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A Michigan Tech researcher has been appointed to a new board created to help protect the Mackinac Straits and surrounding waters.
Governor Rick Snyder announced the creation of the Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board last week.
One of them was Great Lakes Research Center director Guy Meadows, who was named to the board to represent public universities.
The Great Lakes Research Center has gathered data using supercomputer modeling of water flow, an environmental monitoring buoy, and advanced acoustic imaging of areas where pipelines cross the Straits.
The creation of the board coincided with the signing of an agreement between state officials and Enbridge Partners, L.P., banning the transport of heavy crude oil through the Line 5 pipeline beneath the Straits.
