DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2016--
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) and Sunoco
Logistics Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SXL) today announced that in two
related court filings made late last night in U.S. federal district
court in Washington, D.C., it has sought a judgment declaring that
Dakota Access Pipeline has the legal right-of-way to build, complete and
operate the Dakota Access Pipeline without any further action from the
Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”). In these actions, Dakota Access
Pipeline is requesting the court to confirm that the Corps has already
granted all of the relevant authorizations and given Dakota Access
Pipeline its right-of-way to finish the pipeline beneath the federal
land that borders Lake Oahe in North Dakota as a result of its prior
actions in granting a permit to allow Dakota Access Pipeline to cross
the Missouri River at Lake Oahe.
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The declaratory relief Dakota Access Pipeline has sought seeks to end
the Administration’s political interference in the Dakota Access
Pipeline review process. This relief is fully warranted because the
Corps has never before declined to provide written documentation of the
granting of an easement, a perfunctory ministerial act, to use federally
owned land after granting regulatory permission for work on the very
same land. Granting the declaratory judgment would restore normal order
to the federal permitting process and end the Administration’s flagrant
disregard for the rule of law.
“Dakota Access Pipeline has waited long enough to complete this
pipeline. Dakota Access Pipeline has been granted every permit,
approval, certificate, and right-of-way needed for the pipeline’s
construction. It is time for the Courts to end this political
interference and remove whatever legal cloud that may exist over the
right-of-way beneath federal land at Lake Oahe,” said Kelcy Warren, CEO
of Energy Transfer Partners.
Dakota Access Pipeline made its filings after the Corps announced
yesterday that it had completed the additional review regarding the
Dakota Access Pipeline that had started on September 9, 2016. The Corps
concluded once again “that its previous decisions” regarding Dakota
Access Pipeline’s proposed crossing at the Lake Oahe site “comported
with legal requirements.”
That should have brought the unwarranted delay to a close. But without
even identifying any specific problem with its almost three year review,
or the record it was based upon, the Army has now determined that
“additional discussion with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and analysis
are warranted” and that while its discussions with the Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe “are ongoing, construction on or under Corps land bordering
or under Lake Oahe cannot occur because the Army has not made a final
decision on whether to grant an easement.” The declaratory relief Dakota
Access Pipeline has sought directly challenges the Corps’ position that
it cannot complete construction around Lake Oahe.
The additional review process being proposed is the result of political
interference from the Obama Administration. The declaratory relief
Dakota Access has sought seeks to end this interference and restore the
rule of law so that the pipeline can be completed.
About Energy Transfer Partners
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) is a master limited
partnership that owns and operates one of the largest and most
diversified portfolios of energy assets in the United States. ETP’s
subsidiaries include Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP (the
successor of Southern Union Company) and Lone Star NGL LLC, which owns
and operates natural gas liquids storage, fractionation and
transportation assets. In total, ETP currently owns and operates more
than 62,500 miles of natural gas and natural gas liquids pipelines. ETP
also owns the general partner, 100% of the incentive distribution
rights, and approximately 67.1 million common units in Sunoco Logistics
Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL), which operates a geographically diverse
portfolio of crude oil and refined products pipelines, terminalling and
crude oil acquisition and marketing assets. ETP’s general partner is
owned by Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. For more information, visit the
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. web site at www.energytransfer.com.
About Sunoco Logistics
Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL) is a master limited
partnership that owns and operates a logistics business consisting of a
geographically diverse portfolio of complementary pipeline,
terminalling, and acquisition and marketing assets which are used to
facilitate the purchase and sale of crude oil, refined products, and
natural gas liquids, and refined products. SXL’s general partner is a
consolidated subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP).
For more information, visit the Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. website
at www.sunocologistics.com.
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defined by federal law. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a
variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors
that are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond management’s
control. An extensive list of factors that can affect future results are
discussed in the Partnerships’ Annual Report on Form 10-K and other
documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The Partnerships undertake no obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking statement to reflect new information or events.
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