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Beacon brief: Thursday, September 3, 2026

Issue 3 of the Beacon brief leads with: Day nine on Line 5: the flare is still running and the state still cannot get on site

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Day nine on Line 5: the flare is still running and the state still cannot get on site

Nine days after a subcontractor truck rolled into a valve excavation in Iron County, Wisconsin, crews are still purging the isolated one-mile segment with nitrogen and burning the vapor off through trailer-mounted flares. PHMSA holds the site and has not yet let the Wisconsin DNR in, so the state's groundwater and soil questions remain open while the operator holds to a September 5 restart target.

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