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Snyder is refusing to shut down twin oil pipelines

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is refusing to shut down twin oil pipelines in a Great Lakes waterway so their external coating can be inspected for gaps. Snyder told the Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board in a letter Monday the state could run short of propane if the flow of oil and liquid natural gas through Enbridge Inc.'s Line 5 were halted during winter. A section of the pipeline runs through the waterway linking Lakes Michigan and Huron.