<div><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tPonfE8SqJE?enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https://www.wjfw.com" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>NORTHERN WISCONSIN (WJFW) — It’s been one month since the DNR formally issued a notice of violation to Canadian energy company Enbridge for their work on the Line 5 reroute.</p><p>On Thursday a DNR spokesperson said cleanup efforts are underway at the site of the Saxon spill in Iron County. On August 25, a contractor’s truck rolled into a section of active pipeline there, releasing 1.3 million gallons of liquid natural gas.</p><p>Pipeline operator Enbridge said in an October 7 report that approximately 4,275 tons of impacted soil had been removed. The report says petroleum-related compounds, including cancer-causing benzene, had leaked into the soil. On Thursday Enbridge said environmental monitoring remains ongoing.</p><p>In its October 13 notice of violation, the DNR accused Enbridge of building a temporary bypass around the spill without a permit. An Enbridge spokesperson said it submitted a permit application on September 7. The DNR said the company began construction just two days later, less than the 5 working day waiting period required by code, well before the permits were approved on October 28, and despite notes on the applications.</p><p>Meanwhile in Ashland County, on Thursday Enbridge said a very low level of water continues to flow from a bore hole under the Marengo River.</p><p>The release of groundwater there in early October was called an aquifer breach by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. But the DNR and Enbridge have been unwilling to confirm the breach. In a statement this week the DNR said they are still assessing the release and have no further information to share.</p><p>Enbridge has been responsible for aquifer breaches in the past—last year the company settled with the Minnesota DNR for $2.8 million over breaches on the Line 3 pipeline.</p><p>In a statement the DNR said it is still considering options for enforcement on the more than 30 violations in the original notice. An Enbridge spokesperson told us the company takes DNR concerns seriously, and the vast majority of violations were addressed within 24 hours. Enbridge was invited to attend a virtual enforcement conference with DNR representatives on October 26.</p><p>The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, whose land is encircled by the reroute, and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, have called for Enbridge’s permits to be revoked.</p><p>The Bad River Band’s legal defense has argued the band warned the DNR and Enbridge many times about possible aquifer breaches and other environmental risks during the permitting process for the reroute. In October lead attorney John Petoskey called the DNR’s notice of violations “too little, too late.”</p></div>

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NORTHERN WISCONSIN (WJFW) — It’s been one month since the DNR formally issued a notice of violation to Canadian energy company Enbridge for their work on the Line 5 reroute. On Thursday a DNR spokesperson said cleanup efforts are underway at the site of the Saxon spill in...

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