PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State regulators are weighing whether to grant a construction permit for a pipeline that will cross through South Dakota as it carries North Dakota oil to Illinois.
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission is set to discuss the 1,130-mile Dakota Access Pipeline at a meeting on Monday.
The project would move at least 450,000 barrels of crude daily from the Bakken oil patch in western North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to a hub in Illinois.
Supporters of the project say it will create jobs, help with energy security and transport oil more safely. Opponents are concerned about possible harm to the environment and wildlife.
The panel is set to decide whether to grant a construction permit, grant a permit with conditions or deny a permit.
