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Pipeline seeks court permission to proceed with plan
By JAMES MACPHERSON
and BLAKE NICHOLSON
Associated Press
CANNON BALL, N.D. — The
company building a $3.8 billion oil
pipeline sought a federal judge’s
permission Tuesday to circumvent
President Barack Obama’s admin-
istration and move ahead with a
disputed section of the project in
North Dakota, as opponents held
protests across the country urging it
to be rejected.
Dallas-based Energy Transfer
Partners and a subsidiary asked the
court to let them lay pipe under a
Missouri River reservoir, a plan the
Standing Rock Sioux says threatens
its drinking water and cultural sites.
The Army Corps of Engineers said
Monday it needs more time to study
the impact of the plan.
While President-elect Donald
Trump, a pipeline supporter, likely
would greenlight the project when
he takes office in January, the
company is trying to win federal
approval — or a court order — to
allow it to go forward now. The
delay has already cost nearly $100
million, the company said in court
documents, “and further delay in
the consideration of this case would
add millions of dollars more each
month in costs which cannot be
recovered.”
In a statement Tuesday, the
company blamed the Obama admin-
istration for “political interference”
Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP
With chants and signs, protesters occupy the lobby area of Wells
Fargo Bank during a rally against the Dakota Access oil pipeline
construction in Eugene, Tuesday. The peaceful march began in
front of the Army Corp offices in Eugene and moved through the
downtown area stopping at several banks that the group said are
involved in helping fund the pipeline.
in the pipeline review process.
The Army Corps referred a
request for comment to the Justice
Department,
which
declined
comment.
Protests were being held Tuesday
across the country, from California
to Vermont. Activists called for
demonstrations at Army Corps
of Engineers offices and at banks
financing the pipeline construction.
More than two dozen people
were arrested near Mandan, North
Dakota, after a group of about
400 protesters put a truck and tree
branches on BNSF Railway tracks
near a pipeline work staging area
and tried to set it on fire, Morton
County sheriff’s spokesman Rob
Keller said.
“They had a rope soaked with
kerosene,” he said. “A (Highway
Patrol) trooper with an extinguisher
doused it so it wouldn’t light.”
Trains were delayed three
hours, railroad spokeswoman
Amy McBeth said. Officers in
riot gear used pepper spray and
in one instance a stun gun against
protesters who refused to leave.
Mandan is about 50 miles north
of a camp where hundreds of
protesters have gathered in recent
months to oppose the pipeline.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environ-
mental attorney and president of
the New York-based Waterkeeper
Alliance, which seeks to protect
watersheds worldwide, visited the
camp Tuesday, speaking out against
the arrests of protesters and a project
he says will benefit billionaires and
not the American people.
“What they are doing here is a
crime, an environmental crime, and
there are real victims,” he said.
In Columbus, Ohio, police
reported an activist blocked traffic
by handcuffing himself under a
vehicle at a downtown intersection.
In Montpelier, Vermont, more
than 100 people gathered outside
a bank, chanting, singing songs
and holding signs saying “Water is
Life” and “Standing With Standing
Rock.”
“It may seem hopeless, like
David against Goliath, but we
believe that if we’re persistent and
we recruit, that this movement will
grow and hopefully these kinds of
projects will stop,” said protester
Lee Shen of Thetford Center,
Vermont.
The Corps on Monday called
for more study and input from the
Standing Rock Sioux before it
decides whether to allow the pipe-
line to cross under Lake Oahe. The
1,200-mile pipeline that’s to carry
North Dakota oil through South
Dakota and Iowa to a shipping
point in Illinois is largely complete
except for that stretch, which will
skirt the tribe’s reservation.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple said
Tuesday that an additional delay
“does nothing but prolong and
intensify the public safety issues
imposed on Morton County and
the state of North Dakota since
the beginning of August,” when
protests against the pipeline broke
out. In his statement, Dalrymple
said a decision on the project ease-
ment “is long overdue” and that the
pipeline would be safe.
The Corps in July granted
Energy Transfer Partners the
permits needed for the project, but
it said in September that further
analysis was warranted, given the
tribe’s concerns. Its announcement
Monday came amid speculation
that federal officials were on the
brink of approving the crossing.
ETP last week began preparing
equipment to bore under the river.
ETP disputes that the pipeline
would endanger the tribe, and
CEO Kelcy Warren noted earlier
that Army Assistant Secretary
Jo-Ellen Darcy had informed
company officials and Tribal
Chairman Dave Archambault
that the Corps’ previous permit
decisions “comported with legal
requirements.” ETP contends that
the Corps has no legal justification
for the delay.
a landscaping business, an auto
wrecking yard, a motorsports/boat
business and a pawn shop.
Hayes says over the course of
the investigation law enforcement
has seized over $350,000 in
cash, more than 30 pounds of
methamphetamine, cocaine and
firearms.
The defendants, ranging in age
from 21 to 51, were scheduled to
appear in U.S. District Court in
Tacoma this week.
The Register-Guard reports that
a total of 23,634 students enrolled
at the university this year, down
2 percent from fall 2105 and 4
percent from the record high in fall
2012.
Overall, the student population
at the university has been falling
or flat for a half-dozen years after
UO officials quickly increased
the student population in a major
growth spurt.
Though overall enrollment is
falling, the number of out-of-state
graduate students has been
growing, with 11 percent more
undergraduates coming from
outside Oregon this year compared
to 2002. The number of in-state
graduate students has dropped 25
percent since peak enrollment in
2002.
BRIEFLY
Oregon behind on food
inspections, increasing
disease risk
Bundy brothers back
in custody in Nevada
for Feb. 6 trial
SALEM (AP) — Oregon’s
secretary of state says the
agriculture department is behind
on food safety inspections of food
processors, dairies, grocery stores
and others and the shortcomings
need to be addressed to protect
people from sickness.
The Food Safety Program is
responsible for regulating more
than 12,000 food safety licenses
in the state of Oregon. Auditors
found that, as of October, 2,841
licenses were past due for an
inspection by more than three
months.
The audit was released Tuesday
by Secretary of State Jeanne P.
Atkins. It stresses that adhering
to food safety regulations is
crucial to minimize the risk of
contamination, and that it’s up to
food safety inspectors to make sure
those regulations are followed.
PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) —
Ammon Bundy and his brother,
Ryan, are back in federal custody
in Nevada ahead of a February
trial on charges stemming from a
2014 standoff with federal agents
outside their father’s ranch near
Bunkerville.
Ammon Bundy’s attorney,
Daniel Hill, confirmed Tuesday
that the sons of Cliven Bundy were
transferred Monday from a federal
detention center in Seattle to the
Nevada Southern Detention Center
in Pahrump, about 60 miles west of
Las Vegas.
Cliven Bundy also is being held
there.
The brothers were acquitted
of federal conspiracy charges in
federal court in Portland on
Nov. 2 after a five-week trial
related to an armed takeover at a
national wildlife refuge.
Their trial in federal court in
Las Vegas is scheduled to begin
Feb. 6. They face 16 felony counts,
including assault on a federal
officer, extortion and obstruction of
justice.
Authorities arrest ten
in drug trafficking
investigation
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) —
Authorities say 10 people have
been arrested around Seattle
and in Oregon after a two-year
investigation of drug trafficking.
Justice Department U.S.
Attorney Annette L. Hayes said in
a news release Tuesday that a Drug
Enforcement Administration-led
task force conducted raids at 14
places in King and Pierce counties
in Washington and at locations in
Springfield, Oregon.
Members of the group arrested
Tuesday allegedly transported drugs
and money in hidden compartments
of vehicles. Authorities searched
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THURSDAY
Times of clouds
and sun
A.M. fog; partly
sunny
47° 32°
43° 28°
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Sunshine mixing
with clouds
An afternoon
shower
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
46° 35°
48° 37°
54° 37°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
49° 28°
52° 34°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
59°
49°
71° (1896)
46°
33°
-6° (1955)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.09"
0.33"
0.65"
10.72"
6.95"
10.68"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
60°
50°
51°
33°
72° (1995) -12° (1955)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.12"
0.29"
0.56"
7.62"
4.76"
7.87"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Last
New
Nov 21
Nov 29
First
Dec 7
52° 38°
55° 39°
Seattle
51/42
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
48° 35°
6:56 a.m.
4:23 p.m.
6:52 p.m.
9:08 a.m.
Full
Dec 13
Today
SUNDAY
Cloudy with a
passing shower
Spokane
Wenatchee
44/32
50/33
Tacoma
Moses
51/38
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 51/30
45/33
51/42
50/38
53/31
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
51/43
50/36 Lewiston
54/33
Astoria
49/33
55/43
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
51/42
Pendleton 41/25
The Dalles 52/34
47/32
53/36
La Grande
Salem
45/31
52/40
Albany
Corvallis 51/37
51/40
John Day
43/30
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
52/25
52/38
43/26
Caldwell
Burns
48/25
43/17
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Forecast
TODAY
EUGENE (AP) — Enrollment
at the University of Oregon fell
2 percent this year, marking four
years of declining enrollment for
the school.
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
Hi
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44
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47
52
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30
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29
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Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
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WINDS
Medford
50/34
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
42/20
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Mostly cloudy today and
tonight with showers. A little rain across the
north tomorrow.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy
today with a shower in spots; cooler in the
south and central parts.
Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today
into tomorrow with a passing shower.
Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy today;
a bit of snow with little or no accumulation
in the mountains.
Cascades: A bit of snow today.
Today
Thursday
WSW 7-14
WSW 6-12
WSW 4-8
WSW 4-8
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
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1
1
1
0
0
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0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
Northern California: Cooler today with a
shower in the area. Partly cloudy tonight.
Partly sunny tomorrow.
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Thu.
Hi
46
82
63
53
70
28
55
63
57
74
60
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Thu.
WORLD CITIES
Hi
56
82
64
57
65
24
57
61
50
73
56
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UO enrollment drops
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Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016
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showers t-storms
0s
10s
rain
20s
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snow
ice
50s
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cold front
70s
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warm front stationary front
110s
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National Summary: Rain will leave Maine, while showers linger over the eastern Great
Lakes and skip across North Dakota today. Rain with high-elevation snow will push east-
ward across the Intermountain West.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 90° in El Cajon, Calif.
Low 11° in Angel Fire, N.M.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Hi
68
73
63
64
47
73
48
59
72
62
60
58
84
79
58
77
17
58
84
84
63
75
73
76
79
71
Lo
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48
49
40
30
46
27
42
46
38
46
42
59
35
41
52
1
34
74
60
43
47
59
49
53
51
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s
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s
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pc
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Thur.
Hi
57
76
61
64
37
80
46
58
74
68
70
66
80
41
64
77
8
42
83
83
70
76
76
61
80
73
Lo
28
50
47
36
20
49
27
42
46
40
56
52
61
19
50
42
-1
26
72
68
53
49
46
39
60
51
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Today
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
Hi
68
77
78
55
59
73
77
60
80
71
62
84
56
61
67
62
48
62
71
54
71
62
51
87
65
78
Lo
47
55
64
46
45
46
57
48
56
51
46
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40
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24
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57
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Thur.
Hi
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79
80
66
58
79
80
62
76
71
62
73
57
60
68
37
48
62
78
43
75
63
51
75
65
77
Lo
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58
68
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51
63
47
44
38
42
48
36
40
39
19
24
37
62
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51
47
39
41
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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