An American federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to cancel the Dakota Access Pipeline even as it upheld a ruling from a lower court throwing out a decision allowing its construction.
"But we reverse the court's order to the extent it directed that the pipeline be shut down and emptied of oil," the ruling said, according to Bloomberg.
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said in its ruling that an environmental impact assessment should have been completed before going forward with the pipeline.
The appeals court said the United States District Court for the District of Columbia was wrong to shut down the pipeline.
"It may well be-though we have no occasion to consider the matter here-that the law or the Corps's regulations oblige the Corps to vindicate its property rights by requiring the pipeline to cease operation," said the ruling.
North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer said in a statement that administrative action should not be taken on the pipeline.
The pipeline carries oil from North Dakota to Illinois.
https://thepostmillennial.com/ruling-upheld-to-invalidate-dakota-access-pipeline
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