Court Hearing Set for Friday on Effort to Halt Oil Pipeline in Iowa
8/16/2016
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As work progresses on an oil pipeline crossing Iowa, opponents are holding protest rallies and taking the state utilities regulators to court in hopes of stopping construction.
A hearing is scheduled for Friday in Des Moines on a motion to stay construction on several parcels of land. It’s part of a lawsuit challenging the Iowa Utilities Board’s authority to give for-profit Texas oil company Dakota Access the right to condemn private farmland for the pipeline.
Company attorney Bret Dublinske says the stay is another attempt to halt the project without a legal or factual basis.
The board, meeting Tuesday, learned 60 percent of the project right-of-way is cleared, 40 percent graded and trenches are dug on about 15 percent of the needed path.
Outside the meeting two dozen opponents protested.
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Pipeline Project Spotlight
Owner:
East African Crude Oil Pipeline Company
Project:
East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)
Type:
TotalEnergies in discussions with a Chinese company after Russian supplier Chelpipe was hit by sanctions.
Length:
902 miles (1,443 km)
Capacity:
200,000 b/d
Start:
2022
Completion:
2025
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