{"id":21326,"date":"2022-02-22T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=21326"},"modified":"2022-03-08T10:26:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:26:33","slug":"fate-of-dakota-access-pipeline-lies-in-bidens-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/22\/fate-of-dakota-access-pipeline-lies-in-bidens-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Fate of Dakota Access Pipeline lies in Biden&#8217;s hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/676434565?h=775004bddc&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Standing Rock Sioux Tribe: <a href=https:\/\/vimeo.com\/676434565> Chairwoman Janet Alkire on DAPL\u2019s Flawed Environmental Impact Statement<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Fate of Dakota Access Pipeline lies in Biden&#8217;s hands<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, February 22, 2022<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p> \r\nThe wealthy backers of the <a href=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dakota_Access_Pipeline>Dakota Access Pipeline<\/a> have been turned away by the nation&#8217;s highest court, leaving the long-running dispute over its illegal operation firmly in the hands of the Biden administration.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nIn an order on Monday, the <a href=https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/>U.S. Supreme Court<\/a> denied a petition in <a href=https:\/\/sct.narf.org\/caseindexes\/dakotaaccess_v_srst.html><em>Dakota Access v. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe<\/em><\/a>. The action confirms that the final portion of the $3.8 billion oil pipeline has been operating without  a federal permit for almost five years now.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJust as significantly, the  development   means that the <a href=https:\/\/www.usace.army.mil\/>U.S. Army Corps of Engineers<\/a> can move forward with a long-delayed environmental review of the disputed segment. The <a href=https:\/\/standingrock.org\/>Standing Rock Sioux Tribe<\/a> has already been asking allies to <a href=https:\/\/standingrock.org\/dapl-eis\/>weigh in on a controversy<\/a> that has now stretched through three presidential administrations.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some good news for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.<br><br>The Supreme Court won&#39;t hear challenge brought by the wealthy developers of Dakota Access Pipeline. Backers sought to stop environmental review of final portion at Standing Rock.<br><br>PDF: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v9EA1PGIUL\">https:\/\/t.co\/v9EA1PGIUL<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoDAPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoDAPL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StandingRockST?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StandingRockST<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tWKGQ57GnD\">pic.twitter.com\/tWKGQ57GnD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1496132278120062976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n&#8220;First, the fight is not over, the fight for our water, for the unborn and for Mother Earth,&#8221;  Chairwoman Janet Alkire said in a <a href=https:\/\/vimeo.com\/676434565>video released by the tribe<\/a> earlier this month.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n&#8220;DAPL is an ongoing trespass against the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe,&#8221; Alkire continued, asserting financial damages from  the   operation of the illegal infrastructure. &#8220;Every day that the pipeline operates and transfers oil, trespass damages continually accrue.&#8221; \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;Each day  is a risk of more than a half-million barrels of oil poisoning our most precious water source, the Missouri River,&#8221; Alkire said, referring to the fact that the final portion of the pipeline crosses through the treaty-protected body  of water.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDespite the review going forward at the federal level, the tribe is no longer working cooperatively with the Army Corps. In the video, Alkire said the <a href=https:\/\/earthjustice.org\/news\/press\/2021\/tribal-leaders-call-on-biden-administration-to-scrap-dakota-access-pipeline-assessment-start-over>contractor selected by the agency<\/a> to prepare the environmental impact statement, also known as an EIS, belongs to an energy industry group that opposed Indian Country&#8217;s push for the review.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n&#8220;As we are expected to uphold the law, we want the Army Corps to do the same,&#8221; Alkire said in the tribe&#8217;s video.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\"> Sioux Nation Letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers #NoDAPL<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/22\/crstostsrst092221.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"both\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"on\">crstostsrst092221<\/a>\r\n<P><\/p>\r\nLeaders of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe  and the Oglala Sioux Tribe have also  joined Standing Rock in <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/22\/crstostsrst092221.pdf>pressing   the Biden administration to end the contract<\/a> with the firm, calling the current process \u201cirredeemable\u201d and \u201cfatally flawed.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=https:\/\/earthjustice.org\/news\/press\/2021\/tribal-leaders-call-on-biden-administration-to-scrap-dakota-access-pipeline-assessment-start-over>September 2021 letter<\/a> from the three tribes was addressed to Jaime Pinkham, who at the time was serving as the  <a href=https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/245555\/welcome_to_mr_jaime_pinkham_acting_assistant_secretary_of_the_army_for_civil_works>\u201cacting\u201d Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works<\/a>. In that leadership  role,  Pinkham, who  is a citizen of the Nez Perce Tribe, was overseeing the DAPL review process.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nSince then, a permanent, U.S. Senate confirmed <a href=https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/252472>Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works has joined the Biden administration<\/a>. The person now serving in the position is Michael Connor, a citizen of the Pueblo of Taos who has  <a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1493314838604525568>acknowledged the Army Corps&#8217; troubled past<\/a> in Indian Country.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;There has been a tension in  the way the Corps has historically gone about the rest of its portfolio, permitting activities that  impact the interests of tribes and tribal treaty rights,&#8221; Connor told the <a href=https:\/\/www.ncai.org\/>National Congress of American Indians<\/a> during the organization&#8217;s winter meeting last Monday.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;We are going to revamp and modernize and update the tribal consultation  policy that the Corps has,&#8221; <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/15\/assistant-secretary-of-the-army-michael-connor-ncaiecws2022\/>Connor promised tribal leaders<\/a> who attended the virtual conference.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rajBVKWQd8s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Indianz.Com Video: <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/15\/assistant-secretary-of-the-army-michael-connor-ncaiecws2022\/>Assistant Secretary of the Army Michael Connor #NCAIECWS2022<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nConnor served as Deputy Secretary of the <a href=https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/>Department of the Interior<\/a> in the final years of the Barack Obama administration. At the time, his agency at was taking steps to address the controversy that had arisen over Dakota Access and its impact on tribes and tribal treaty rights. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn December 2016, which was the full final month of the Obama era, Interior issued a legal opinion that addressed <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2017\/02\/22\/trump-team-puts-hold-on-protribal-dakota.asp>treaty rights and the pipeline<\/a>. The president himself that month also <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2016\/12\/05\/indian-country-cheers-historic-decision.asp>ordered the Army Corps<\/a> to conduct a more thorough analysis of the final portion at Standing Rock. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe Army Corps, however, failed to get the <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2017\/01\/18\/department-of-the-army-takes-the-lead-on.asp>environmental review off the ground<\/a> in time for the process to gain traction before a  new president came on board. Once in office, Republican Donald Trump, who only served one term in the White House, quickly canceled the study and expedited the approval of the disputed segment at Standing Rock.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nWith approval in hand only two weeks after Trump&#8217;s arrival in the nation&#8217;s capital, <a href=https:\/\/www.energytransfer.com\/>Energy Transfer Partners<\/a>, a privately-held corporation that owns one of the largest network of energy assets, was   able to complete the final portion of the pipeline. The pipeline became operational in early June 2017, a development <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2017\/09\/06\/president-trump-finally-acknowledges-opp.asp>later cheered by the former president<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/22\/fate-of-dakota-access-pipeline-lies-in-bidens-hands\/shutdowndapl-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21346\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"21346\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/22\/fate-of-dakota-access-pipeline-lies-in-bidens-hands\/shutdowndapl-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/22\/shutdowndapl-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1617287210&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0029411764705882&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shut Down DAPL\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Shut Down DAPL&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Carrying an eagle staff, Lakota youth run along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to call for the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline on April 1, 2021. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/22\/shutdowndapl-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/22\/shutdowndapl-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Shut Down DAPL\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-21346\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Carrying an eagle staff, Lakota youth run along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to call for the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline on April 1, 2021. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe federal courts, however, have had a lot  to say about Trump&#8217;s handling of the pipeline. Since <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2017\/06\/15\/indian-country-celebrates-as-judge-order.asp>June of 2017<\/a>, they have repeatedly confirmed that the Army Corps approved the segment at Standing Rock without adequately examining  the impacts on tribal rights.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBut the  legal victories, including one that came just <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/01\/26\/d-c-circuit-court-of-appeals-standing-rock-sioux-tribe-v-u-s-army-corps-of-engineers\/>six days into Joe Biden&#8217;s presidency<\/a>, have not resulted in the closure of Dakota Access. Although a federal judge at one point ordered the shutdown, the wealthy backers were able to convince the <a href=https:\/\/www.cadc.uscourts.gov\/>D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals<\/a> to put a hold on such a step.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nEnergy Transfer Partners subsequently  asked the Supreme Court to hear the case,   filing a portion of the petition in <em>Dakota Access v. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe<\/em>  under seal to prevent the public from looking at it. The document remains hidden from view on   <a href=https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/Search.aspx?FileName=\/docket\/docketfiles\/html\/public\\21-560.html>supremecourt.gov<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAnd despite   Assistant Secretary Connor&#8217;s acknowledgment of the historic failings of the Army Corps, he didn&#8217;t address the DAPL  controversy during his speech at <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/14\/national-congress-of-american-indians-hosts-winter-meeting\/>NCAI&#8217;s executive council  winter session<\/a>. When presented with a carefully-crafted question that touched on some of the issues at play, he said he hadn&#8217;t been briefed on those matters since taking office almost three months ago.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAmid the new leadership in D.C., there hasn&#8217;t been any news on the release of the environmental impact statement for the final segment of the pipeline. A <a href=https:\/\/www.nwo.usace.army.mil\/Missions\/Dam-and-Lake-Projects\/Oil-and-Gas-Development\/Dakota-Access-Pipeline\/>project update<\/a> indicated the document would be &#8220;projected for September 2022.&#8221;\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nBut in responding to the petition presented to the Supreme Court, the <a href=https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/21\/21-560\/205579\/20211217163611386_No.%2021-560%20Dakota%20Access%20v%20Standing%20Rock%20Sioux%20Tribe%20%20pdf.pdf>Biden administration gave a different answer<\/a>. Government attorneys said the EIS is anticipated in November 2022, or two years after the president &#8212; with the help of Native voters &#8212;  won election to the highest office in the land.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThe litigation concerning the pipeline is over, but the fight continues,\u201d attorney Jan Hasselman of <a href=https:\/\/earthjustice.org\/news\/press\/2022\/u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-case-on-dakota-access-pipeline>Earthjustice said in a news release<\/a> on Tuesday.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cWe call on the administration to close the pipeline until a full safety and environmental review is complete,\u201d said Hasselman, who represents the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.\u202f\u201cDAPL never should have been authorized in the first place, and this administration is failing to address the persistent illegality of this pipeline.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Decision<\/div>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/26\/20-5197-1881818.pdf>Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. Dakota Access<\/a> (January 26, 2021)\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Federal Register Notice<\/div>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2020\/09\/10\/2020-19993\/notice-of-intent-to-prepare-an-environmental-impact-statement-for-an-easement-to-cross-under-lake>Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for an Easement to Cross Under Lake Oahe, North Dakota for a Fuel-Carrying Pipeline Right-Of-Way for a Portion of the Dakota Access Pipeline\r\n<\/a> (September 10, 2020)\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/15\/assistant-secretary-of-the-army-michael-connor-ncaiecws2022\/\" title=\"Assistant Secretary of the Army Michael Connor #NCAIECWS2022\">Assistant Secretary of the Army Michael Connor #NCAIECWS2022<\/a> (February 15, 2022)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/05\/24\/native-sun-news-today-pipeline-operator-defies-shutdown-order-and-tribal-opposition\/\" title=\"Native Sun News Today: Pipeline operator defies shutdown order and tribal opposition\">Native Sun News Today: Pipeline operator defies shutdown order and tribal opposition<\/a> (May 24, 2021)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/05\/18\/cronkite-news-alaska-native-illustrator-makes-history-with-water-protector-book\/\" title=\"Cronkite News: Alaska Native illustrator makes history with \u2018Water Protectors\u2019 book\">Cronkite News: Alaska Native illustrator makes history with \u2018Water Protectors\u2019 book<\/a> (May 18, 2021)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/04\/09\/shutdowndapl-court-hearing\/\" title=\"#ShutDownDAPL Court Hearing\">#ShutDownDAPL Court Hearing<\/a> (April 9, 2021)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/04\/08\/kill-the-black-snake-sarah-young-bear-brown-shutdowndapl-stopline3\/\" title=\"\u2018Kill the black snake\u2019: Sarah Young Bear-Brown #ShutDownDAPL #StopLine3\">\u2018Kill the black snake\u2019: Sarah Young Bear-Brown #ShutDownDAPL #StopLine3<\/a> (April 8, 2021)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/04\/02\/shut-down-dapl-lakota-youth-bring-black-snake-to-bidens-front-door\/\" title=\"\u2018Shut down DAPL\u2019: Lakota youth bring black snake to Biden\u2019s front door\">\u2018Shut down DAPL\u2019: Lakota youth bring black snake to Biden\u2019s front door<\/a> (April 2, 2021)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/03\/11\/she-even-protested-the-dakota-access-pipeline-deb-haaland-debforinterior\/\" title=\"\u2018She even protested the Dakota Access Pipeline\u2019: Deb Haaland #DebForInterior\">\u2018She even protested the Dakota Access Pipeline\u2019: Deb Haaland #DebForInterior<\/a> (March 11, 2021)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/01\/27\/native-women-win-major-award-for-water-protectors-book\/\" title=\"Native women win major award for \u2018Water Protectors\u2019 book\">Native women win major award for \u2018Water Protectors\u2019 book<\/a> (January 27, 2021)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/01\/26\/standing-rock-sioux-tribe-v-u-s-army-corps-of-engineers\/\" title=\"Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. 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