'The prospect of an oil spill during such low water is truly scary,' the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Water Resources Department administrator says of the Dakota Access pipeline.
"The prospect of an oil spill during such low water is truly scary," says the tribe's Water Resources Department administrator.The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on Thursday confirmed that it is no longer a"cooperating agency" for the Dakota Access oil pipeline and demanded federal action to address concerns that a leak could affect Lake Oahe, the tribe's only source of fresh drinking water.
Janet Alkire, the tribe's newly elected chairperson, warned in a statement that low water levels resulting from"misplaced priorities in the operation of Oahe and the other dams on the Missouri River" could affect cleanup plans in the event of a Dakota Access pipeline spill.