Crews Participate in Great Lakes Oil Spill Drill

State and federal agencies are teaming up to simulate an oil spill in the Great Lakes.

Thursday’s drill will simulate a leak from Enbridge’s Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac.

More than 300 people from the U.S. Coast Guard, the DEQ, the EPA, and local law enforcement will join in on the simulation.

They’ll practice how to respond in the event of an oil spill in the Straits.

The lines carry 23 million gallons of crude every day.