 A leading opponent of Enbridge Energy's Plan Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota has applied for a seat on the regulatory panel that approved the project. When Ono Laduk is executive director of Honor the Earth, a tribally rooted environmental group, she announced Monday that she has applied for the public utilities commission seat, now held by Chair Nancy Lange, whose term ends January 7. Laduk is among more than a dozen applicants. She has testified before the PUC and participated in protests against Line 3. Other applicants include environmental lawyer Laili Fattahi, who represents the Sierra Club against Line 3, State Senator David Tomassoni of Shizam, State Representative Raymond Dunn of Minneapolis, and former State Rep Carly Mellon of Hibbing, commissioners are appointed by the governor.