Judge: Minnesota should OK oil pipeline only if it follows existing route

Minnesota regulators should approve Enbridge Energy’s proposal for replacing its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline only if it follows the existing route rather than company’s preferred route, an administrative law judge recommended Monday.

The proposal has drawn strong opposition because Enbridge’s preferred route would carry Canadian tar sands crude from Alberta across environmentally sensitive areas in the Mississippi River headwaters region where American Indians harvest wild rice and hold treaty rights.

https://www.twincities.com/2018/04/23/judge-minnesota-should-ok-oil-pipeline-only-if-it-follows-existing-route/