2014-2023: DAPL overview (1 jan 2014 ano – 1 jan 2024 ano)

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2014: Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) begin planning pipeline, during "Bakken oil boom" (large oil reserves, hydraulic fracking)
prior to DAPL, oil was shipped on dangerous "bomb trains"

2015: Corps rejects ETP proposal to cross Missouri River 10 miles north of Bismarck, capital of North Dakota, because of opposition from Bismarck residents.
Corps ignores Standing Rock's opposition, environmental racism

Early 2016: dozens of Standing Rock, Cheyenne River Lakota, and Rosebud Sioux members formed water protector camps

2016: North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois approve of DAPL
did not require overarching federal permit
Corps avoided required environmental impact analysis (National Environmental Policy Act [NEPA]), and required public review process (Clean Water Act)

Jul 2016: developer received most of the permits needed to start construction
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe sues the Corps for violating the Clean Water Act

Sep 2016: Water protector camps reach peak attendance, largest Indigenous demonstration in decades
Courts decide the Corps did not need to conduct and environmental impact statement

Fall 2016: ETP hired police pepper spray and unleash guard dogs at protestors blocking construction work

Dec 2016: Corps denies easement needed for the Lake Oahe crossing

Feb 2017: last protestors leave

2017: pipeline capacity 500,000 --> 750,000 barrels per day
Trump issues Presidential Memorandum directing the Corps to expedite the DAPL easement approval

Apr 2017: ETP finished DAPL construction

Jun 2017: DAPL starts transporting oil under Lake Oahe

2020: district court rules the Corps failed to meet NEPA by providing an inadequate environmental review
revoked Trump-era Lake Oahe easement, ceded the decision to the Corps, continues to operate illegally on federal property

Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has issued over 106 safety violations since 2002

DAPL has leaked at least 5 times since 2017

Sep 2023: Corps published draft environmental impact statement (DEIS)

Nov 2023: Activists and Tribal members call for the Corps to reject the pipeline

Corps says it will complete its final EIS on DAPL by the end of 2024

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