MATTER OF ENBRIDGE ENERGY, LTD. P'SHIP

A20-1071 A20-1072 A20-1074 A20-1075 A20-1077.

964 N.W.2d 173 (2021)

In the MATTER OF the Application of ENBRIDGE ENERGY, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, for a Certificate of Need and a Routing Permit for the Proposed Line 3 Replacement Project in Minnesota from the North Dakota Border to the Wisconsin Border.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied August 24, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott R. Strand , Environmental Law & Policy Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for relator Friends of the Headwaters).

Paul C. Blackburn , Minneapolis, Minnesota (for relators Honor the Earth and The Sierra Club).

Joseph Plumer , Red Lake, Minnesota (for relator Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians).

Frank Bibeau , Deer River, Minnesota (for relators Honor the Earth, The Sierra Club, and White Earth Band of Ojibwe).

Amelia J. Vohs , Brent Murcia (certified student attorney), Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Cresston Gackle , Cresston Law LLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for relator Youth Climate Intervenors).

David J. Zoll , Charles N. Nauen , Rachel A. Kitze Collins , Arielle S. Wagner , Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, Minnesota (for relator Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe).

Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Katherine Hinderlie , Cha Xiong , Assistant Attorneys General, St. Paul, Minnesota (for relator Minnesota Department of Commerce).

Thomas H. Boyd , Eric F. Swanson , Betsy Schmiesing , Kyle R. Kroll , Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Christina K. Brusven , Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondent Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership).

Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Jason Marisam , Jeffrey K. Boman , Assistant Attorneys General, St. Paul, Minnesota (for respondent Minnesota Public Utilities Commission).

Brian B. Bell , Michael J. Ahern , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondent Shippers for Secure, Reliable, and Economical Petroleum Transportation).

Brendan D. Cummins , Alex M. Bollman , Cummins & Cummins, LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondent Laborers' District Council of Minnesota and North Dakota).

Anna Friedlander (pro hac vice), O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue LLP, Washington, District of Columbia (for respondent United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO).

Anne Marcotte , Northern Counties Land Use Coordinating Board, Hill City, Minnesota (for amicus curiae The Northern Counties Land Use Coordinating Board).

Robin C. Merritt , Hanft Fride, P.A., Duluth, Minnesota (for amicus curiae Area Partnership for Economic Expansion, Inc.).

Andrew P. Moratzka , Marc A. Al , Riley A. Conlin , Stoel Rives LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for amicus curiae Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, LLC).

Considered and decided by Jesson, Presiding Judge; Reyes, Judge; and Kirk, Judge.


OPINION

Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership seeks to replace its existing Line 3 pipeline, which transports crude oil across Minnesota, with a new pipeline that will take a different route across the state. In order to build, Enbridge must establish the need for replacement Line 3. That question of necessity divides state...

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