OH SR41

Urges Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Director Dan Eichinger of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to keep Enbridge Line 5 operating through the Straits of Mackinac

Line 5 supplies crude oil to PBF Energy's Toledo Refining Co. (585 employees) and BP-Husky Toledo Refinery (625 employees) in Oregon, Ohio, with hundreds of additional contractor jobs for construction and maintenance

Closure of Line 5 could force refinery shutdowns and eliminate jobs as the U.S. has already lost substantial oil refining capacity due to COVID-19

Enbridge has committed to a $500 million replacement project using U.S.-made steel, U.S.-fabricated pipe, and union labor to replace the current pipeline with a new tunnel and line buried 400 feet beneath the Straits

Requires the Ohio Senate Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to Michigan's Governor, DNR Director, and news media of Ohio and Michigan