Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. Dakota Access

ELR Citation: 47 ELR 20125
No(s). 16-1534, 16-1769 and 16-267 (D.D.C. Oct 11, 2017)

A district court held that the Dakota Access pipeline can continue to operate while the Army Corps of Engineers corrects deficiencies in its EA for the project. In an earlier decision, the court held that the Corps did not adequately consider the consequences of a spill for the plaintiff tribe's fis...