"While we welcome this decision, three years to decommission this pipeline is too long a time frame and leaves the Tribe at risk of environmental disaster due to Enbridge's carelessness, mismanagement and unpredictable flooding and erosion. Line 5 is a ticking time bomb; in order to ensure our climate and communities are protected, President Biden must put words into action and protect the Great Lakes from Enbridge's damaged, dangerous, old pipeline by revoking the Presidential permit." Enbridge has been illegally operating through Bad River Band's land since 2013 after Enbridge's easements to operate on a portion of the reservation expired and in 2017 the Band passed a resolution resolving not to renew Enbridge's easements and to remove the pipeline from the Bad River watershed. Enbridge has proposed to reroute the pipeline around the reservation, but the proposed segment remains in the Bad River watershed and in an area where the Band reserves rights to hunt, fish and gather.