AG determines Dakota Access LLC land purchase complies with corporate farming law
Source: Bismarck Tribune
The recent land purchase by Dakota Access LLC of ranch land along the Dakota Access Pipeline route is in compliance with state corporate farming law, according to North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem.
Stenehjem said Tuesday in a press release that, in his initial review, hes determined that the purchase is temporarily necessary for commercial development and therefore meets an industrial and business purpose exception in state corporate farming law.
Dakota Access, a partner of Energy Transfer Partners LP, purchased about 7,000 acres of private ranch land in Morton County in September along the route for the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The company has claimed the purchase was necessary due to members of the ongoing protest movement camping near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribes reservation border, which has repeatedly interrupted construction activities. The company claimed that the purchase provided for a safer environment for construction workers to do their jobs.
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