Lake Oahe straddles the border between North Dakota and South Dakota.
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Tribal groups are suing federal regulators over permits for the 1,134-mile pipeline because of threats to the Missouri River and other regional water ways.
Standing Rock Sioux stated on their Facebook page that this “sets the stage for a nationwide reform, establishing consultation with tribes regarding the need for meaningful tribal input for all pipeline projects in the future”.
Dakota Access and its parent company, Energy Transfer Partners LP of Dallas, declined to comment.
The tribe’s chairman, Dave Archambault II, spoke at the state Capitol in front of several hundred people carrying placards reading “Respect Our Water” and “Water Is Sacred”.
On Friday, shortly after a federal judge refused to prevent construction of the entire pipeline, President Barack Obama’s administration temporarily blocked the portion that would be within 20 miles of Lake Oahe.
Tribal officials challenged the Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to grant permits for Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners’ $3.8 billion pipeline that is meant to carry oil from North Dakota to IL.
But the Obama administration stepped in at the eleventh hour, halting the project until more environmental studies could be done.
“In recent days, we have seen thousands of demonstrators come together peacefully, with support from scores of sovereign tribal governments, to exercise their First Amendment rights and to voice heartfelt concerns about the environment and historic, sacred sites”, the statement said. He says historically, tribes have been only consulted on energy infrastructure projects, with the federal government making the actual decisions.
“The Guard members will serve in administrative capacities and assist in providing security at traffic information points”, the statement said.
“It’s about damn time”, she said.
“This could bog down or delay every single infrastructure project moving forward”, he said. “I think it is very unsafe for government institutions to weigh in as heavily handed as this”.
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple activated the North Dakota National Guard Thursday in anticipation of the ruling. Robedeaux said, despite the decision made by the judge, the fight must continue. “Things are very different now, whether from the right wing or left wing, politics of all kinds are being injected into this”. The company said the pipeline would include safeguards such as leak detection equipment; workers monitoring the pipeline remotely in Texas could close valves within three minutes if a breach is detected.
North Dakota State sophomore Brianna Provost said Morton County and other government officials have treated protesters poorly.
Activists welcomed Stein to leave a message at the protest site close to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s reservation on Tuesday, Figueroa said, and Stein sprayed “I approve this message” in red paint on the sharp edge of a bulldozer.
Should the pipeline be delayed for a substantial period, it would affect producers who had counted on demand for oil to be rapidly shipped to the U.S. Gulf, as well as shippers who could find themselves stuck with crude, putting them at risk of unloading it at a loss.
Provost said the issue goes deeper than the pipeline.
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