IN RE ENBRIDGE ENERGY, LTD. PARTNERSHIP

A18-1283 A18-1291 A18-1292.

930 N.W.2d 12 (2019)

IN RE Applications 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.

Filed June 3, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Blackburn , Honor the Earth, Callaway, Minnesota; and Frank Bibeau , Honor the Earth, Deer River, Minnesota (for relator Honor the Earth).

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).

Joseph Plumer , White Earth, Minnesota (for relators White Earth Band of Ojibwe and Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians).

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

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

Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Lisa A. Crum , Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota (for respondent Minnesota Public Utilities Commission).

Considered and decided by Florey, Presiding Judge; Cleary, Chief Judge; and Connolly, Judge.


OPINION

In these consolidated certiorari appeals, relators environmental organizations and tribal bands, challenge a decision by respondent Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (commission) determining adequate a final EIS (FEIS) for the proposed Line 3 pipeline project of respondent Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership...

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