42 PAD ADVENT Extre Property It is common for property owners, like Enbridge, to install rocks, trees, sandbags, or other materials to prevent unwanted erosion In fact, the Bad River and has done this recently to protectits-ZERO own property beside a river on the reservation Similarly, Enbridge wants to addressersion of the bank of the Bad River near our Line 5 to help ensure pipeline safety until the project to relocate the pipeline around the Bad River Reservation is complete. We have done our best to explain the urgency and seriousness of addressing this yet in December, Enbridge's latest proposal to reinforce the riverbank using trees was denied based on inaccurate and incomplete information We ask the Bad River Band Tribal Cound to directly engage with Enbridge as soon as possible Since 2020, Enbridge has proposed 15 projects to address erosion at the bank of the Bad River near Line 5. Al have been denied Open Letter to the Bad River Band Line 5 is essential energy infrastructure that millions of people including Bad River Band members) rely on and it is irresponsible to delay maintenance. Following the Meander, officials from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration PHMSAL the federal agency that regulates pipeline safety did not call for Enbridge to shut down Line, but did urge Enbridge and the Bad Fever Band to agroo on a plan to address erosion at the Mander Let's consider the facts. This is not the first stabilization project on the Reservation Another pipeline company instated prap on the bank of the Bad River to protect the property on the Reservation. There have beenmany others, including one in 2021 where the Band approved verbankstabation project using stonerprapto protect the Potato River Road-a project with more environmental impacts than Enbridgepo By comparison Enbridges proposaluses locally sourced trees to stab 300 Inear feet of the bank of the Bad River Enbridge worked with the Bad Rover Bands Natural Resources Department and their constant to develop the design have successfully stabled the banks of the Wild and Scenic Sandy River in Oxbow Regional Park near Portland, Oregon, the Vermon Riverner Hastings Minnesota, and the Root River in Houston County Minnesota con The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources this sort of project has also been used in the state's shore up the banks of trout streams Greg Ps Director of WOR Bureau of Environment Analysis and Sustainability was quoted in a Dec 22 article from the Maukee Journal Sentinel. This is actually a pretty common waterwaybanks or waterwaybank stabilization measure that the approach has been around a long long pretty broadly used technology and what they do is use outbre Bader Band approved its own riverbank stabilization project using stone rp rap to protect the Potato River Road in 2001 SENBRIDGE Meander Neck Proposed Tree Recent Project Bridgep Bad Mer Line Benefits of the Enbridge proposal using trees to stabilize the bank of the Bad Riverner Line5include ZERO long terms of protected and TEMPORARY construction deturbance reduced by use of helper -NO long-term adverse environmental impacts and no ongoing decharge once trees are installed EFFECTIVE protection of the riverbank from further erosion while the Line 5 segment relocation project is completed -Enbridge will remove tree stabilization when requested by the Bad River Band Enbridge's proposal minimizes impacts during construction -Temporary matting will reduce impacts especially toweds Anaquadam will isolate the work area from flowing water of the Dad River, iting sedment desturbance Construction personnel will access the site by foot to reduce impacts from vehicle Erosion and sediment control measures will be installed Temporary construction impacts will be fully restored Let's talk about solutions. We ask that the Bad River Chairman and Council reconsider their denial of our tree revement project. Letsmeetodscuss the denial and address any remaining conce Lets work together to get this doe Emal questions to enbridgeinwenbridge.com or more about Line 5 segment relocation on our website enbridge.com/L5W Tom Schwartz Enbridge SVPLP Strategic Projects & Partnerships PREDMOND FOR BYGE Arrendering of the tree reinforcement project proposed by Enbridge in 2003 42 PAD ADVENT Extre Property It is common for property owners , like Enbridge , to install rocks , trees , sandbags , or other materials to prevent unwanted erosion In fact , the Bad River and has done this recently to protectits - ZERO own property beside a river on the reservation Similarly , Enbridge wants to addressersion of the bank of the Bad River near our Line 5 to help ensure pipeline safety until the project to relocate the pipeline around the Bad River Reservation is complete . We have done our best to explain the urgency and seriousness of addressing this yet in December , Enbridge's latest proposal to reinforce the riverbank using trees was denied based on inaccurate and incomplete information We ask the Bad River Band Tribal Cound to directly engage with Enbridge as soon as possible Since 2020 , Enbridge has proposed 15 projects to address erosion at the bank of the Bad River near Line 5 . Al have been denied Open Letter to the Bad River Band Line 5 is essential energy infrastructure that millions of people including Bad River Band members ) rely on and it is irresponsible to delay maintenance . Following the Meander , officials from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration PHMSAL the federal agency that regulates pipeline safety did not call for Enbridge to shut down Line , but did urge Enbridge and the Bad Fever Band to agroo on a plan to address erosion at the Mander Let's consider the facts . This is not the first stabilization project on the Reservation Another pipeline company instated prap on the bank of the Bad River to protect the property on the Reservation . There have beenmany others , including one in 2021 where the Band approved verbankstabation project using stonerprapto protect the Potato River Road - a project with more environmental impacts than Enbridgepo By comparison Enbridges proposaluses locally sourced trees to stab 300 Inear feet of the bank of the Bad River Enbridge worked with the Bad Rover Bands Natural Resources Department and their constant to develop the design have successfully stabled the banks of the Wild and Scenic Sandy River in Oxbow Regional Park near Portland , Oregon , the Vermon Riverner Hastings Minnesota , and the Root River in Houston County Minnesota con The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources this sort of project has also been used in the state's shore up the banks of trout streams Greg Ps Director of WOR Bureau of Environment Analysis and Sustainability was quoted in a Dec 22 article from the Maukee Journal Sentinel . This is actually a pretty common waterwaybanks or waterwaybank stabilization measure that the approach has been around a long long pretty broadly used technology and what they do is use outbre Bader Band approved its own riverbank stabilization project using stone rp rap to protect the Potato River Road in 2001 SENBRIDGE Meander Neck Proposed Tree Recent Project Bridgep Bad Mer Line Benefits of the Enbridge proposal using trees to stabilize the bank of the Bad Riverner Line5include ZERO long terms of protected and TEMPORARY construction deturbance reduced by use of helper -NO long - term adverse environmental impacts and no ongoing decharge once trees are installed EFFECTIVE protection of the riverbank from further erosion while the Line 5 segment relocation project is completed -Enbridge will remove tree stabilization when requested by the Bad River Band Enbridge's proposal minimizes impacts during construction -Temporary matting will reduce impacts especially toweds Anaquadam will isolate the work area from flowing water of the Dad River , iting sedment desturbance Construction personnel will access the site by foot to reduce impacts from vehicle Erosion and sediment control measures will be installed Temporary construction impacts will be fully restored Let's talk about solutions . We ask that the Bad River Chairman and Council reconsider their denial of our tree revement project . Letsmeetodscuss the denial and address any remaining conce Lets work together to get this doe Emal questions to enbridgeinwenbridge.com or more about Line 5 segment relocation on our website enbridge.com/L5W Tom Schwartz Enbridge SVPLP Strategic Projects & Partnerships PREDMOND FOR BYGE Arrendering of the tree reinforcement project proposed by Enbridge in 2003