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Joe Manchin: “It would create a plume that would likely stretch for 85 miles into Lake Huron and Lake Michigan in my state.”

On the recordJuly 21, 2015
It would create a plume that would likely stretch for 85 miles into Lake Huron and Lake Michigan in my state.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Describes the potential impact of a pipeline spill in the Great Lakes.

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