MACKINAW CITY, MI (MPRN)-- The Coast Guard is developing a plan to cap two ruptured cables that leaked roughly 600 gallons of dielectric fluid into the Straits of Mackinac.
Coast Guard officials say an investigation into the break is ongoing but Attorney General Bill Schuette filed suit last week against a tug and barge company for dragging an anchor across the lines.
A remotely operated vehicle was sent to the straits to survey the lines and found they were completely severed.
Lt. Sean Murphy is with the Coast Guard. He says work is still being done to withdraw dielectric fluid from the two severed lines.
“We know that between the two lines it holds 800 gallons. We’re at 590 now. We’re going to keep pulling until we get to water essentially,” he says.
Murphy says Enbridge Energy also sent down an ROV to survey its line.
He says the company confirmed the three dents already reported but found no breach of the line infrastructure.