Environmental & Energy
Feb. 18, 2017
Corps of Engineers should study full range Dakota Pipeline alternatives
At the end of the day the Dakota Access Pipeline may or may not go forward. But before making any decision, the full range of reasonable alternatives must be studied. That is what the law requires. By Nicholas C. Yost, Dinah Bear and Gary Widman
Nicholas C. Yost
environmental law
1413 Fountaingrove Pkwy
Santa Rosa , CA 95403-1738
Phone: (707) 595-1049
Email: nicholasc.yost@icloud.com
UC Berkeley Boalt Hall
Nicholas C. Yost served as general counsel of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the agency overseeing NEPA
Dinah Bear
Dinah Bear served as general counsel of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the agency overseeing NEPA
Gary L. Widman
UC Hastings
Gary Widman served as general counsel of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the agency overseeing NEPA
Among the Trump administration's first acts was a presidential memorandum directing the secretary of the Army (a position currently without even a nominee) to instruct the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to "review and approve in an expedited manner" the outstanding right-of-way for the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline. This reverses the Corps' prior stance that the pipeline crossing of the Missouri River in North Dakota must be preceded by a full environmental impact statement (EIS) ...
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