Dakota Access Firm Triumphs Over Tribe’s Challenge to Pipeline
- Cheyenne River Sioux tribe said path violated sacred grounds
- Oil could begin flowing through pipeline as early as March 13
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Energy Transfer Partners LP will soon send oil through its controversial Dakota Access pipeline, having defeated a Native American tribe’s effort to prevent that on religious grounds.
Tuesday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, rejecting arguments made on behalf of the Cheyenne River Sioux, all but ensures the conduit will come on line after final construction and testing. Attorneys for the pipeline consortium have told the court crude could flow as soon as March 13.