BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s governor and congressional delegation are pressuring President Barack Obama to pave the way for completion of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline.
Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple, U.S. Sen. John Hoeven and U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer sent a letter Wednesday to Obama imploring him to authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to approve the pipeline’s crossing under the Missouri River in North Dakota.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Heidi Heitkamp says she also pressed the White House this week to intervene.
The crossing is the final large segment of the $3.8 billion pipeline, which will carry North Dakota oil to Illinois. The work is delayed while the Corps consults with the Standing Rock Sioux, who oppose the project.
Obama raised the possibility of rerouting the pipeline earlier this month.
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This is coming from the same North Dakota leaders who demanded the pipeline bypass Bismarck due to fears of groundwater contamination.
Well if the pipeline takes out Bismarck then what does ND have left?
What I want to know Gov. Dalrymple (what a lovely name) is what protections did you or your staff negotiate in mathe event of a pipeline leek, explosion and such? Who will be responsible for making sure all residents of ND have clean drinking water when this happens? Who will bare the cost of clean up and expenses related to such catastrophe? Who decided not to consult the Standing Rock Sioux during negotiations?
Fargo.
You mean the city so close to Minnesota that they could annex it?