Only one day after the U.S. government delayed construction of the oil pipeline project, Energy Transfer Partners — owners of the Dakota Access pipeline — has asked a federal judge to approve immediate construction under the Missouri River. Energy Transfer Partners has accused President Obama's administration of being "motivated purely by politics".
“It is time for the Courts to end this political interference and remove whatever legal cloud that may exist over the right-of-way beneath federal land at Lake Oahe,” said CEO Kelcy Warren.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced on November 14 that it needed additional discussion and analysis before it would issue a final permit for drilling on army land under the river. Construction on Army Corps property is not allowed until a final permit is issued.
(more on the latest legal battle in the Dakota Access pipeline construction project...)
