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Gary Peters: “I have heard that it's because the focus was on the cables for the Coast Guard, that that may have delayed actually…”

On the recordAugust 19, 2018
I have heard that it's because the focus was on the cables for the Coast Guard, that that may have delayed actually getting visual inspection onto Line 5.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters questions whether cable focus delayed inspections of Line 5.

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