The Army Corps of Engineers will grant an easement to build the final section of the Dakota Access Pipeline under Lake Oahe and will cancel plans to conduct an environmental impact statement in connection with the easement, according to a notice issued on Feb. 7.
The decision is in response to a Jan. 24 order from President Donald Trump that directed the Corps to review its Dec. 4 decision that required a full environmental impact statement on the last section of the oil pipeline under Lake Oahe in North Dakota.