Tribe Seeks Withdrawal Of Pipeline Easement, Halt To Construction At Lake Oahe

Mealey's (February 9, 2017, 10:03 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the two Sioux tribes battling the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in federal court filed motions Feb. 9 for an injunction and a temporary restraining order directing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw the easement issued the day before to complete pipeline work at North Dakota’s Lake Oahe, which the tribes consider sacred waters (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, et al. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, et al., No. 16-5259, D.C. Cir.)....