WASHINGTON —
Courtroom paperwork filed by the federal authorities say planning is properly underway for bilateral talks within the dispute over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline.
A proposed movement filed final week in U.S. District Courtroom in Michigan says the primary formal negotiating session between the 2 international locations will occur “shortly.”
Canada determined final month to invoke a 1977 pipelines treaty between the 2 international locations after talks broke down between the state of Michigan and the pipeline’s operator, Enbridge Inc.
Michigan needs the road shut down for worry of an ecological catastrophe within the Straits of Mackinac, the waterway the place the pipeline crosses the Nice Lakes.
The White Home acknowledged Monday that the U.S. Military Corps of Engineers is within the technique of conducting an environmental evaluation of the undertaking.
Enbridge is in search of to improve the underwater portion of Line 5 with a concrete tunnel operating beneath the straits to raised defend the dual strains from anchor strikes.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Nov. 9, 2021.
