Shame on them.

5117 Emilie Baker MI US The potential harm resulting from an oil spill cannot be calculated and is extremely troubling to we Michigan residents. One cannot escape thinking about the poisoned water in Flint and the resulting damage. We hold Gov. Snyder and government officials responsible for protecting "we the people" now and in the future.Emilie Baker

5118 Diana Jasser US

5119 Matthew Wozniak MI US

5120 Ohyoon Kim TN US

5121 Gary Guetzko IA US

5122 Marilyn Alvey MI US Risking an oil spill in our precious Great Lakes is not an option. This line needs to be shut down.

5123 Sarah Hamm MI US Time to shut Dow the pipeline and keep our Lake safe.

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5125 Emma Paras PA US Please do not endanger our fresh water! Shut down Line 5.

5126 Linda Reiher MI US

5127 Katherine lorenz MI US

5128 Kimberly Wilcox-Olsen US Permanently shut down line 5. It’s the only safe, acceptable option. Let’s put our environment and our people above profits.

5129 Ron Chelland MI US

5130 Edward Koller MI US Line 5 is operating at far greater capacity than originally permitted and at far greater longevity than originally engineered. The failure of protective coating, excessive unsupported spans and Enbridge's active efforts to suppress the facts suggest that failure, while not imminent, is inevitable. In addition, let us not forget that Enbridge is responsible for the largest oil spill in America which caused lingering contamination of the Kalamazoo river. Please, for the sake of the Great Lakes, the Straits of Mackinaw and the people whose lives are intertwined with this body of fresh water, SHUT IT DOWN.

5131 Luis Contreras AR US As a Sierra Club member, I respectfully request you consider this information: Timm also discovered a 2016 technical report that he calls a "smoking gun." The operating-easement agreement for Line 5 between Enbridge and the state of Michigan mandates that there be no unsupported spans longer than 75 feet. According to engineer Mario Salvadori, who reviewed the design, "The pipe must not be allowed to span a valley of more than 140 feet." But the 2016 report, conducted by the Ohio-based engineering firm Kiefner and Associates, mentions unsupported spans of up to 286 feet, indicating that over time the pipeline has shifted from its moorings. Timm shows me a graph of how the pipeline's resiliency diminishes across increasing lengths of unsupported spans. Just like a bent paper clip, he says, a pipeline with inadequate support will become fatigued as it flexes back and forth in moving water. "At that distance a steel pipeline basically turns into a noodle."

5132 Cindy Garwood MI US

5133 Jane Grooa TN US Please protect our few remaining natural places...the risk of a spill with line 5 is very high



5134 Joanne Cromley MI US Nothing is worth a spill in the Great Lakes, in our fresh water - NOTHING. The Alternative Study did NOT address any of the research down by Dr. Ed Timm, Gary Street, Roger Gautheir and others who done extensive research on the twin Line 5 pipelines. Their recommendations are to SHUT IT DOWN now. Each one made recommendations on alternatives but have been ignored by Dynamic Risk, Governor Snyder & A.G. SChuette. They are not to be trusted. Prevent a spill, do the right thing for the environment, tourism and our local communities.

Even the pipeline companies state that a GOOD clean up under IDEAL conditions will capture only 30% of the spill. Experts state that animals who have been affected should be "put out of their misery " because they will die, even with our best efforts. We can not allow oil to continue to flow through our waterways.

5135 Nicole Almaraz MI US Shut down LINE 5 before our Great Lakes become more polluted.

5136 Ann Hollingshead-Hunter

MI US Line 5 needs to be shut down and brought up to standards, replacing aged parts! Prevention is the best policy! There is NO excuse for taking a risk of contaminating the waters of the Great Lakes, the largest fresh waters in the world! There's no alternative for fresh water! I grew up in Michigan and continue to be a property owner there. I am angry that business and their profits are being allowed by government to overshadow the protection of the environment and residence surrounding the lakes! Bias studies that have connections to the profiting corporations, lose credibility with their slanted findings! It's time to do what is morally right!

5137 Maryann Borden US We shouldn't have to point out the enormity of the disaster that will take place when the pipeline fails. It speaks to the criminality of allowing it to continue! Unfortunately we are the only stewards of the environment. We need to hear from the fish, birds, deer, etc as to the effects an oil spill will have on their survival!

5138 Diane Johnson AZ US

5139 Patrick & Dana Kraft

MI US PLEASE PROTECT OUR FRESH WATER! SHUT IT DOWN!

5140 James Bush MI US

5141 Jacquie Auch FL US The most vital thing for healthy living is clean air and water. You can't stay insulated from the natural world. Please shut down line 5. Be responsible to the world, and its inhabitants. Not a wallet.

5142 Michael Kennedy MA US The Great Lakes are a national treasure and no amount of easy oil is worth the risk of a spill or a leak. We already have seen what greed costs in other natural environments.

5143 Diane Kaser MI US This must be shut down now!!!

5144 Jim Morrison ON CA I urge you to act as public trustees of our waters and bottomlands, enforce the easement in light of Enbridge’s ongoing violations, and begin the process of decommissioning Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac to protect the Great Lakes from a catastrophic oil spill. The State of Michigan has a legal duty to take this enforcement action. Enbridge’s ongoing violations cannot be remedied. It is time for the state to act decisively and with urgency.

5145 Joseph Gauthier IL US

5146 Deborah Dornbos MI US Our lakes are too precious. They need to be protected! Shut the pipeline down.

5147 Andrea Kessner MI

5148 Paul Vial MI US

5149 Linda Sophiasworth MI US Please consider the economic future of real Michigan citizens

5150 Bethany Sheffer MI US Haven't we seen enough of this scenario play out to know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that spills ARE GOING TO HAPPEN? Leadership: I'm sick of your bullshit and so are countless others. Get your heads out of your asses and start DOING SOMETHING to protect our invaluable natural resources instead of lining your pockets. If this is supposed to be such a great nation, why are the people and the natural environment continually getting screwed? For once, DO THE RIGHT THING!

5151 Mike Larson ND US The shortest way is not the safest way. Pipes traversing waterway should be avoided but when it can't safety is utmost concern. Dual piping, conduit with pumps and monitors. Requirements that need to put citizens future over profit of the minute.

5152 Linda Shirkey MI US This process has been incomplete and biased. We need a full analysis of ALL alternatives including shutting down the line under the Straits. The risk of a major catastrophe is too great and the reward of keeping the line under the Straits is too small.

5153 William Storrer MI US Since Line 5 serves Canada, not Michigan, shut it down.

5154 Joy Neulieb MI US Shut down line 5 pipe line. Embridge cannot be trusted to do the right things.



5155 Frank Sapio MI US Decommissioning Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac is the only sure alternative that will prevent an oil spill with catastrophic consequences for the Great Lakes and the State of Michigan. History is very clear here and very relevant, why would the people of Michigan tolerate such a huge risk?

5156 Mindy Miner US Let’s have a new starting point. Let’s imagine that Line 5 isn’t an option and we would never consider putting a pipeline under our Great Lakes. Other good options are available. We just need the will to pursue them. Let’s start now!

5157 Raye Hodgson CT US

5158 Stuart Black IL US

5159 Nancy Bedell MI US Enbridge’s 40-year-old Line 5 under the Straits of Mackinac between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan should be decommissioned, because the Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board calls for the shutdown.

Governor Snyder preempted the report of the Advisory Board and let the pipeline continue functioning without consulting the board.

The pipeline should be shutdown until full inspection and repair is made of all the bare steel and coating breaches. Enbridge has identified 40 gaps in the line. An oil spill at the Straits would cause pollution of two of the Great Lakes and cause irreparable damage to Michigan’s water supplies, tourism and natural features with oil contaminating beaches, estuaries and rivers.

Shutdown Enbridge’s Line 5 now until repairs have been completed! r

5160 Ann Larimore MI US Why can't Enbridge shut down Line 5 under the Straits of Mackinac and instead develop WIND AND SOLAR POWER in Michigan's Upper Peninsula enough for all of Michigan's Upper Peninsula?Please consider this alternative. Thank you.

5161 Harriett Bradford US Once contaminants are in the water s of these Great lakes, they will be there FOREVER. Ths pipeline needs to be shut down now.

5162 Keith Becker MI US

5163 Judy Marr MI US I grew up on Lake Michigan and still spend many happy days on its shoreline every year. It is sacred water to me and my family. You must shut down this ill-conceived pipeline before it destroys the lake water and all creatures, human and animal, that depend upon it. Thank you. Judy Marr, Williamston

5164 Wendy Dixon MI US Shut down Line Five. Don’t go through Straits, the biggest fresh water Great lake system in the world. Look how Enbridge handled Grand Rapids spill. No reason to risk this happening at Line Five. Enbridge’s lack of concern is demonstrated when they cover up that corrosion protection is missing and make no attempt to lay new pipe years ago. WE DO NOT WANT NEW PIPE . GO ANOTHER ROUTE BY LAND, NOT THROUGH THIS ONE OF A KIND FRESH WATER GREAT LAKES PARADISE. Clean, fresh water is not a limitless resource as we continually address pollution, invasive species and even drought issues across the US. Don’t continue to allow this unnecessary risk with Enbridge when they could go another route.

5165 Kevin O'Brien MI US This is a disaster in the making, but we can still stop!

5166 Gary Yanasak IL US

5167 Alexandra Cara MI US

5168 Margaret Humphreys MI US It is only a matter of time before Line 5 produces a leak that will sully Michigan's greatest asset--its lakes. Prevent this catastrophe NOW!

5169 Bennett Mitchell MI US Closing down line will not effect our state or environment negatively - living it open will certainly will. Enbridge has shown itself to be devious, dishonest, and reckless with our precious resources. Line 5 must be shut down.

5170 Craig Goble MI US Craig Goble

5171 Dale Scheiern MI US The spill on the Kalamazoo River should be warning enough of the overwhelming impact a spill has on our waterways. We cannot underestimate the disastrous reality that accompanies an oil spill in our WATER WONDERLAND. We need to develop alternatives to Line 5 that include decommissioning, and investment in Clean Energy. Our children, and the future of one of the Earth's largest reservoirs of fresh water depend on responsible stewardship; not on profits for archaic, polluting energy sources

5172 Sylvia Walker CA US

5173 Mary Redick MI US

5174 Tom Talajkowski WI US Shut it down!



5175 Deborah Page MI US

5176 Mark Ringlever MI US Line 5 is the wrong solution with a potential high price to pay for your commitment to a short term business energy solution. This is your political and corporate ideals with monetarily based interests over that of the long term health of our state, its economy, and citizens (your constituents). Please reconsider Michigan's state erroneous involvement.

5177 Elissa Miller MI US It is time to fix this problem before a catastrophic emergency in the Great Lakes. Shut the line 5.

5178 Kaitlin Martin CT US There is enough verifiable information out there regarding the enormous risks you are taking by allowing this pipeline to remain open. At this point, if you do not shut down Line 5, you will be considered an enemy of this state. We are watching you. And we will remember.

5179 Edward English IN US Enbridge has a long and distinguished track record of doing the wrong thing. It's time to permanently shut down Line 5 - especially that part of Line 5 that traverses the Straits of Mackinac. Our natural resources are immeasurably more important than the well being of Enbridge. Governor Snyder and his colleagues need to start representing the best interests of the people.

5180 Gene Pluhar MI US Wehave been at this for so long, its not going to improve or become safer? DO WHATS RIGHT FOR OUR SAFETY! SHUT IT DOWN NOW!

5181 Alonzo Hannaford MI US Michigan is a "water state." Even our tourism motto encompasses our beautiful lakes. We are the Great Lake State! It is inconceivable that we would risk this irreplaceable resource simply for monetary greed. While the necessary petroleum industry exists, we can surely find a way to co-exist while protecting our waterways.

5182 David Begg MI US PLEASE shutdown Line 5 BEFORE there is an oil spill.

5183 Jenny Hung MI US

5184 Adam Scott WI US

5185 marianne king MI US marianne king

5186 Diane Ashley US I am concerned about our Great Lakes and water purity.Theres a pipeline that is in serious shape that should have been repaired before the extreme cold weather near the Machinaw Bridge that could erupt.Why did they wait until cold weather came.The weather starts getting cold sooner up north.I join the commitee on clean all the time.I love our lakes and to them poluted is sad.It gets real dirty down around Detroit and it's sad.Lake Superior is as big as an Ocean and as deep and supplies many places with clean pure water.It is a shame people don't care more.I love Michigan.

5187 Sally Kellen MI US Protect our Great Lakes from oil spills.

5188 Andrea Tibble MI US

5189 James Langeland MI US

5190 Olivier Jolliet US

5191 Lynda Bojovic MI US We need to stop Line 5 and save our beautiful Great Lakes.

5192 Rose Wilson NH US The risks for a drop of oil to spill in the Great Lakes is too much. Please protect our waters and shut down 60 plus year old line 5. Our neighbors, wildlife, our children and future generations are depending on us to protect our natural resources. Having the Pipeline under the Mackinac Bridge exposes us to too many potential disasters. Let's work on alternatives. We can do better than this!

5193 Jordan Mitchell MI US I would hate to see an oil spill on the Straits of Mackinac. Environmentally, it would be disastrous. Also, it would be damaging to the state of our (already) fragile relationship with the party's involved. Blame and finger pointing would result. I trust that a solution is being carefully considered and a better alternative is going to be implemented. Thanks to all who have made this their passion. Our lakes are beautiful.

5194 Judi Lindsey NH US

5195 Oliver Warner MI US There should be no further spending to extend the life of this pipeline. IT'S LIFE IS OVER and it should be decommissioned. The risks of a extremely expensive catastrophic spill increase with every passing day. Oil demand for transportation must be reduced so the infrastructure is no longer necessary.

5196 Jennifer Alfano MI US Shut it down!!! We need to protect our greatest resources!

5197 Courtney Murray Coghlan

CA US

5198 Kevin Snauko US SHUT DOWN LINE 5! GET IT OUT OF OUR LAKE! Clean air and WATER for ALL!

5199 Gretchen Kronk MI US Preserve and protect Great Lakes water for the sake of all who depend on it. Shut down Line 5 now -- before the aged structure ruptures.



5200 Mackenzie Moran OR US A spill would not only be devastating to the freshwater ecosystems that Line 5 runs through, but it would also be devastating to the people that rely on the Great Lakes, aka the people of Michigan, Chicago, Ohio, the list goes on! Please consider the greater impact before pushing this forward!

5201 Evelyn Millstein NE US

5202 Sally Pfister MI US Why would any fool want this to happen when we could stop it now.

5203 Kristina Hindert CO US I grew up in Michigan and have continued to be a land owner with family living in the state. Kalamazoo, my hometown, was devastated by an oil spill that is taking years to clean up. Pipe line 5 will be a much more mammoth disaster when it breaks, as all things do break. the Michigan environment, economy and health cannot afford this. Shut down Pipe Line 5

5204 Paula Gruszka MI US I've been camping on Lake Michigan for over 40 years. It brings tears to my eyes to think that our beautiful lakes could be destroyed from a oil spill. We must think about our environment and future generations to enjoy and prosper from our lakes. Please shut down Line 5.......our future depends on it!

5205 Zachary Shirkey NY US

5206 Robert Robson MI US

5207 Lisa Fako IL US

5208 Jason Fowler PA US I oppose the pipeline because all people deserve safe drinking water. Commerce should never exceed a basic human necessity.

5209 Marie Johansen MI US Shut down Line 5. Keep our Great Lakes great and clean for all people now and for our future generations.

5210 Ed Kopka Jr MI US shut it down

5211 Tim Overdier MI US We are playing Russian Roulette with our freshwater! Don't let this happen !

5212 Denine Schmitt MI US

5213 Robert Shirkey MI US We should ot be endangering our fresh water Great Lakes system with running petroleum pipelines under the lakes.

5214 Chelsea Cooper MI US

5215 Victoria Lewis MI US

5216 Jacob Bolton MI US

5217 Melissa Hogan MI US The risk this pipeline poses to our Great Lakes , citizens and wildlife is far beyond what anyone who considers themselves an advocate for any or all mentioned above to endorse. We have the ability to recognize the safety risks and to employ other options for energy relief once this hazard is removed. Immediately capping off and removing this pipeline should have already been completed once the safety issues were revealed. Do you want to be the one in office when this pipe breaks or leaks into our fresh water? Are you going to allow that to become your legacy?

5218 Murtaza Nek MI US

5219 Denise Latulippe Cook MI US

5220 Robert Stegmier MI US

5221 Savannah Cook MI US

5222 Jean Silbar MI US Oil and water do not mix. Shut down Line 5.

5223 Jason Rios MI US

5224 Sally Pierson MI US Decommission of Line 5 is the only safe solution.

5225 Anne Snudden MI US

5226 Kim Davids MI US Kim Davids

5227 Simon Ren MI US From my experience as a professional engineer, there are two types of infrastructure: Those that have failed and those that will fail. It is only a matter of when and how severe the consequences.

5228 Sandra C. PA US You won't be able to eat money, and none of us can drink oil, or it's polluted remains. Line 5 is an absolute hazard to the Mackinac Straits, and the people of Michigan DEMAND that it is closed down, drained and removed without consequences that are irreparable to this beautiful gift for Michigan. Be good to ganders!



5229 Diane Rehak MI US Please care more for the water flowing around and over this pipeline than the oil running through it. We can find alternatives to the fuel but not to the water. Think about this in a sane and caring way not just in terms of $$$$$$$$$$$$. Thank you

5230 Jim Maturen MI US Over these past few years has lied and cheated on the safety of Line 5. There has been enough politics played to last a lifetime. Enbridge has a horrible record of oil spills. The risk to the Great Lakes from this aging pipeline is too great. Decommission it and shit it down.

5231 Peter Koda MI US We need to protect our Great Great Lakes Now

5232 Robert Melendy MI US Robert Melendy

5233 Stephen Parks MI US The Great Lakes are an invaluable asset to the state of Michigan and need to be protected. There is no sense in taking any risk that could resulted in them getting polluted.

5234 Kristin Wildensee IA US

5235 Christina Kolberg MI US The Odds of a spill are far too likely: it is not a question of If, it is a matter of When. The Consequences of a spill are too profoundly devastating to outline here, but the fact is that We Are Aware. With such Outrageously High Stakes, ANY amount of industrial bungling or scientific clumsiness is simply intolerable, yet that is clearly what we have here. Obviously, Extreme Caution regarding the safety of our fresh water is in everyone's best interests, both long and short-term.

5236 Jacqueline Moleski MI US

5237 Elizabeth Andrews US Shutdown Line 5 and protect Lake Michigan

5238 Sharron Probyn WI US The Straits of Mackinac! A pipeline now 64 years old! How stupid to have allowed it to be placed in the first place. The largest source of fresh water in the WORLD! How idiotic can anyone get? This pipeline needs to be decommissioned NOW and FOREVER! We have all seen the damage that a break in a dirty oil pipeline can do on land and in rivers. Just think of the catastrophic damage it could do to the Great Lakes! Not only to our drinking water supply but to tourism and fishing and a hundred other reasons! The Straits of Mackinac spill would be catastrophic to ALL of the lakes because it goes into all of them from there. It could endanger not only Michigan but Wisconsin, Canada and its tributaries. Decommission that pipeline FOREVER and do it NOW. Thank you.

5239 Anthony Driza MN US We are blessed to have one of the best kept secrets in the world in our own backyard - the Straits of Mackinac. The area is beautiful beyond belief, and is one that should and must be protected at all costs. We are also cursed in that we have Enbridge, a company that has shown total disregard for the damage they have already caused with past spills and that has taken the position that a spill in the Straits is basically impossible. Reasonable people know better, and this line should be shut down once and for all. We cannot take such a reckless approach as that proposed by Enbridge - once the disaster happens, it will be too late. The economy of the area as well as the environment would suffer irreparable damage should this line be left intact. It's not a question of 'if' it will fail, but 'when' it will fail.

Thank you for your consideration!

5240 Martha Wesley MI US This pipeline was not designed to last this long and there is documented evidence of material breakdown. Our Great Lakes must stay clean! We do not need to risk polluting them permanently just to ease transit for Canadian Companies.

5241 Julye Raycraft MI US

5242 Jeff Kane MI US

5243 Steven Cummings MI US

5244 Kyle Sullivan MI US Please do the right thing and remove Line 5. The Great Lakes are our heritage. Protect them.

5245 Leda Olmsted MI US SHUT DOWN LINE 5!

5246 Susan Wood MichiganUS

5247 David Perk WA US The fresh Waters of our Great Lakes are a precious resource for future generations facing an unstable climate, they must be protected! The Straight is no place for a pipeline!

5248 Douglas Trevethan MI US This report is, simply criminal. I expect my legislators to protect the citizens and resources of Michigan - not to sell them out. Shut down the pipeline NOW!

5249 Elizabeth Eustis-Turf MI US

5250 Barbara Bassett MI US Shut down line 5. Keep our state safe from oil in the Great Lakes.

5251 Jake Ivey MI US

5252 Kate Laramie MI US

5253 Shirley Wald MI US



5254 Charles Knappen WA US Pipe line #5 under the Straits of Mackinaw needs to shut down. If the pipe ruptured we would have a major contamination in the worlds largest body of fresh water. Please protect our water and our State by shutting down this pipe line.

5255 Berta Meserve MI US We would not consider putting a pipeline on the bottom of Lake Michigan or in a tunnel below Lake Michigan today (would we?), so why keep an aging pipeline there that is coming from and going to Canada? Our benefit is not any where near the risk of oil in our drinking water (is it?). Please, please, please do not allow the inevitable to happen. We must move toward clean energy and away from fossil fuels, then risks of a pipeline in the future will not matter because we will begin the task of decommioning them all. For now, the important issue is preventing oil from entering the Great Lakes, which is the most important resource of Michigna. Lean on Snyder and Schuette please and help them make the right decision.Sincerely,Berta Meserve

5256 Ann Krantz MI US It is insane to risk polluting the waters of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and who knows what else by allowing the continued use of this aged pipeline

5257 Paul Little MN US Shut down Line 5!

5258 Courtney O'Malley NY US

5259 Don Harrison MI US

5260 Jane Kirkeby MI US Decommissioning Line 5 is the only way to keep Lake Michigan/Lake Huron Sade and that must be done!

5261 Martha Kirpes MI US

5262 Mari Londos MI US

5263 Courtney Leestma MI US

5264 Nancy Murray MI US There is no benefit to this pipeline that outweighs the terrible risk of polluting our beautiful fresh water. There simply must be a better, less potentially dangerous way to transport this oil. How can a company that has ties to Enbridge be expected to offer an unbiased assessment? Not acceptable!

5265 Ralph Hunt MI US i want all that republicans do stopped and this too and don't have time to read or donate but it all is ridiculous what they are doing in the republican party criminal and should be held liable for it all

5266 Michael Kahn PA US Common sense or dollars and cents. Please shut it down.

5267 Mary Heffron MI US Shut down Line 5. Don't play dirty with our Great Lakes.

5268 Jean Smith MI US DOESN'T ANYONE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHUTTING DOWN LINE 5 IN MICH HAVE ANY FUCKING BALLS TO DO THE RIGHT THING IN MICH GOV????? I WOULD THINK THE MORAL THING TO DO WOULD STOP RECEIVING KICKBACKS AND SAVE OUR GREAT LAKES??? JESUS GOD YOU HAVE A FUCKING OBLIGATION TO GET OFF YOUR STUPID , FECKLESS, USELESS ASS, YA THINK???????????????????

5269 Crystal Cannon MI US Nature is more important than profits!!!

5270 NIgel Pitman IL US My two daughters and I rely on Lake Michigan for everything that makes life in the Midwest worth living: swimming, boating, friendship, beauty, and inspiration. It is also the source of our drinking water. I ask you to do everything in your power to prevent pollution in the Great Lakes. Today that means shutting down Line 5 now before it causes a serious environmental disaster. Thank you

5271 Judith Black MA US I don't think that there has never been a pipeline that has not had some type of leak. More significantly, we are destroying our planet with fossil fuels. All resources must be put into renewable energy.

5272 Patricia Myers MI US Shut Line 5 down! Enbridge has proved to us they cannot be trusted.

5273 Hope Sibley Vollmer IN US PROTECT OUR GREAT LAKES WATERS!

5274 Mitch Taylor ON CA

5275 Victoria Hover MI US Stop the pipline

5276 Patrick Nolan IN US Stop Line 5!!!!

5277 Sally Park NY US Shut down line 5

5278 Denise Akom MI US The Great Lakes are to precious.A spill is not worth the risk. Remove the pipeline.

5279 Jim Bush MI US Enough already, shut it down!

5280 Joyce Woods MI USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �198 oilandwaterdontmix.org


5281 Jamie Ball MI US

5282 Patricia McCleery MI US Enbridge plans to run this line 5 till it bursts, you must shut down the line now.

5283 Pam Hall MI US There is only so much toxic sludge the earth can take before it won't be able to recover, we've already seen the devastation. We ALL should be doing everything we can to avoid use of carbon based fuels, not expediating our demise for corporate profits of the few. The greedy & very rich just gave themselves a huge tax break. Which dangerous toy will these spoiled, completely out of touch with reality babies use to destroy all life on earth with, nukes or the pollution they deny exists? You can't drink oil, & you can't eat money.

5284 John Gosdzinski MI US

5285 Sam Mitchell MI US

5286 Jordan Jones MI US

5287 Laura Wong US Over the past 50 years, Enbridge has spilled at least 1.1 million gallons fromLine 5 alone. Spills are an inherent inevitability with results that can only be, at great expense, superficially undone. We live in one of the most fantastically beautiful and diverse environments on earth. Shall we leave leave anything for our children? Conservation is the only viable starting point for any progress we can make and we are out of time. Do not allow any pipeline under our beloved Great Lakes. Please invest in a sustainable future.

5288 Patricia Dutkiewicz MI US The Great Lakes are one of the most vital water resources in the US. Please learn from all of the prior catastrophes and shut down line 5.

5289 Mary Lane US Too often we have been told by industry scientists not to worry about potential environmental pollution, that it won't happen. Many of our concerns have repeatdly been shown to be valid and very possible. I am very concerned that Great Lakes water is one of our most valuable PUBLIC resources, not for sale or damage at any price, as lives depend on it! Take action now before this old pipeline destroys our precious environment, our heritage, our beliefs in democaracy itslef!

5290 Elizabeth Carrick MI US

5291 Lauren Marie McGrath MI US Please protect our wildlife and the economic prosperity we receive from healthy Great Lakes

5292 Patrick Allen MI US Please protect the Great Lakes!

5293 Mitchell Ronaldson IL US Shut down line 5. Clean the line out and remove it from the ocean. Someone has to be accountable for the pipelines that make these companies billions of dollars. They shouldn't be able to just walk away and leave these pipelines abandoned. They should have to remove them when their lifespan has run its course.

5294 Peggy Daub MI US

5295 Sar Campbell MI US

5296 David Perry MI US Sirs, at every turn the Enbridge company has been untruthful n its attempts to keep the line open. There are multiple lines on land that are open for use and should an event occur will be far less costly to the environment and state. I oppose keep the line open, shut it down. David Perry Holland, Michigan

5297 Verne Olmstead MI US

5298 Susan Rans MI US If the proposed tunnel or a new line is so necessary, then the old l8nes should be shut down completely until the new feature is completed and checked by an independent engineering firm. Enbridge should bear all costs of construction and monitoring in perpetuity. But the wisest action would be to close down Line 5 for good and invest in renewables.

5299 Eric Ederer MI US As an MPH, I am deeply concerned about a Great Lakes public health water emergency— especially for Northern Michigan— being caused by the likely failure of Line 5 in the near future. The only way to avoid this is a complete shutdown of Line 5; the pipeline is simply too old and in too dangerous a place for any other stopgap measure to work. We must shut down Line 5 now to protect the overall well being of the Great Lakes and the people of Northern Michigan.

5300 Linda Coyne GB

5301 Polly Wilson IL US Hey! HEY! LOOK at the report. There are NO guarantees that there will no be an oil spill. Once the oil is out the damage will start. You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube once it's squeezed out. It's common sense.

5302 Karly Gauthier MI US



5303 Eric Dreier MI US I have lived on Lake Michigan (near Traverse City) for over 30 years. During this time ice has covered northern Lake Michigan and Huron, and is particularly thick in the Straits. A leak on Line 5 under winter conditions would be a disaster.Shut down Line 5 now.Thank you,Eric Dreier

5304 Hilary Tudor MI US Shut down Line 5. It’s not worth the risk of ruining the waters that make Michigan what it is.

5305 Suzette Petillo US Suzette Petillo

5306 Alexa Donakowski MI US Please protect our Great Lakes! This pipeline isn’t worth the lose of life and the cost of cleanup if a spill were to happen. Let’s learn from companies like BP and others who’ve caused major catastrophes. Alternative energy is the way of the future and investing in those ventures is what Michigan should be looking into.

5307 Dina Sporer WI US

5308 Jo Kelly MI US Our little town on the St. Mary's River depends on tourist that come to enjoy Lake Huron. Any spill would devastate our economy and destroy our way of life. PLEASE shut down Line 5.

5309 Maria Ross MI US

5310 Monica Neubauer TN US There must be a better way than to risk the waters of the great lakes....

5311 Kathleen Faith CA US I cannot add anything to these points.

5312 Patty Hart MI US

5313 Betty Marr VA US

5314 Mike Savina MI US

5315 Laura Ziemba MI US

5316 Steve Bellis MI US

5317 Linda Hammond MI US The writing is on the wall! Line 5 is a threat and hazard to the right to enjoy our great lakes... There are many feasible alternatives to oil transport. Quit passing the buck!

5318 Barb Cherem MI US LIne 5 should be shut down so that no tragedy has Any chance of despoiling our priceless Great Lakes.

5319 Mikhel Waling MI US

5320 Joe Hughes IN US

5321 Polly Hubbard MI US We must protect our Great Lakes at all costs! Enbridge must be held accountable!

5322 Judith Loshaw MN US SHUT IT DOWN! IT'S DAMAGING THE ENVIRONMENT IN SO MANY WAYS!

5323 Jacob R. Raitt CT US The risks engendered by a pipeline that could destroy the Great Lakes is too real to risk realization.

5324 Herbert Pfabe NY US Stop Line 5

5325 Anna Lee Batson MI US Enbridge has already proven to be irresponsible in the poor clean up effort of the Kalamazoo area oil spill.Please shut down Line 5 before we have a horrendous spill and irreparable damage.

5326 Marcia Metzen MI US

5327 Colleen Morse NJ US

5328 Mary Colyer TN US

5329 Christin Carter-Su MI US

5330 Joyce Reed MI US

5331 Melissa Selva CA US

5332 Stacy Russell MI US

5333 Kristin Beckett MI US

5334 Casey C AU

5335 Jack Pelletier MI US

5336 Michele Powell MI US

5337 Matt Neilson MI US

5338 Nora Winkler MD USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �200 oilandwaterdontmix.org


5339 Brian Hanson MI US I agree with Oil & Water Don't Mix! Shut down Line 5!

5340 Cynthia Balthazar MI US

5341 Sandra Bouma WV US

5342 Nicole Krzykwa Pays de la LoireFR

5343 Sydney Malkin CT US

5344 Lauren Wiscomb WV US

5345 Tabitha McNeil MI US

5346 Martin Krupa MI US

5347 Robyn Burnham MI US

5348 Drew Fanelli MI US

5349 Skylar Gleason MI US

5350 Liam Nelson WI US

5351 Jandy Sprouse MI US Please ,please, please do the right thing by doing the right thing here and shutting down Line 5. Join me in letting the State of Michigan know that the only acceptable way to protect the Great Lakes is to shut down Line 5.

5352 Gary Ferenchick MI US

5353 Justin Filip OR US

5354 Steve Kirby MI US

5355 Wendy Lawton MI US

5356 Nicole Scott MI US

5357 Mary Kowalewski MI US

5358 Lisa Clarke VA US

5359 Tyler Bevier MI US

5360 Kimberly Waalkes MI US

5361 Derek Lakari MI US

5362 Jane Allen MI US

5363 Audrey Pangallo MI US

5364 Pamela Thomas NV US

5365 Erin Trame MI US

5366 Pat O'Dell MI US

5367 Cory Scott GA US

5368 Anne Thiem KY US

5369 Andrea Anderson MI US

5370 Philip Brown MI US

5371 Shannon Getter MI US

5372 Julie Porter MI US

5373 Tammie Lynch MI US

5374 Chrissie Reitmeyer TX US

5375 William VanRyckeghem

MI US

5376 Mani Samei MI US

5377 Jennifer Pendery MI US

5378 Molly Gilbert NJ US

5379 Joe Olis MI US



5380 Alexander Pittman IN US

5381 Sarah Daniel MI US

5382 Kathleen Craig-Yuchas MI US

5383 Daniel Springstead MI US

5384 Jason Hamelin MI US

5385 Ben Knape MI US

5386 Felicity Leddy MI US

5387 Sue St Onge ME US

5388 Jessica Campbell MI US

5389 Gail Davis MI US

5390 Amanda Wittenauer MO US

5391 Larry McCall MI US

5392 Mary Handley IL US

5393 Rita Turner-Sheerin MI US

5394 Lori Lichtman MI US

5395 Christy McGillivray MI US

5396 Bryan Thompson MI US Shut down line 5 now.

5397 Jessica Smith MI US

5398 Devin Mason

5399 Allan Bressler MI US

5400 Eva Petoskey MI US

5401 Ian Andridge MI US

5402 Demarie Jones MI US

5403 Amanda Buehler MI US

5404 Emily Gregson MI US

5405 Deirdre Ring-Marrinson

MI US

5406 Madison Campbell MI US

5407 Kay Bazzett MI US

5408 Rayna Larson MI US

5409 Marissa B MI US

5410 Kim Buntin MI US

5411 Morgan McGinnis MI US

5412 Jessica Santos MI US

5413 Kevin Smith RI US

5414 Nicholas Burns MI US

5415 Katelyn Nolan MI US

5416 William Knop MI US Shut down line 5.

5417 Kristen Randall MI US

5418 Michael Robert Fawaz MI US

5419 Justin Bassett MI US

5420 Rhiannon Pavlinac MI US

5421 Molly Janasik MI US



5422 Evan Vollick-Offer MI US

5423 Ian Vollick-offer MI US

5424 Maddie Davis SC US

5425 Theresa Chenoweth MI US

5426 Daniel Johnson MN US

5427 Martha Kiander MI US

5428 Frank Hawthorne MI US

5429 Alexander Kaul MT US

5430 Lucinda Keils MI US Avoid a BP type disaster and another Enbridge Kalamazoo disaster. Close down Line 5 now, Imagine how terrible you will feel if you fail to act and catastrophe happens. As with the Flint water disaster, failure to spend pennies now results in billions in losses and in many ruined lives. Surprise us and do the right thing!

5431 Frances Hamilton MI US

5432 John Park IL US

5433 Maxwell Tosoian MI US

5434 Lila Dreves MO US

5435 Noah Grammas ME US

5436 Lori scott MI US

5437 Mary J Archer OH US

5438 Shelly Smith NC US

5439 Jamie Anderson MI US

5440 Ryan Watling MI US

5441 Regan Berg MI US

5442 Jacob Gabriel MI US

5443 Darrin Bergman MI US

5444 Carol Swinehart MI US

5445 Teresa REnfer MI US

5446 Brian Keener MI US

5447 Tana Hoffman MI US

5448 Kellie Foco MI US

5449 Connor Wineman MI US

5450 Cynthia Brundidge AL US

5451 Ben Dorr MI US

5452 Kevin McConnell MI US

5453 Jane Messing KS US

5454 Kathy Sexton GA US

5455 Donna Douglas IL US

5456 Lauren Carr MI US

5457 Xavier Locke IL US

5458 Jerrica Jackman IL US

5459 Catherine Bosher MI US

5460 Cheryl Topash MI US

5461 Brishen Miller MI US

5462 Maurice Horn NY US



5463 Amber Cain MI US

5464 Kelly Moore GA US

5465 Colin Korst IL US

5466 Judith Margerum MI US

5467 Mary Gillis FL US

5468 Linda Gallagher NJ US

5469 Wesleigh Cassady CA US

5470 Liz Nolan-Greven IN US

5471 Laura Zimmerman CA US

5472 Catherine Fritz WA US

5473 Erin Smith MI US

5474 Chad Billsby Pays de la LoireFR

5475 John Males MI US It is unfortunate that the Governor and the Attorney General refuse to deal with what is a potential disaster waiting to happen. Enbridge does not care about the importance of the water in Huron and Michigan.. This is a vital resource needed for economic development but more importantly for human consumption. A spill would be catastrophic and Enbridge has a terrible record on spill clean-up. There should be an immediate order from the State to shut Line 5 down. Is it any wonder that politicians are held in low esteem? Snyder and Schuette can order this line shut down. Why has this order never come? Could it be that there is some big money involved for the Attorney General as he runs for Governor. I voted for Snyder but if he were not term limited I would not even consider a vote for him again. He is playing fast and loose with the health and welfare of the residents and all who depend on the Great Lakes. Dynamic Risk failed to follow the provisions of the document that outlined what was required in the study. Why would the State think that Dynamic Risk would submit an objective and fair study when they depend on Enbridge for many thousands of dollars. What State official refused to see the conflict of interest with Dynamic Risk being hired to complete the study.? There are no alternatives . The only option is to shut Line 5 down now.

5476 David Zulski MI US

5477 Zoe Waldbuesser OH US

5478 Leah Panken MI US

5479 Desmond Berry MI US

5480 Kirsten Losse CA US

5481 Jenna Barbari MN US

5482 Emily Dickey MI US

5483 Jake Sadilek MI US

5484 Isabelle Gasparovic MI US

5485 Jeri Masten MI US

5486 Gretchen Novorolsky MI US

5487 Angela Tripi MI US

5488 Deb Del Zoppo MI US

5489 Patti Studnicka MI US

5490 Chris Krolczyk MI US

5491 Ethan Habasco MI US

5492 Kathy Koss NC US

5493 Michael Kidd WI US

5494 Haley Hoekstra MI US

5495 Amanda Bittner MI US

5496 Karen Lee MI US

5497 Hannah Thomas MI US



5498 Derek Bowman MI US

5499 Joshua Grindling MI US

5500 Jay Kusler MI US

5501 Sydney Schmit MI US

5502 Conrad Franke MI US

5503 Houston Smith MI US

5504 Cassie Cammann MI US

5505 Collin Karcher MI US

5506 Samantha Brueggen WI US

5507 Paula Leach NY US

5508 Olivia Sinutko MI US

5509 Julia Lederer KS US

5510 Allison Cook MI US

5511 Bill Latka MI US Gov Snyder has broken the law with his backroom deal with Enbridge.

5512 Ellyn Johnson MN US

5513 Jessica McNinch MI US

5514 Heather Ratliff MI US

5515 Katie Lemkie MI US

5516 Jenifer Okamura IL US

5517 Brian Ercolani PA US

5518 Brett Kuhn MI US

5519 Jamie Rohda MI US

5520 David Ernst MI US No more oil!

5521 Emilee Evans MI US

5522 Leanne Sabo OH US

5523 Dan Dolinka MI US

5524 Katie Ely TX US

5525 Shannon Abbott MI US

5526 Matt Zimmer MI US

5527 Catherine Horowski MI US

5528 Alexander Hug CO US

5529 Adam Lowry CA US

5530 Michael Hartley MN US

5531 Lindsey Sullivan MI US

5532 Gabrielle Wittebort MI US

5533 Louisa Abbott MI US

5534 Ian Wemyss MI US

5535 Alex Albers MI US

5536 Tony Flaminio OH US

5537 Joseph Borland MI US

5538 Cassie Giles MI US

5539 Chris Jeffery MI US

5540 Rachel Shawhan MI USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �205 oilandwaterdontmix.org


5541 Eloise Cole IL US

5542 Amanda Casler MI US

5543 Candice Sbagonabe MI US

5544 Kenneth Stone MS US

5545 Adam Zabel-Wirdak NY US

5546 Spencer Hodkiewicz WI US

5547 Creighton Shook IN US

5548 Tim Jackson IL US

5549 Fred Rappley IL US

5550 Ben Ripley MI US

5551 RosaLee Ward MI US

5552 Olivia Perry MI US

5553 Valentina Denzel MI US

5554 Jessica Elliott OH US

5555 Chelsea Lalonde MI US

5556 Kayla Rico MO US

5557 Sue Wise Smith NM US

5558 Carolyn Brady WI US

5559 Rachelle Brown MI US

5560 Sophia Hartley MI US

5561 Mariah Send MI US

5562 Andrea lea OR US

5563 Brent Edmonds MI US

5564 Maria Nicholson MI US

5565 Kees Groenewegen MI US

5566 Aneen Stallman MI US

5567 Paul McCarthy GA US

5568 Alexis Haas MI US

5569 Ralph Findley MI US

5570 Payton Carpenter MI US

5571 Claire Boersma MI US

5572 Peter Drogosh MI US

5573 Brian Grundeman MI US

5574 Nickolaus Hitsman-Gottler

MI US

5575 Jack White MA US

5576 Katlyn Kortz MI US

5577 Dylan Shippey MI US

5578 Steven Pollock CA US

5579 Angie Mickles MI US

5580 Dave Gajda MI US

5581 Lucy Voss MI US

5582 Stephen Andriese MI US



5583 Leon Wardell MI US We must stop all threats to our limited natural resources, the great lakes must be protected to stay Great!!

5584 Tracy Bailey MA US

5585 Emma Peterson TX US

5586 Jason Hicks MI US

5587 Samantha Musolf MI US

5588 Chris Lehman MI US

5589 Michael Radakovich WI US

5590 Craig VanSumeren MI US

5591 Sarah Kercher UT US

5592 Jimmy Brannstrom WI US

5593 Brett McMahon MI US

5594 Ruth Hurd MI US

5595 Sarah Bartz MI US

5596 Kasey Hamilton MI US

5597 Jan M. Wulff MI US

5598 Joe Scheele MI US

5599 Ben Halstead MI US

5600 Dillon Vrosh MI US

5601 Mitchell Moran MI US

5602 Brandi Masar MI US

5603 Ian McKay MI US

5604 Daanis Chosa MN US

5605 William Swaney MI US

5606 Kris Pride MI US

5607 Maggie Anderson MI US

5608 Deb Kruttlin US Shut it down!

5609 Wilson Schunk NY US

5610 Benjamin r. Maurer MI US

5611 Matt Ellison CA US

5612 Chad Terpstra MI US

5613 Krister Martensson WI US

5614 Veronica Dearborn MI US

5615 Aspen and Tim Bernath-Plaisted

MI US

5616 Heri Mason MI US

5617 Isaac Nelson MI US

5618 Lorraine Lester PA US

5619 Linda Browder-Old MI US

5620 Maggie McDonald MI US

5621 Nathan Christian WI US

5622 Kristen Nakis MI US

5623 Haley Erickson UT US



5624 Carly VeenKant MI US

5625 Abby Hackett MI US

5626 Mike Killion IL US

5627 Phyllis Runyan TX US

5628 Kaveh Sarfehjooy NY US

5629 Sherry Woodbeck MI US

5630 Jared Graham MI US

5631 Sharmeen Chauhdry MI US

5632 Chris Zuker IL US

5633 Carson Lynes VA US

5634 Mart Williams MI US

5635 Shannon Muir MI US

5636 Josh Stoll MI US

5637 Mike Witkowski MI US

5638 E. Sam Malloy MI US

5639 Rebecca Hoch PA US

5640 Diana Wright MI US Michigan has a special gift of fresh water. This water will soon be even more precious than the dirty oil which flows through the pipeline, given the growing need for water. Please protect our water!

5641 Hope Zeringue DC US

5642 John Robbins NY US

5643 Jill England-Mosley ON CA

5644 Michelle Cooper SC US

5645 Michael McDermott MI US

5646 Preston Mayhew MI US

5647 Jutta Milobinski MI US

5648 Andrea Sande MN US

5649 Diana Usher MI US

5650 Jason Bergwall FL US

5651 Robert Ernest Ferguson

MI US

5652 Howard Brick MI US

5653 Matthew Hamburg MI US

5654 Linda Bohlen MI US

5655 Jolee MacMaster MI US

5656 Donna Modrak MI US

5657 Steve Karston MI US

5658 Joe DeFors MI US Shut it down!! The pipeline is not necessary, and entirely not worth the risk of a spill.

5659 Megan Masten MI US

5660 Rich Csokasy MI US

5661 Milessa Decker MI US

5662 Matthew Lietz SK CA

5663 Jodi Stikins MI US

5664 Miriam Owsley MI US



5665 Katie Tomczyk MI US

5666 Paige Anderle MI US

5667 Evan Grossnickle MI US

5668 Susan LaMoreaux MI US

5669 Maeve Croghan MI US

5670 Nia Spongberg VT US

5671 Cheryl Sarlund MI US

5672 Carol Merritt MD US

5673 Mary Ann Wattles MI US

5674 Janice Scott MI US

5675 Patricia Stamm MI US

5676 Steve Middendorp MI US

5677 Sherry Ulrey MI US

5678 Marjorie Ziefert MI US

5679 Terry Michel MI US

5680 Maureen Lattimore IL US

5681 Jake Kristiansen MI US

5682 Carly Fishman MI US

5683 Elizabeth Renato MI US

5684 Elizabeth Hunter OK US

5685 Nate Thompson MI US

5686 Brigette Myers MI US

5687 Amy Murphy CA US

5688 David Wheeler MI US

5689 Barbara Hagan MI US

5690 Michele Worden MI US

5691 Luke Mountz MI US

5692 Jenn Ryan MA US

5693 Emmanuel Ibarra MI US

5694 Janis Bobrin MI US

5695 Susan Dwyer WI US

5696 Casimir Toton KS US

5697 Jess Wolfe MI US

5698 Julie Klick NC US

5699 Robert Mittelstaedt MI US

5700 Jd Lancaster MI US

5701 Michael Hughes MI US

5702 Richard Chambers MI US

5703 Anna Fisher MI US

5704 Nicholas Johnson MI US

5705 Heather Hodge OH US

5706 Ian Holcomb MI US

5707 William Williston MI USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �209 oilandwaterdontmix.org


5708 Tim Purcell MI US

5709 Brooks Scott IL US

5710 Sharon Workman MI US

5711 Wynn Jones MI US

5712 Alex Thayer MI US

5713 Claire Martin MI US

5714 Joseph Cadreau LA US

5715 Andrea Martyn IL US

5716 Margaret Fako MI US

5717 Toni Slater MI US

5718 Natalie Davenport MI US

5719 Sam Bender NY US

5720 Justin Bethune MI US

5721 Penny Spencer MI US

5722 Taylor West MI US

5723 Jerry Fenlon MI US

5724 Terri Reisig MI US

5725 Francesca Cangialosi NM US

5726 Patty Kubala WI US

5727 Kallie Jensen MI US

5728 Frederick Allen, Jr. MI US

5729 Jerry Pirkle Jr OH US

5730 Marilyn Hoogstraten MI US

5731 Thomas Auer MI US

5732 Elaine Shifman MI US

5733 Mary Orley MI US

5734 Teresa Lee MI US

5735 Casey Davis CO US

5736 Cassondra Wheeler MI US

5737 Tony Signore MI US

5738 Jack Hill MI US

5739 Lauren Hucek MI US

5740 Siaira Milroy MI US

5741 Catherine Connolly MI US

5742 Mandy Rousseau MI US

5743 Melissa Drogmiller MI US

5744 Gay Anderson MI US

5745 Michelle Hinze WI US

5746 Jason Amor MI US

5747 Kate Madigan MI US

5748 Daniel Schetter MI US

5749 Kathleen Hoagg MI US

5750 Gavin Lawrence Bailey VA USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �210 oilandwaterdontmix.org


5751 Isabel Kravick MI US

5752 Brett Dense MI US

5753 Tom Porter MI US

5754 Christine Applebaum MI US

5755 Antonia Nelson WI US

5756 Marianna Maver LA US

5757 Ron Maciaszek MI US

5758 Jamie Chandler MI US

5759 Gary Cheadle MI US

5760 Johnnie Hoyne MI US

5761 Carl Helder CA US

5762 Matthew Paet HI US

5763 Mi Cell Phone MI US

5764 Christopher Back IL US

5765 Deveyn Lipinski OH US

5766 Neil Steger MI US

5767 Allison Beers MI US

5768 David Wagner CA US

5769 Justin Liakos MI US

5770 Steve Johnson

5771 Alice Girard MI US

5772 Timothy Bloomquist MI US

5773 Will Smyth AP IN

5774 Patricia Trentacoste MI US

5775 Blaine Stevenson MI US

5776 Melissa Johnsin MI US

5777 Susan Heerspink MI US

5778 Jessica Ballentine CO US

5779 David Runyan MI US

5780 Joel Baisden WI US

5781 Nicholas Sullivan MI US

5782 Shawn Denton MI US

5783 Kathryn Katje MI US

5784 Carla McIntosh MI US

5785 Gregory Hotchkiss MI US

5786 Christopher Joslin AZ US

5787 Tabatha Cass MI US

5788 Mrs. Julia Ann Burke MI US

5789 Jared Boduch TX US

5790 Susan VanDeventer MI US

5791 Laurel Gonzales MI US

5792 Joan Snow TN US

5793 Jacob Baisden LA USSignatures on Submit Your Line 5 Comment �211 oilandwaterdontmix.org


5794 Cyndi Safstrom MI US

5795 Andy Thompson ME US

5796 Melissa Killips MI US

5797 Kristy Gordon MI US

5798 Teresa Herzog MI US

5799 Hailey Richards MI US

5800 Faith Davis TN US

5801 Julie Blossom-Hartley MI US

5802 Rita Mitchell MI US The report lacks adequate assessment of Line 5 the economic benefit to the people and resources of the State of Michigan. The report is designed to support ongoing use of Line 5 for the sole economic benefit of Enbridge, which is using and easement on the bottomlands of the Great Lakes State of Michigan. The risk of pipeline failure and subsequent pollution of the fresh water of the Great Lakes supercedes the use of of the easement for transport of fossil fuel by Enbridge. It is time to stop living with the risk of rupture, and to shut down Line 5.

5803 Rebecca Creighton CO US

5804 Danielle Sidor MI US

5805 Kathy Reider MI US

5806 Deborah Hanson MI US

5807 Laura Sathe MI US

5808 Werner Jilg MI US

5809 Carol McKinley WI US

5810 Sierra Gipson MI US

5811 Jacob Sterlitz MI US

5812 Dan MacArthur MI US

5813 Ruth Reeser MI US

5814 Dmitri Levchenkov MI US

5815 Leslie Parent FL US

5816 Catherine Ripley MI US

5817 Barbara Rentschler MT US Shut down this pipe line before an irreversible disaster occurs that could destroy what I know as one of the Crown Jewels of this country!!!!

5818 Carrie Stone MI US

5819 Isaias Leal MI US

5820 Ana Grunewald MI US

5821 William Hoffman MI US

5822 Stephanie Grozner CA US

5823 Liz Manson MI US

5824 Steve Hein MI US

5825 Renee Huckle Mittelstaedt

MI US

5826 Sarah Lange MI US

5827 Ryan Quick MI US

5828 Tasha Christensen MI US

5829 John McNamee BC CA

5830 Nancy Crisp MI US There is only one answer to keeping our Great Lakes healthy and free of oil and that is to shut down line 5 now. How else is it possible to prevent a devastating oil spill in the Straights of Mackinac? Anything else but shutting down the pipe line does not protect our fresh water.



5831 Abby Harrington MI US

5832 Mary Jo Maguire OH US

5833 Suzanne Joy MI US

5834 Katrin Otto MI US

5835 Mitchell King MI US

5836 Carl and Mary Doolen MI US

5837 Grace Ellwanger MI US

5838 Barbara Solomonson MI US

5839 Carly Nesbitt MI US

5840 Caroline Kessler GA US

5841 Denise McDowell MI US SHUT DOWN & DECOMMISION Line 5. Michigan doesn’t need it. Don’t take chances with our watershed/nature/tourism.

5842 Kind Kandalec MI US

5843 Amy Schaak FL US

5844 Emily Code MI US

5845 Nicholas Bell OH US

5846 Dixie Arnold IL US

5847 Jane Koski US The Great Lakes are too precious to expose to possible contamination

5848 Cameron Moore IL US

5849 Marisa Gies MI US The scope of the alternatives analysis seems to have been only alternatives that allow Enbridge to keep turning a profit shipping its dirty fuels--which puts great risk on the people, wildlife, and economy of Michigan--instead of on alternatives that keep Michigan and the waters it holds in public trust safe. It's not our problem what Enbridge does with its oil; our government's concern should be keeping our water safe.

Additionally, the entire alternatives analysis process has been undermined by Governor Snyder's secret deal with Enbridge, privileging the tunnel option before the public comment period had ended. Why does the government go to such lengths to further lock us into agreements with Enbridge, a company which has deceived the state drastically and repeatedly. Beyond that, a tunnel doesn't make the Straits safe, and it does nothing to protect all the other waterways and public lands crossed by Line 5 elsewhere in Michigan.

The only 100% safe option is to revoke the easement and decommission the pipeline throughout the state.

5850 William Duimstra MI US

5851 Liz Young UT US

5852 Patrick Cooper-McCann

MI US Line 5 represents a clear and unnecessary danger to the Great Lakes and to Michigan. Oil should not be permitted to run through the straits.

5853 Rachel Hood MI US

5854 Vicky L Zimmerman MI US

5855 Caitlyn Luckhardt OH US

5856 Tyler Frigge RI US

5857 Kate Thornhill MI US

5858 Caleb Kartha Bortles MI US

5859 Jody and Patrick Prestine

MI US

5860 Lydia Mack NC US

5861 Alexander Maslowski OR US

5862 James Taggart CA US



5863 Karen Turnbull MI US RE: Alternative study and decisions about Enbridge Pipeline 5

As I begin to celebrate this special Christmas time of the year with my family and friends, I always look back upon the year at the optimistic and wonderful things that have happened. I also examine “what went wrong with certain aspects in my life” and how can I improve the situation in 2018. Reflecting on this year, the health and safety of the WATER in my neighborhood, only 40 feet from my home on Beaver Island is threatened. And all of the research and work that I have accomplished to let more people know about the FACTS of this issue – have gone in vain as a result of Governor Snyder making “a deal” behind closed doors and ignoring the faulty Alternative study.

This is my preliminary list of what I will I do this coming year to address the current “illegal” activity happening with Enbridge Pipeline 5 that YOU are entrusted under the Public Trust Doctrine to PROTECT:

1. I will amp up my educational/organizational efforts. I will tell as many people as I can that “Decommissioning Line 5” and stopping the flow of crude oil under the total 645 miles of Pipeline 5, is the only credible alternative that will protect the Great Lakes for generations to come. When I mention to anyone that “Canadian oil through a Canadian pipeline to a Canadian refinery” doesn’t make economic or environmental sense for Michigan, 95% agree!!

2. I will double-up my work to ensure DEMOCRACY in our fair state. At first I respected Gov. Snyder’s decision to create the Task Force, and then to continue to study the pipeline with the Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee. But “cutting the deal” without his Advisory Committee is an affront on the democracy that we as Americans are striving for. This isn’t the first time, because it is a pattern that began with changing the mission statement of the DEQ, and the Emergency Manager law that also undermines our democracy.

3. I will work as hard as I can to expose and educate about WATER INJUSTICE in Michigan. This includes issues happening all over the state starting with Flint, Detroit water shut-offs, U.S. Ecology, Wolverine World Wide, Nestle water taking, plumes around our state, use of water for CAFOs, septic systems that are worse in the USA, algae in Great Lakes, invasive species, etc.I will continue to protect our water resources as much as a regular citizen can do.

4. I will work to use alternative energy – and cut my consumption of oil and gas in my life, and encourage whoever is listening to do the same. The current Alternative Report lacks credibility because it's author, Dynamic Risk, has ties to Enbridge, and doesn’t even look at other alternatives other than “pipelines”. So narrow-minded. Especially in a time when we KNOW that oil/gas production and bringing it out of the earth places our whole EARTH in jeopardy. The economics tips in ONE direction – towards oil/gas companies. It points to their profits. Where consumers spend their money is critical, and I will limit my consumption of oil/gas.

5. I will do everything in my power to look at candidates for all elected positions in 2018, and find out how they feel and will ACT on behalf of the WATER in Michigan and in the Great Lakes Basin. I will vote, send money, and support all candidates who will PROTECT, and stop the poisoning and threats on our water resources, AND STOP any attempts at privatizing OUR WATER.

In all of my 63 years of my life, I have completely lost the trust in the government of the State of Michigan, especially the Governor, Attorney General, and Director of the DEQ.

I would like to THANK the folks on the Advisory Committee who passed 3 Resolutions. You are listening, learning, and putting forward much better options and questions. I appreciated your time and talents.

Sincerely,

Karen Turnbull

Resident of Mecosta County Part-time Resident of Beaver Island

5864 Nathalie Richter AP IN

5865 Carrie Martin MI US

5866 Rene' Beyette MI US

5867 Danielle Meersman IN US

5868 Karen Fornes MI US

5869 Garry Boyd MI US

5870 Patricia Conklin MI US



5871 Bill Millman MI US

5872 Kathy Harvey PA US Please listen to the people who are begging for you to take action toward the decommissioning of line 5. NOT worth the risk

5873 Carla DeMan MI US

5874 Karen Graham MI US

5875 Jamie Kramer MI US

5876 Patricia Frye MI US

5877 Pat Stites MI US

5878 Rolf von Walthausen MI US

5879 Terri McDermott MI US

5880 Mark Steinbuck WI US

5881 Tucker Lucey RI US

5882 Christopher Horsburgh, jr

MI US

5883 Chad Mummert MI US

5884 Leah Vieau MI US

5885 Patricia Hill MI US

5886 Jessica Owl MI US

5887 Abby Potts MI US

5888 Angeline Naragon MI US

5889 Kurt Martin CA US

5890 T Callahan IL US

5891 Hannah Loucks MI US

5892 Becky Parker GA US

5893 Erica Mooney MI US

5894 Hanna Smith IL US

5895 Andrew Allen MI US

5896 Morna Powell MN US

5897 Evan J. Green MI US

5898 Lauren Danilek IL US

5899 Kate P Warner LA US Endangering the Great Lakes is not a RISK that can be tolerated! We must SHUTDOWN Line 5!

5900 Betsy McCabe MI US

5901 Frank Hurt IA US

5902 Edie Juno MI US

5903 Ilene Cook MI US

5904 Meg Young MI US

5905 Alexis Reid MI US Shut down pipeline 5. Please be proactive and protect our beautiful state and natural resource!

5906 Liesa Swejkoski MI US

5907 Nick Vandahm IL US

5908 Tammy Greene VA US

5909 Charlene Conway MI US

5910 William Rand OH US Is Enbridge promising to cover 100% of the cost of the economic impact when a disaster occurs?

5911 Steve Smith MI US



5912 John Bednarski MI US

5913 Rachel Dugal MI US

5914 Seth Winkelmann TX US

5915 Daniel Bifano MI US

5916 Walter Harvey KY US

5917 Tamara Dabney MI US

5918 Jordon Tourville MI US

5919 Dane Tollas MI US

5920 Thyra Ferguson MI US

5921 Kim Wallant FL US

5922 Virginia Williams US We need to protect our state and its resources

5923 Harrison Kieme MI US

5924 Susan Wischman MI US

5925 Olivia Horwedel QLD AU

5926 Sl Pattok MI US

5927 Cyndi Soderlund MI US

5928 Ellyse Vogel MI US

5929 Maddie Parker MI US

5930 Linda Ruby MI US

5931 Matthew Hutchins VA US

5932 Noah Nagel KS US

5933 Jack Hyland OH US

5934 Chris Soderman MI US I along with my wife, our children and grandchildren hope to swim and fish in front of our home on Lake Huron in the Les Cheneaux Islands for years to come. Shutting down Line 5 is the only we can be sure this will be always possible. It was designed and built with a service life of 30-40 in 1953.....it’s 2017 now. What is hard to figure out about this.....it’s not if it will fail, but rather when. Please shut it down before the worlds largest source of fresh water is destroyed.

5935 Bailey Sweeney WI US

5936 Chelsea Jandernoa MI US

5937 Gabrielle Stephens MI US

5938 Ed Kalat MI US

5939 Sally Erickson MI US PLEASE GET RID OF THE POTENTIAL FOR A PIPELINE OIL SPILL. HOW? BY SHUTTING DOWN ANY PIPE CARRYING OUL UNDER THE LARGEST RESERVOIR OF FRESH WATER ON THE GLOBE. STOP

5940 Erika Bradberry MI US

5941 Margarita Kulyapina WI US

5942 Thomas John Mayhew MI US

5943 Laura Beyer IL US

5944 Sam Amundsen MN US

5945 Linda J Howes ON CA

5946 Taylor Hammerl MI US

5947 Dustin Miller MI US

5948 Gwen Townsend MI US

5949 Erin Kraus CA US

5950 Timothy McGrew MI US



5951 Allison Blamble NY US

5952 Georgia Adams TX US

5953 Shery Stahnke US Protect the great lakes way of life..shut down line 5~!

5954 Lindsey Klynstra MI US

5955 Mark Weaver MI US

5956 Lucien Sulloway NY US

5957 Miriam Strohpaul MI US

5958 Ruth Lenz MI US

5959 Nancy Schwartz WI US Shut down Line 5! Protect the Great Lakes!

5960 Cameron Andrews MI US

5961 Brendan Neill NY US

5962 Erika Bailey IL US

5963 Brian LaBatte MN US i Brian LaBatte say No to line 5.

5964 Catherine Hollowell MI US

5965 Michael Vickery MI US

5966 Ethyl Rivera MI US We are tired of the Governor, the Attorney General, the DEQ and others in Lansing flagrantly shirking their responsibilities to protect the public health and general welfare of the people of Michigan as expressed in the Constitution of Michigan. Constantly delaying, studying and making deals with Endbridge that do nothing but prolong the grossly unstable and fragile status of this pipeline.

It is beyond time for shutting down this pipeline. It is your duty to the people of Michigan and our Great Lakes neighbors to not only consider, but to take the only safe alternative and SHUT IT DOWN NOW.

5967 Melissa Klemish MI US

5968 Judith Snook OH US

5969 Jeffrey Kamoo MI US

5970 Shaina Alvesteffer MI US

5971 Kate Graham MI US

5972 Ella Hall MI US

5973 Jerome J. Troke, Jr. MI US



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