PILOT MOUND, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa district court judge says a man is obligated to let a company survey his land as part of a proposal for an oil pipeline.
Judge John Haney says in a ruling filed this month that Dakota Access LLC has the right to temporarily enter Laverne Johnson’s property in Boone County to examine the land, which is in the path of the proposed pipeline. Haney says the move does not interfere with fundamental property rights.
Johnson’s attorney says the survey was conducted Monday.
The Messenger reports Johnson had refused to let representatives of Dakota Access, a unit of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, onto his land. Dakota Access sought a court injunction.
Dakota Access is seeking approval to build an oil pipeline across Iowa and other states.
