21 May 2026

Record of Decision signed for Dakota Access Pipeline Final Environmental Impact Statement

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed the Record of Decision (ROD) today for the Dakota Access Pipeline Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), selecting Alternative 4, which grants an easement with additional conditions to Dakota Access, LLC, to allow for the pipeline’s crossing beneath Lake Oahe in North Dakota.

19 Dec 2025

USACE publishes final Dakota Access Pipeline environmental impact statement

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District has published the Final Environmental Impact Statement evaluating Dakota Access, LLC’s request for an easement under the Mineral Leasing Act for the Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline has been in operation since 2017 and crosses beneath federally managed land at Lake Oahe, North Dakota. 

23 Oct 2020

Scoping comment period extended for Dakota Access Pipeline Environmental Impact Statement

OMAHA, Neb. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District is extending the public scoping comment period for the Dakota Access Pipeline Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to Nov. 26, 2020. The purpose of the scoping period is to gather input on evaluating the impacts of granting an easement to Dakota Access, LLC to cross Corps-administered federal land at the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project on the Missouri River.

14 Nov 2016

Statement Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Army informed the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Energy Transfer Partners, and Dakota Access, LLC, that it has completed the review that it launched on September 9, 2016. The Army has determined that additional discussion and analysis are warranted in light of the history of the Great Sioux Nation’s dispossessions of lands, the importance of Lake Oahe to the Tribe, our government-to-government relationship, and the statute governing easements through government property.