On Monday, November 14—the same day the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced it would not grant an easement to drill under the Missouri River pending further analysis—Energy Transfer Partners filed a lawsuit to push for completion of the pipeline without further interference from federal agencies and regulations.

Energy Transfer Partners, the company that owns the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), filed a lawsuit on November 14 in federal court seeking a decision that would allow them to finish construction of the controversial project.

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