Army formally ends study of disputed pipeline crossing

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Army on Friday formally ended further environmental study of the Dakota Access oil pipeline’s disputed crossing beneath a Missouri River reservoir in southern North Dakota.
Meanwhile, its Corps of Engineers branch continued efforts to accelerate cleanup at a protest camp near the drilling site that’s threatened by spring flooding.
The Corps launched the study on Jan. 18 in light of concerns from the Standing Rock Sioux and other Native American tribes