The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission may make a decision Monday on the route application for the Dakota Access pipeline. Energy Transfer Partners has applied for a route from the northeast near Aberdeen, to the south east near Sioux Falls. PUC Chair Chris Nelson says state law lays out the process for them…
The pipeline would carry crude oil from the Bakken field in North Dakota to refineries in Illinois.
Nelson says they have only a few options in dealing with the application…
Nelson says while they have a mountain of information from the hearings, they may have some final questions…
The hearing will be Monday afternoon at the state Capitol building in Pierre.