Landowners with prior experience dealing with underground pipeline construction say the process is invasive to their land and their lives. The pipelines can prevent future development of their land and carry the potential for leakage of a dangerous chemical.
The tribe's request comes just days after operators of the pipeline turned to the Supreme Court in a bid to nix the court-ordered environmental review of Dakota Access.
While imminent threats to the oil pipeline's operations have largely dissipated over the last few months, the completion of the Army Corp's ongoing environmental review, scheduled for September of 2022, could reignite litigation.
Jurisdiction over the some 16,000 documents provided to the state by the private security contractor TigerSwan has pit operators of the Dakota Access Pipeline against a North Dakota board.
In a letter mailed to Dakota Access operators on Thursday, the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration listed seven safety infractions and said it plans to fine the company $93,200.
North Dakota has previously filed briefs as a supporter of Dakota Access in the years-long court dispute, but the state's request to intervene as a defendant marks an escalation of its involvement in the case.
The higher-than-expected price means the state conceivably could receive some $4 billion in oil tax revenue in the next biennium — more than $1 billion than projected.
Allard was known as a wellspring of the tribe's history with an unyielding commitment to protecting it. In the summer of 2016, she donated her family's land at the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri rivers to be the site of the Sacred Stone Camp, the first opposition encampment of Dakota Access protests.
In a much-anticipated federal court hearing on Friday, April 9, attorneys from the Department of Justice and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said they have not made up their minds on what to do about the embattled North Dakota pipeline, likely leaving its fate in the hands of a federal judge.
If you haven’t followed every turn in the Dakota Access Pipeline's federal court hearings, here's an up-to-date primer on the years-long pipeline saga.
The arrest of Steve Martinez, a 46-year-old Bismarck resident, three weeks ago signaled that a federal investigation into a 2016 clash between DAPL protesters and law enforcement was still ongoing.
A mammoth undertaking in subzero temperatures, Standing Rock youth and allies ran to get President Biden's attention and urge him to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline.
