Tribal request for Dakota Access spill response plan granted

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers and the developer of the Dakota Access pipeline must complete an oil spill response plan for the stretch of pipe beneath the Missouri River in North Dakota, a federal judge ruled Monday.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s order grants a request by the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes for additional protections for the river’s Lake Oahe reservoir. The tribes draw water from the lake.
Completion of a response plan a