| Chippewa
Sue Enbridge Tar Sands Oil
Pipeline But Army Corps Lost in DC
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FEDERAL COURT,
Dec 31 – A lawsuit seeking to
enjoin a tar sands oil
pipeline in Minnesota and
elsewhere got a initial
hearing on December 30 in the
U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia. Inner
City Press covered it, and
live tweeted it here:
The US Army Corps
of Engineers decision to let
Enbridge Energy to build
a 330-mile pipeline for
tar sands oil from Canada is
being sued in DC Dist by the
Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians & White Earth Band
of Ojibwe.
US says it has
not been served. The papers
are in the mail, but USPS says
they won't arrive until
January 5.
Judge Judge
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly says
she can move fast, because of
COVID she is not going
anywhere. She asks the parties
to agree to a briefing
schedule Assistant US
Attorney says the Corps of
Engineers people are on
vacation, unreachable. They
want more time.
Judge: Are they
going to be back on Monday?
AUSA: That would be the first
day. This permit may have a
truly massive record,
including state
litigation. Judge: I was
reversed some years ago for
doing a TRO without getting
the administrative record in.
It's local rule 7(10)(1), it's
gotten better. Has there been
other litigation?
Plaintiffs'
counsel: Yes, at the state
level. And under Section 401
of the Clean Water
Act. Plaintiffs'
counsel: It's in the Minnesota
Court of Appeals.
Judge: So we'll
talk once you reach the Army
Corps of Engineers.
The case is RED
LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS,
WHITE EARTH BAND OF OJIBWE,
HONOR THE EARTH, and SIERRA
CLUB, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED
STATES ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS, Defendant. Case No.
1:20-cv-3817 (D.D.C., Kollar-Kotelly)
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