A truck parked near the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. ST. PAUL, MINN. -- Minnesota utility regulators on Monday approved a court-ordered revised environmental review for Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across the state.
Commissioner Matt Schuerger disagreed with the majority, saying the updated review "doesn't adequately represent the consequences of a spill," the Star Tribune reported. Means, Chairwoman Katie Sieben and commissioner John Tuma all voted to approve the revised environmental impact statement. They also agreed, on the same 3-1 vote, to reissue a certificate of need that the disputed project needs to proceed.
The commission approved an environmental review in March 2018. But the Minnesota Court of Appeals sent the previous final version of the project's environmental review back to the commission after finding that the massive document failed to adequately deal with the potential risks of an oil spill in the Lake Superior watershed. The state Department of Commerce then conducted additional modeling and concluded in the update that there was little chance of a spill reaching the lake.
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