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The latest hearing challenging

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the Enbridge Line 5

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oil and gas pipeline

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in northern Wisconsin

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unfolded late this week.

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The Bad River Band

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of Lake Superior Chippewa

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and environmental groups

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want state permits

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already approved

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to be reversed

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and to halt any

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pipeline construction.

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I've had people ask

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why the concerns if the

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pipeline has been rerouted

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to skirt reservation lands?

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Lots of reasons

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to be worried or concerned

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and one of them is

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when they do the construction

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they are going to be

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stirring up

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mercury deposits

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from acid rain

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from decades past

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and those have settled.

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So when they come through

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to do that

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that's going to stir up

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these deposits

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which are then going

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to go directly into

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our waterways.

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They are just hugging

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our reservation.

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It's not like they went

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miles and miles away.

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It's literally a stone's throw

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from our land

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our reservation boundaries.

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That is going to stir up

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these mercury deposits

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that have been

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in our wetlands

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and go into our water

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and go into Lake Superior.

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We've already got

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we already have

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mercury deposit warnings

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and can only eat

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one walleye a week or a month

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depending on

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on your age and gender.

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That's

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that's problematic.