In related pipeline news, developers of the $3.8 billion oil pipeline are asking a federal judge to order protesters in North Dakota to stop interfering with the project.
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Native Americans in North Dakota and landowners in Iowa last week were fighting against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access crude oil pipeline, Kallanish Energy has learned. Its route in South Dakota crosses the northeaster quarter of the state.
The order prevents the protesters from unlawfully interfering with pipeline construction or workers’ access at the North Dakota site.
Last month, the Standing Rock Sioux tribe sued federal regulators for approving the pipeline. The company said the pipeline would include safeguards such as leak detection equipment.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe late last month sued federal regulators for approving the pipeline from North Dakota to IL.
On July 27, the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit against the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for violating the National Historic Preservation Act as well as other laws.
“Things have been taken a little bit further and further every day”, Kirchmeier said. Standing Rock has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which issued a permit for the pipeline, and a hearing is scheduled for August 24 in Washington, D.C.
“Violence? I have no comment”, he said.
Capt. Dave Psyck said everyone arrested Thursday was able to make bail, which is $250 for a B misdemeanor and $500 for an A misdemeanor.
“I believe both he and Michelle Obama were touched”, Archambault said. Woodley said she shares worries about clean and available water and has been involved in the Standing Rock protest since February. “They understand what we’re fighting for and they understand that water is a right”. Construction was halted due to “safety concerns”, the company said.
The Texas-based Dakota Access claims the protesters are causing the company “to lose goodwill among its customers” because of delays and are “diminishing” its “opportunity to complete construction of the pipeline’s water crossing before its permits expire”.
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North Dakota transportation officials, meanwhile, closed a several-mile stretch of Highway 1806 on Wednesday because of the protest along the road. Only local traffic and emergency response vehicles will be allowed due the highway congestion and a large number of pedestrians and vehicles on the shoulders of the roadway.
