The hearing was held this past Wednesday in Washington DC, whereas the rule was delayed to September 9. The Iowa Utilities Board has halted construction across the properties of several landowners until the legal issues can be worked out.
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The pipeline plans to extend the transportation of oil across the country, and the Standing Rock Tribes say it can be potentially hazardous to their water supply if it ever breaks.
Judge James Boasberg of the United States district court said he will make a decision by 9 September on whether to stop work on the pipeline during tribal leaders’ lawsuit against the U.S. army Corps of Engineers for approving the Dakota Access project.
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., postponed a hearing Wednesday that was set to consider a request by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to temporarily stop construction of the $3.8 billion pipeline.
The IUB will hear arguments today at 10 A.M. Dakota Access is building the three-point-eight billion dollars pipeline from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota through South Dakota and 18 counties in Iowa, ending up in IL.
That call will depend on how protesters react to the ruling, if it’s favorable to Dakota Access, Kirchmeier said.
According to a recent article printed in the New York Times, David Archambault, chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, states, “Our tribe (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe) has opposed the Dakota Access pipeline since we first learned about it in 2014”.
Wednesday’s hearing in Washington, D.C., attracted dozens of protesters, including actresses Susan Sarandon and Shailene Woodley, who spent almost three weeks at the North Dakota protest. The Standing Rock tribe wants the federal judge to halt construction.
Protesters near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation have blocked a highway south of Mandan.
Texas-based Energy Transfer did not respond to a request for comment.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders released a statement Thursday supporting the efforts to stop the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. An order the board issued Wednesday preventing Dakota Access from doing work on the 14 parcels until Monday remains in place.
Most of the pipeline’s proposed route cuts across private land, meaning Energy Transfer Partners only needs the approval of the affected landowners and local governments.
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Generations of native Americans, both young and old, took turns sharing personal accounts of why halting the pipeline was important to them as crowd broke into battle cries and pounded tribal drums.
