# 2026-07718: Enbridge Gets Permit Refresh for Michigan Border Oil Pipeline 2026-07718, Authorizing Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. To Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at St. Clair County, Michigan, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2026-04-20, effective 2026-04-15; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-07718 - As of: 2026-06-08 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2026-07718 - Title: Authorizing Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. To Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at St. Clair County, Michigan, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada - Type: Presidential Document - Agencies: Executive Office of the President - Citation: 91 FR 21217 - Published: 2026-04-20 - Effective: 2026-04-15 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-06-08 ## In one line Enbridge Gets Permit Refresh for Michigan Border Oil Pipeline ## Summary Enbridge Energy Company got the green light to keep running and taking care of their existing oil pipeline at the U.S.-Canada border in St. Clair County, Michigan. This new permit replaces the old one from 1953 and covers transporting all kinds of crude oil and petroleum products, but not natural gas. The company must follow all current laws, and this approval keeps energy flowing smoothly without new fees or delays. ## Effects PRIA read - Permit allows cross‑border oil transport: benefit, high. You (the permittee) are authorized to operate and maintain the pipeline Border facilities in St. Clair County, Michigan to transport crude oil and petroleum products of every description between the United States and Canada, but not natural gas subject to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C.… - Can change throughput and flow freely: benefit, medium. The permittee may make changes to the average daily throughput capacity of the Border facilities to any volume of products that is achievable through the Border facilities, and may change the directional flow of those products, without those changes being treated as a 'substantial change' requiring… - Subject to safety laws and inspections: mixed, medium. The Border facilities and their operation and maintenance are subject to inspection by appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies and must comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including pipeline safety laws and regulations administered by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety… - Company must indemnify U.S. for liabilities: cost, high. The permittee must hold harmless and indemnify the United States from any claimed or adjudged liability arising out of operation or maintenance of the Border facilities, including environmental contamination from the release, threatened release, or discharge of hazardous substances or hazardous was… - Obligation to remove facilities at own expense: cost, high. If this permit is terminated, revoked, or surrendered, the permittee must, at its own expense, remove the Border facilities within the time the President specifies; if the permittee fails to comply, the President may direct removal at the permittee's expense and the permittee shall have no claim fo… - Government can seize for national security (with pay): mixed, medium. 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