Gary Peters

That seems absolutely unacceptable that it takes two weeks to bring visual inspection.

We were going to have to wait two and a half weeks for an actual visual inspection of an underwater vehicle.

You have a pipe here going along the bottom of the straits that was hit by an anchor, which is the worst-case scenario.

So why would not the company say, 'We are going to show what stewards we are of the environment.'

Red I think is bad. Red is bad, and they were there, that we know that there was going to be very severe weather coming in.

The liability for an oil spill in offshore is dramatically greater than inshore.

That's why I've introduced legislation to make that pipeline an offshore pipeline so that the liability is there.

But initially when you shut it down, you said it was because of an operational problem somewhere else, it wasn't because of the storm.

You have actual agreement with the State of Michigan you'd shut down over 8 feet.

It should not have taken a call from a sitting Senator to have Line 5 shut down temporarily.

This is an issue of great concern to Michiganders, as well as it should be a great concern for everybody in the country

I have not always agreed with the company's approach, and believe that as a result of the disaster in Kalamazoo, there is a significant deficit of trust when it comes to Enbridge

We can't enjoy your great product without having clean water

I appreciate the testimony from all three of you.

Can I get your commitment you will make that a priority within your agency?

Well, that's good. I appreciate that. We definitely need to continue to move forward on that.

There's an agreement with the State of Michigan that they would shut down the pipeline if there are 8 feet of swells.

So I'm asking these questions because I also want to make sure that we're coordinating properly between the Coast Guard, PHMSA, all the agencies, which is important.

Thank you, Mr. Murk.

So you're significantly increasing both civil penalties and potentially criminal penalties for doing that?

I would argue at that point that we're looking at catastrophic damage now that will have irreparable harm.

So I feel that that's what we've been preparing for, in case that happens, and I think the preventative measures will hopefully be--be able to prevent such a spill.

So both Administrator Elliott and Admiral Nunan, so give me--just give me your realistic assessment, let's say that worst-case scenario happened and Line 5 was indeed ruptured by the anchor at that time, do you think we have enough…

So the strike on the pipeline could, though, have been a ticking time bomb at that point

I want to start the questioning the same place I started the questioning with our Federal officials.