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By Jack Dura BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Federal officials on Thursday gave final approval for the Dakota Access oil pipeline to continue operating its contentious Missouri River crossing, an outcome that comes nearly a decade after boisterous protests against the project on the North Dakota prairie. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers\u2019 decision to grant the key easement means the pipeline will keep operating but with added conditions for detecting leaks and monitoring groundwater, among others. The announcement brings an end to a drawn-out legal and regulatory saga stemming from the protests in 2016 and 2017, though further litigation over the pipeline is likely. The $3.8 billion, multistate pipeline has been transporting oil since June 2017 from North Dakota\u2019s Bakken oil field to a terminal in Illinois. The line carries… <\/p>\n

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By Jack Dura BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Federal officials on Thursday gave final approval for the Dakota Access oil pipeline to continue operating its contentious Missouri River crossing, an outcome that comes nearly a decade after boisterous protests against the project on the North Dakota prairie. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers\u2019 decision to grant the key easement means the pipeline will keep operating but with added conditions for detecting leaks and monitoring groundwater, among others. The announcement brings an end to a drawn-out legal and regulatory saga stemming from the protests in 2016 and 2017, though further litigation over the pipeline is likely. The $3.8 billion, multistate pipeline has been transporting oil since June 2017 from North Dakota\u2019s Bakken oil field to a terminal in Illinois. The line carries... <\/p>\n

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