Energy Transfer Partners & Sunoco Logistics Partners Seek Federal Court Intervention to Stop Political Interference in Order ...
November 15 2016 - 11:05AM
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Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) and Sunoco
Logistics Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SXL) today announced that in
two related court filings made late last night in U.S. federal
district court in Washington, D.C., it has sought a judgment
declaring that Dakota Access Pipeline has the legal right-of-way to
build, complete and operate the Dakota Access Pipeline without any
further action from the Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”). In
these actions, Dakota Access Pipeline is requesting the court to
confirm that the Corps has already granted all of the relevant
authorizations and given Dakota Access Pipeline its right-of-way to
finish the pipeline beneath the federal land that borders Lake Oahe
in North Dakota as a result of its prior actions in granting a
permit to allow Dakota Access Pipeline to cross the Missouri River
at Lake Oahe.
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The declaratory relief Dakota Access Pipeline has sought seeks
to end the Administration’s political interference in the Dakota
Access Pipeline review process. This relief is fully warranted
because the Corps has never before declined to provide written
documentation of the granting of an easement, a perfunctory
ministerial act, to use federally owned land after granting
regulatory permission for work on the very same land. Granting the
declaratory judgment would restore normal order to the federal
permitting process and end the Administration’s flagrant disregard
for the rule of law.
“Dakota Access Pipeline has waited long enough to complete this
pipeline. Dakota Access Pipeline has been granted every permit,
approval, certificate, and right-of-way needed for the pipeline’s
construction. It is time for the Courts to end this political
interference and remove whatever legal cloud that may exist over
the right-of-way beneath federal land at Lake Oahe,” said Kelcy
Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners.
Dakota Access Pipeline made its filings after the Corps
announced yesterday that it had completed the additional review
regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline that had started on September
9, 2016. The Corps concluded once again “that its previous
decisions” regarding Dakota Access Pipeline’s proposed crossing at
the Lake Oahe site “comported with legal requirements.”
That should have brought the unwarranted delay to a close. But
without even identifying any specific problem with its almost three
year review, or the record it was based upon, the Army has now
determined that “additional discussion with the Standing Rock Sioux
Tribe and analysis are warranted” and that while its discussions
with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe “are ongoing, construction on or
under Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe cannot occur because
the Army has not made a final decision on whether to grant an
easement.” The declaratory relief Dakota Access Pipeline has sought
directly challenges the Corps’ position that it cannot complete
construction around Lake Oahe.
The additional review process being proposed is the result of
political interference from the Obama Administration. The
declaratory relief Dakota Access has sought seeks to end this
interference and restore the rule of law so that the pipeline can
be completed.
About Energy Transfer Partners
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) is a master limited
partnership that owns and operates one of the largest and most
diversified portfolios of energy assets in the United States. ETP’s
subsidiaries include Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP (the
successor of Southern Union Company) and Lone Star NGL LLC, which
owns and operates natural gas liquids storage, fractionation and
transportation assets. In total, ETP currently owns and operates
more than 62,500 miles of natural gas and natural gas liquids
pipelines. ETP also owns the general partner, 100% of the incentive
distribution rights, and approximately 67.1 million common units in
Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL), which operates a
geographically diverse portfolio of crude oil and refined products
pipelines, terminalling and crude oil acquisition and marketing
assets. ETP’s general partner is owned by Energy Transfer Equity,
L.P. For more information, visit the Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
web site at www.energytransfer.com.
About Sunoco Logistics
Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL) is a master limited
partnership that owns and operates a logistics business consisting
of a geographically diverse portfolio of complementary pipeline,
terminalling, and acquisition and marketing assets which are used
to facilitate the purchase and sale of crude oil, refined products,
and natural gas liquids, and refined products. SXL’s general
partner is a consolidated subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners,
L.P. (NYSE: ETP). For more information, visit the Sunoco Logistics
Partners L.P. website at www.sunocologistics.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may include certain statements concerning
expectations for the future that are forward-looking statements as
defined by federal law. Such forward-looking statements are subject
to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other
factors that are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond
management’s control. An extensive list of factors that can affect
future results are discussed in the Partnerships’ Annual Report on
Form 10-K and other documents filed from time to time with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The Partnerships undertake no
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to
reflect new information or events.
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Energy TransferInvestor Relations:Brent Ratliff,
214-981-0795orGranado Communications GroupMedia
Relations:Vicki Granado, 214-599-8785Cell:
214-498-9272orSunoco LogisticsInvestor
Relations:Peter Gvazdauskas, 215-977-6322orMedia
Relations:Jeff Shields, 215-977-6056
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