Army Corps of Engineers at Odds with DAPL Company
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it’s trying to defuse tensions between Dakota Access pipeline protesters and law enforcement, but the pipeline’s developer isn’t cooperating.
The Corps asked Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners to stop work in the area where protests against the $3.8 billion pipeline have resulted in more than 400 arrests.
Company officials this week said crews were mobilizing equipment in preparation for tunneling under Lake Oahe.
The 1,200-mile pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois is complete except for under that Missouri River reservoir.
It has been delayed while the Corps reviews its permitting.
