I appreciate the testimony from all three of you.
your priority is always Line 5, always, always Line 5.
the liability for an oil spill in offshore is dramatically greater than inshore.
Thank you, Mr. Murk.
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 agen...
So you're significantly increasing both civil penalties and potentially criminal penalties for doing that?
So why would not the company say, 'We are going to show what stewards we are of the environment.'
Do you think two and a half weeks is quick enough?
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 ...
I would argue at that point that we're looking at catastrophic damage now that will have irreparable harm.
So the strike on the pipeline could, though, have been a ticking time bomb at that point