Victory For Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Court Finds That Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline Violated The Law.
A Federal Judge has ruled that permits to complete the Dakota Access Pipeline must be re-consideredand the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has demanded the flow of oil through the pipeline, be stopped.
US District Court Judge James Boasberg; for the District of Columbia said in a 91-page decision, that, the Corps did not, adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on the tribe’s fishing rights, hunting rights, or issues of environmental justice when it issued the permits needed to complete the project.
*The Corps must now reconsider those aspects; under the Judge’s demand that the agency substantiate, its decision to issue the permits. The Seattle Times
“Whether Dakota Access must cease pipeline operations presents a separate question of the appropriate remedy, which will be the subject of further briefing,” Boasberg said in his ruling.
Tribe’s Litigation Updates / Earthjustice
August 7, 2017 Tribes Ask Court To Shut Down Pipeline.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, joined by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, filed an extensive legal brief on August 7 explaining why the pipeline must be shut down during the new environmental review process.
The Tribes were supported by several amicus parties, including a group of Tribes and Tribal organizations, including the National Congress of American Indians, and a group of law professors and experts on the National Environmental Policy Act.
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