Company set to finish work on Dakota Access oil pipeline
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — The company building the Dakota Access oil pipeline said it plans to resume work immediately to finish the long-stalled project.
The Army on Wednesday granted the developer of the four-state oil pipeline formal permission to lay pipe under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota, clearing the way for completion of the $3.8 billion project.
Work had been stalled for months due to opposition by the Standing Rock Sioux, but President Donald Trump last month instructed the Army Corps of Engineers to advance pipeline construction.
Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault said in a statement Wednesday that the tribe is prepared to keep battling the pipeline "in the courts."
The Standing Rock Sioux fears a pipeline leak could contaminate its drinking water.