Sioux Falls Pipeline Approval Includes Symbolic 'No' Vote

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Leaders in South Dakota's largest city voted to allow a proposed $3.8 billion oil pipeline to pass by, but not before one Sioux Falls councilman made a point about what some view as the pipeline company's poor treatment of landowners.

The proposed 1,130-mile Dakota Access Pipeline would move oil from North Dakota to Illinois, passing through South Dakota and Iowa.

The Argus Leader reports that the Sioux Falls City Council on Tuesday approved an easement for the pipeline to run near the city's landfill, but it took two votes. The first time around, Councilman Rex Rolfing voted in opposition, saying he was symbolically acknowledging complaints from landowners.

Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners wants to build the pipeline. Vice president Joey Mahmoud said some eminent domain cases are to be expected.

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