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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Federal agency that built Lake Oahe's dam and issued the Dakota Access Pipeline easement.

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The Dakota Access Pipeline easement case issued the easement without an environmental impact statement; the court held that unlawful Primary record 1

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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 20-5197 (D.C. Cir. 26 January 2021), U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 26 Jan 2021. Primary record
Under the Mineral Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. § 185, the pipeline could not traverse the federally owned land at the Oahe crossing site without an easement from the Corps.
US Finalizes Easement for Dakota Access Crude Oil Pipeline, Insurance Journal, 22 May 2026. Scholarship & press
The record of decision issued Thursday followed the US Army Corps’ December publication of an environmental impact statement that evaluated whether the pipeline could continue operating beneath Lake Oahe.

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