Minnesota utility regulators on Monday approved a revised environmental review for Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across the state.
The state Public Utilities Commission voted 3-1 to approve the environmental impact statement for the $2.6 billion project, saying the new review adequately addressed the impacts of a potential spill in the Lake Superior watershed.
The new pipeline would replace Enbridge's Line 3, which was built in the 1960s. Enbridge says the old line needs replacing because it is increasingly prone to corrosion and cracking and can run at only about half its original capacity. Environmental and tribal activists have urged regulators to kill the project.
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