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>> But tribal nations are
not alone in their concerns

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over line five, with its
reroute around Bad River

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lands, the Wisconsin
Department of Natural

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Resources called to halt
work on the project after a

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construction truck ruptured
the line, causing more than

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a million gallons of
propane and butane to

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release into the atmosphere.
For its part, Enbridge says

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there was a project wide
safety stand down for

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construction workers,
during which project

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leadership reinforced
safety protocols. DNR

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Secretary Karen Hyun is
here with latest details,

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and thanks very much for
being here.

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>> Thanks, Frederica. It's
nice to be with you.

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>> So you called on
Enbridge to halt work on

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the reroute construction.
And yet, according to the

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company, that work has
already resumed. What is

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your response to that?
>> Yeah, there are two

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separate issues here. Just
wanted to clarify. One is

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that there is a an active
incident happening around

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Saxon, Wisconsin. We are
still waiting to gain

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access to that site. So
that site and the safety of

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that site is controlled by
Phmsa, which is the

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pipeline, and Hazardous
Materials Safety

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Administration. It's the
lead agency at the site,

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and we haven't had been
authorized to access that

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site, but we're continuing
to monitor the situation as

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it develops, and we'll be
ready to be on site as soon

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as we can to evaluate the
impacts. There is also the

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issue of the relocation
that I think you mentioned

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earlier. There have been
several issues of

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noncompliance that have
happened where there have

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been drilling fluid that's
leaked in the process of

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their horizontal drilling
under some of the waterways

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as they reroute the
pipeline around the bad

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River reservation. I heard
the concerns from and other

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tribal nations, and we
share those concerns over

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those recent incidents as
well, which is why we asked

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for a stand down. And we
continue to have robust

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dialog with Enbridge about
how they can increase their

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safety and environmental
compliance and compliance

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with the permits that we've
issued.

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a letter to Enbridge saying
that you are deeply

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concerned about the latest
spill and immensely

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frustrated by other recent
noncompliant events, and

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that you want the company
to demonstrate that

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measures are in place to
prevent future spills. Has

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the company demonstrated
that.

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>> We continue to have
ongoing discussions with

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senior leadership at
Enbridge? There were

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noncompliance events in the
past few months, and there

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continue to be some
noncompliance events, even

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after the safety stand down.
So we're continuing to

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discuss with them what they
can do to increase their

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compliance with the permits
and reduce these frack out

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events.
latest leak?

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>> There have been barrels
of liquefied natural gas

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that have evaporated into
the atmosphere and

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volatilized into the
atmosphere, which we have

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concerns about. We. So
until we can get into the

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site, it's hard for us to
assess what the damage is

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to the air and the land and
the waters of the state.

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>> What concerns do you
have going forward?

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>> Well, first and foremost,
I want to make sure that

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our staff and other members
that are entering into this

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site are safe, so we have
to make sure that we're

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following Phmsa guidelines
and authority in terms of

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accessing the site. Once
we're able to get in, we're

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going to look at impacts to
the air, to the groundwater,

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to the surface water to the
soil, to the sediments, and

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see how they might be
impacted by liquefied

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natural gas. Enbridge is
the responsible party will

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be taking measurements, and
we'll be able to analyze

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that data and see what kind
of damages we might need to

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assess.
>> How do you feel about

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the DNR's role in granting
permits for this project?

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In light of your current
deep concerns?

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>> We have statutory
authority to issue permits

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for things like stormwater,
waterways, wetlands, and

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other and other things, but
those are the main ones.

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For this. We issued those
permits with a lot of

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collaboration and public
input and tribal input.

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Over time, we are going to
hold Enbridge accountable

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to the noncompliance events,
particularly the frack outs

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that have been happening.
And we want to see

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improvements as
construction continues on

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the pipeline.
>> Meanwhile, Enbridge

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hopes to restore service to
the pipeline that carries

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23 million gallons of crude
oil and natural gas by next

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week. What is your comfort
with that at this point?

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>> Yeah, as I understand it,
because of the actual spill

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in Saxon, which is
different than the

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noncompliance events I was
talking about earlier, they

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have stopped shipping
product across through the

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pipeline that goes to
different refineries and

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places across the Midwest.
I understand the importance

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of being able to provide
that energy source to other

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places and other states,
and even to Canada, but we

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need to make sure that in
that process, accidents

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like this spill, which are
really serious, are taken

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seriously and cleaned up to
remediate the environment.

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>> All right. We leave it
there. Secretary Karen,

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thank you so much.
>> Thank you.

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