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A U.S. district court has ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and tribes led by the Standing Rock Sioux to provide proposals for next steps in the ongoing litigation surrounding the oil system’s continued operation.

U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg for the District of Columbia (DC) set a Tuesday (Sept. 8) deadline for submitting a formal position on the Army Corps plans to defer taking an enforcement action on DAPL’s “encroachment” at Lake Oahe. This essentially has kept oil flowing while a vacated easement permit is addressed.

The tribes and environmental groups are seeking a full shutdown of the pipeline while an environmental impact statement (EIS) is completed. DAPL, which carries oil from the Bakken Shale, has been in...