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If confirmed, Native American site may delay $3.8B pipeline

If confirmed, Native American site may delay $3.8B pipeline | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this May 9, 2015 file photo, pipes for the proposed Dakota Access oil pipeline that will stretch from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota to Illinois are stacked at a staging area in Worthing, S.D. Construction on the pipeline is now underway in North Dakota, South Dakota and Illinois, three of the four states that will carry the oil from western North Dakota. The pipeline also will cross Iowa, but regulators there have declined to act quickly on a request to allow Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners to begin construction in that state. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

DES MOINES, Iowa – Discovery of a site in Iowa that may be culturally significant to Native Americans could delay construction of a $3.8 billion oil pipeline if government officials require the route to be moved.

Texas-based Dakota Access wants to build a 1,150-mile pipeline to carry a half-million barrels of oil a day from North Dakota to Illinois.

Construction has begun in North Dakota, South Dakota and Illinois.

But final permission hasn’t been granted in Iowa because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has yet to issue federal permits. A Corps spokesman says the agency is 60 to 120 days away from issuing permits.

On Friday, Iowa State Archaeologist John Doershuk said he’s reviewing a site of possible historical significance to Native Americans. If confirmed, the discovery could require relocation of the pipeline relocation, which would cause more delays.

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