Judge Denies Tribes' Request To Block Final Link In Dakota Pipeline

[thackney]

Judge Denies Tribes' Request To Block Final Link In Dakota Pipeline
http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/148484/Judge_Denies_Tribes_Request_To_Block_Final_Link_In_Dakota_Pipeline
Timothy Gardner - Monday, February 13, 2017

A U.S. federal judge denied a request by Native American tribes seeking a halt to construction of the final link in the Dakota Access Pipeline on Monday, the controversial project that has sparked months of protests from tribal activists seeking to halt the 1,170-mile line.

Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., at a hearing, rejected the request from the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes, who had argued that the project will prevent them from practicing religious ceremonies at a lake they say is surrounded by sacred ground.

With this decision, the legal options for the tribes continue to narrow, as construction on the final uncompleted stretch is currently proceeding.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week granted a final easement to Energy Transfer Partners LP, the company building the $3.8-billion Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), after President Donald Trump issued an order to advance the pipeline days after he took office in January.

Lawyers for the Cheyenne River Sioux and the Standing Rock Sioux wanted Judge Boasberg to block construction with a temporary restraining order, saying that the line would obstruct the free exercise of their religious practices.

“We’re disappointed with today’s ruling denying a temporary restraining order against the Dakota Access Pipeline, but we are not surprised," said Chase Iron Eyes, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, in a statement.

The company only needs to build a final 1,100-foot (335 meter) connection in North Dakota under Lake Oahe, part of the Missouri River system, to complete the pipeline....

[EC]

Can I get this straight? A chunk of pipe UNDER the lake somehow prevents people from using the lake?

[thackney]

Can I get this straight? A chunk of pipe UNDER the lake somehow prevents people from using the lake?

No, they are not claiming it prevents them from using the lake.  The pipeline somehow magically blocks their religion.  And the other pipelines in the same route, crossing under the same lake in the same corridor, did not impact their religion.

[EC]

Must be made of iron then. Cold iron blocks magic. 

[thackney]

https://daplpipelinefacts.com/

[thackney]

Dakota Access Follows Existing Pipeline Right of Way from 1980s
http://mwalliancenow.org/news/dakota-access-follows-existing-pipeline-right-way-1980s/
September 7, 2016

We’ve reported it before, but it bears repeating, and it looks like SayAnythingBlog is doing their due diligence as well when it comes to the issue of the Dakota Access Pipeline in Morton County.

In the 1,206 page Mitigated Finding of No Significant Impact report related to the Dakota Access Pipeline filed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers there is a graphic (page. 1008) that clearly shows the Northern Border Pipeline, built in 1982, crossing the Missouri at the location where the Dakota Access Pipeline is being routed.



Here’s what’s notable about SayAnythingBlog’s findings:

“What’s interesting is that the Northern Border line doesn’t seem to have prompted any protests or complaints from the Standing Rock tribe according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Environmental Impact Statement for the pipeline:

You’ll note that the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation expressed some concerns about possible issues with the Northern Border route, but not Standing Rock.

Today the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has claimed that the Dakota Access Pipeline will destroy significant cultural artifacts along its route, but made no such claims about the Northern Border line.”

Despite the fact the pipeline crosses the exact same private land that the Dakota Access Pipeline crossed, there were only concerns expressed about cultural sites at Compressor Stations 5 and 7 on the Northern Border Pipeline by the Three Affiliated Tribes. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe did not make any claims that Northern Border would destroy significant cultural artifacts along the route.

Because the Dakota Access Pipeline runs the same length of route for approximately 40 miles, how could cultural artifacts be present when the land has now been surveyed for two separate projects, once for Northern Border and again for Dakota Access?

[EC]

Thank you.

Your knowledge, and ability to dig out information, is most appreciated! 

[thackney]

Thank you.

Your knowledge, and ability to dig out information, is most appreciated! 

I worked on the Northern Border Pipeline, spent a couple years in a major expansion project.  The jet engines for the compressors were a Rolls-Royce derivative of the same engine used on some 757s.

[EC]

I worked on the Northern Border Pipeline, spent a couple years in a major expansion project.  The jet engines for the compressors were a Rolls-Royce derivative of the same engine used on some 757s.

Small world - my Dad designed engines for Rolls Royce. Every time you stop safely, his thrust reversers are the ones you thank.  ^-^

[thackney]

Do the engines use product out of the pipeline to run them?

We have a rather large gas compressor station that uses part of the gas for fuel for the engines that run the compressor.
@thackney

Yes, the turbine-compressors burn natural gas from the pipeline to move the gas down the pipeline.  It is part of the cost of moving the gas. 

These were 42,000Hp engines but I believe we maxed out at 35,000Hp loads on the compressors.