The 1,172-mile project will carry almost a half-million barrels of oil daily from North Dakota’s oil fields.
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In a statement late Friday, the Corps said Omaha District Commander Col. John W. Henderson informed Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II that the tribe’s “spiritual gathering” located south of the river was granted a permit for a lawful free speech demonstration on federal lands. The Army Corps of Engineers initially authorized the project’s request to cross federal lands, and a court ruled in favor of the pipeline, but the Obama administration then temporarily barred construction, saying it would review its previous authorization.
More than 150 protesters gathered in Sandusky on Saturday, Sept. 17, to try to block the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline. Energy Transfer owns the project with Phillips 66 Co. and Sunoco Logistics Partners LP.
The pipeline goes through the Dakotas and Iowa to IL. The outcome of the November 8 presidential election could alter the fate of both pipelines.
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is challenging the Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to grant about 200 permits at water crossings for pipeline, which goes through the Dakotas and Iowa to IL.
“Even when you’re driving in, you could hear the songs from the different tribes, and it was basically this camp of thousands of people praying for a single cause”, she said, adding that Warm Springs tribe members performed 10 songs.
Lawyers for the consortium said the tribe had offered “no reason” to interrupt work on the pipeline, which they said is nearly complete. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe filed a complaint, alleging that the pipe would damage sites that are historic, religious, and have cultural significance to the tribe.
The majority of the 20-mile halted section is across private land and work will be remain stopped until the three judge panel hands down its ruling for an emergency injunction put forward by The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
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