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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: Brown, Eric (GOV) [BrownE15@michigan.gov] 6/29/2017 2:48:25 PM Bennett, Tate [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=lfa92542f7ca4d01973bl8b2fllb9141-Bennett, El] RE: Michigan Pipeline Report Thank you! From: Bennett, Tate [mailto:Bennett.Tate@epa.gov] Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 10:09 AM To: Brown, Eric (GOV) <BrownE15@michigan.gov> Subject: Re: Michigan Pipeline Report Got it. Thanks and I will make sure the right people see this! On Jun 29, 2017, at 10:03 AM, Brown, Eric (GOV) <BrownE15@michigan.gQv> wrote: Tate The State of Michigan commissioned an independent report evaluating alternatives for the petroleum pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac in the Great Lakes. Please pass along the information below from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the Michigan Agency for Energy to whomever in your shop may be interested. Thanks, --Eric Eric K. Brown Deputy Director, Federal Relations State of Michigan - Governor Rick Snyder Washington D.C. Office Ex. 6 (office) (mobile) i_______________________j Good morning. At 10:00 a.m. today, the State of Michigan's Line 5 Alternatives Report will be released and will be available at the following link: www.rnipetroleumpipennes.coni. The report identifies and compares alternatives to the existing pipeline and has been commissioned to help inform decisions regarding the future of Line 5. We want to stress that the report is not final and various aspects may be influenced by public feedback. We have developed a robust public comment plan and we invite you to submit comments online at www.mipetrogeumpspelines.com. The public comment period begins on July 6. As you are aware, last Wednesday, the State was forced to terminate its contract with DNVGL related to the Line 5 Risk Assessment due to an incurable conflict of interest. We are releasing only the Line 5 Alternatives Report today while working through how best to address the need for an objectively independent Risk Analysis on Line 5. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 10 ED 002061 00068906-00001 Should you find yourselves in need of additional information, please do not hesitate to reach out to Eric Brown, Deputy Director - Federal Relations for the State of Michigan. Sincerely, Valerie Brader Executive Director, Michigan Agency for Energy Heidi Grether Director, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 10 ED 002061 00068906-00002