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Enbridge Energy gives pump station tour at Saxon facility

By KIM E. STROM

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SAXON, Wis. - In an effort to be transparent, Enbridge Energy invited the media to attend a tour of its pump station in Saxon Thursday and was available to answer questions about its Line 5 and possible relocation project around the Bad River Reservation in Odanah, Wis. Line 5 is a 645-mile pipeline carrying light crude and natural gas liquids from Superior, Wis. to Sarnia, Ontario.

According to Enbridge's website, in July the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe took legal action to remove Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline from the reservation. As...