Dakota pipeline operator goes to court after government delays construction
Source: The Guardian
Dakota pipeline operator goes to court after government delays construction
Energy Transfer Partners accused the Obama administration of being
motivated purely by politics and said it would pursue rights to build
controversial oil line
Julia Carrie Wong and Sam Levin in San Francisco
Tuesday 15 November 2016 21.52 GMT
The operator of the Dakota Access pipeline has asked a federal judge to approve immediate construction under the Missouri river just one day after the US government delayed the oil project that has faced international opposition from indigenous groups and environmental activists.
Energy Transfer Partners, the owner of the $3.7bn pipeline, accused President Barack Obama’s administration of being “motivated purely by politics” and said it would “vigorously pursue its legal rights” to build under the river that provides the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s water supply.
“Dakota Access Pipeline has waited long enough to complete this pipeline,” CEO Kelcy Warren said in a statement. “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.”
The company said in court filings that the army’s “intransigence in completing its review has already cost Dakota Access hundreds of millions of dollars” and that additional delays will result in further costs.
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