"Judge Grants Partial Stop On North Dakota Pipeline Work"

"WASHINGTON — An American Indian tribe succeeded Tuesday in getting a federal judge to temporarily stop construction on some, but not all, of a $3.8 billion four-state oil pipeline, but its broader request still hangs in the balance.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said Tuesday that work will temporarily stop between North Dakota's State Highway 1806 and 20 miles east of Lake Oahe, but will continue west of the highway because he believes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lacks jurisdiction on private land.

He also said he'll rule by the end of Friday on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's challenge of federal regulators' decision to grant permits to the Dallas, Texas-based operators of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which will cross North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois."

Padmananda Rama reports for the Associated Press September 6, 2016.

SEE ALSO:

"Judge Fails to Block Dakota Pipeline Construction After Burial Sites Destroyed" (InsideClimate News)

"Pipelines: Easement At Reservoir At Heart Of Dakota Access Fight" (Greenwire)