"LANSING, MI — Assurances from Enbridge Energy that the company's twin oil pipelines under the Straits of Mackinac are in 'excellent' condition and pose 'minimal' risks of a spill are not enough to resolve existing public concerns about the line's potential threat to the Great Lakes and Michigan's economy.

That's one of several key concerns outlined in a state pipeline safety task force report released July 14, recommending, among other actions, an immediate third-party analysis and risk assessment of the aging pipelines.

The 80-page report follows a year-long inquiry into the Straits pipeline by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the Attorney General's office."

Garret Ellison reports for MLive July 14, 2015. [2]