Dakota Access pipeline company fighting small state fine
BISMARCK, N.D. — The company building the four-state $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline is fighting North Dakota regulators’ efforts to fine it a few thousand dollars.
The Public Service Commission maintains that Dakota Access LLC, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, failed to get its approval before proceeding with construction on the pipeline on private land after Native American artifacts were found along the route in southern North Dakota in October.