The Iowa Chapter is asking that you write to the Army Corps of Engineers about the Dakota Access Pipeline Environmental Impact Statement.
Tell the US Army Corps of
Engineers that they need to expand the Notice of Intent to do an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the entire route of the Dakota Access pipeline. The EIS should include:
1) Tribal consultation across the entire pipeline route.
2) Federal siting criteria and the Corps Nationwide Permit need to equally
protect rural peoples. Currently urban areas get more protection. Tribal
and rural areas are considered “low consequence” and therefore not subject to
the same construction standards, the same monitoring requirements, nor do they
have a robust emergency response plan. Rural and tribal areas deserve the
same safety protections as others.
3) The cumulative impacts and long-term threats to drinking water and
climate must be fully accounted for in the EIS.
Write an e-mail to
Mr. Gib Owen
Water Resources Policy and
Legislation
Office of the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
Washington, DC 20310–0108
email: gib.a.owen.civ@
mail.mil