Judge allows tribes to challenge Corps’ Dakota Access study

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge is allowing four Native American tribes to challenge the recent conclusion of federal officials that a Dakota Access oil pipeline spill wouldn’t unfairly affect them.
The Standing Rock, Cheyenne River, Yankton and Oglala Sioux sued in July 2016 and continue fighting even though the $3.8 billion pipeline began moving North Dakota oil to Illinois in June 2017.
Judge James Boasberg that month ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to further study the