this is an issue of great concern to Michiganders, as well as it should be a great concern for everybody in the country
that's why I've introduced legislation to make that pipeline an offshore pipeline so that the liability is there.
If you're looking for the worst absolute place for an oil disaster to occur, it would be the Straits of Mackinac.
So both Administrator Elliott and Admiral Nunan, so give me--just give me your realistic assessment, let's say that worst-case scenario happ...
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.
So the unified command was able to do a quick assessment, and you're stating for the record that Line 5 was a priority, part of that unified...
Do you think two and a half weeks is quick enough?
So are you--is PHMSA confident that the coating is fully intact on the straits segment of Line 5?
I certainly don't want to wait until the next disaster to consider what could have we have done to prevent it.
Senator Peters, thank you for the opportunity to testify on oil spills from pipelines in the Great Lakes.
I believe was completely unacceptable for the long time that was involved.