“We’ve been waiting for this kind of gathering”.
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Leaders of the Standing Rock Reservation want the project stopped saying the Corps of Engineers didn’t give full consideration to their environmental concerns. There are 40 officers on site near the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers, which has drawn 2,000-some protesters camped nearby, many from tribes across the region and the country.
The Standing Rock tribe fears a leak could contaminate their drinking water, which comes from the Missouri River. On Monday, a federal judge postponed a hearing that would have determined whether protesters could be blocked from the protest site.
No decision will be made Wednesday in federal court regarding the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near Cannon Ball, North Dakota.
A Dakota Access spokeswoman said earlier this week that the company has “temporarily deferred grading activities” across a short section of the right-of-way, while “law enforcement works to contain the unlawful protests”. The judge also extended a restraining order against the protesters until the hearing.
“At this point, there is not a permit, but it is my understanding they are requesting a permit”, she said of the protests, according to Forum News Service.
“This is huge. We can’t allow this to happen. We have grandparents here”.
“Based on the scenario down there, we don’t believe that equipment is secure”, Homeland Security Division Director Greg Wilz said.
Four labor unions sent Gov. Jack Dalrymple a letter strongly encouraging him to use the power of his office to keep workers safe and ensure protesters are “following the letter of the law”.
-Construction won’t immediately restart on a $3.8 billion pipeline if a judge rules against the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe after a court hearing Wednesday, Aug. 24.
On Wednesday, District Court Judge James Boasberg held a hearing on the tribe’s motion for a preliminary injunction, and said he would announce his decision by September 9.
The Army Corps counters in court documents that it had hundreds of communications with the tribe, and Dakota Access says the tribe has not pointed to a specific example of a cultural resource that would be harmed by the pipeline construction.
“In April, we requested that the Army Corps of Engineers consult with the tribe about the Dakota Access Pipeline”.
With an aerial view of some of the construction that’s happening along the Missouri River, you can see the site of some of the construction.
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The Iowa board told Dakota Access that it must to provide detailed information about the construction progress in Iowa, as well as more information about costs the company will incur if it’s required to work around the landowner’s parcels.
