“Because we haven't been able to get a lot of information from the agencies, what we have done is try to figure out things ourselves,” said Christy Dolph, a research scientist who studies water resources. Over the past few months, a group of tribal members, scientists and other pipeline opponents have been doing their own investigating. That's where drilling fluid was released as pipeline workers were boring underneath a river. Line 3 opponents also want more monitoring at 28 places along the pipeline route where frac-outs occurred. The Line 3 oil pipeline project What you need to know.MPCA in August Line 3 drilling fluid spilled into wetlands.“I think at this point a year later the state owes the public some answers - more information on the locations, more information about why these happened in the first place, and even some information about what an investigation looks like,” said Laura Triplett, an associate geology professor at Gustavus Adolphus College. They want state agencies and Enbridge to release more information about the Clearbrook puncture and the two other possible breach sites. Opponents of the Line 3 pipeline are frustrated at how long the breach repair has taken. The company said the water has been pumped from the trench, treated to remove sediment and released in the same area. Line 3 was completed last year, and oil started pumping through it in October.Įnbridge said it's diligently implementing the action plan, and working with the DNR on restoring and monitoring the site.
It hasn't released the location of those sites.
The agency said it's still investigating two other sites along the Line 3 corridor where aquifer breaches may have occurred.
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The DNR said Enbridge has paid that full amount, plus another $40,000 for the loss of more groundwater this fall.
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