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June 2017 U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington,
D.C., ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to further review
environmental analysis on the permit, which had granted the
final easement to finish the pipeline.
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe had sued the Army Corps over its
approval of the pipeline in North Dakota, arguing that oil
spills could contaminate their water source, the Missouri River.
The Army Corps said in its decision that granting the permit and
right of way for the company under federally owned land "does
not result in disproportionately high and adverse human health
or environmental effects on minority populations, including
tribes, and low-income populations."
Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline had hoped the new
analysis would force the halting of the Energy Transfer Partners
LP pipeline, which began transporting oil last year.
Energy Transfer Partners did not immediately respond to a
request for comment on the decision.
The tribe decried the agency's affirmation of the permit.
"The Army Corps' decision to rubber-stamp its illegal and flawed
permit for DAPL will not stand," said Mike Faith, Jr., Chairman
of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
He said the tribe would review the decision and decide how best
to proceed.
(Reporting by Timothy Gardner; Editing by Toni Reinhold)
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