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November 26, 2016

URGENT: Standing Rock Tribal Chairman Requests Our Help

UPDATE: 25 NOV 16
BREAKING: Army Corps of Engineers shutting down DAPL protest camp due to concerns for public safety

"We ask that everyone who can appeal to President Obama and the Army Corps of Engineers to consider the future of our people and rescind all permits, and deny the easement to cross the Missouri River just north of our Reservation and straight through our treaty lands." -Standing Rock Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II

Now the Standing Rock Chairman is asking for what I read between the lines what was going to happen.
But the problem is they are not following the paper trail; or the looming January 1 deadline.


Sept 30th DAPL meeting with SRST
https://youtu.be/XARJFdyyfac


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Standing Rock #NoDAPL Supporters
URGENT ACTION REQUIRED!

On November 18 TIME published the following (http://time.com/4576045/north-dakota-access-pipeline-us-army): New U.S. Army Regulations May Further Delay the North Dakota Pipeline #NoDAPL | The Army Corps of Engineers plans to “revise its regulations” to ensure its consultations with sovereign tribes are “confirmed by the U.S. Constitution, treaties, statutes, executive orders, judicial decisions and presidential documents and policies.”

Sounds good, right? Read on...

The pending rulemaking would effectively prevent the Obama administration from making decisions on issuing permits, such as the one needed to complete the controversial Dakota Access crude pipeline, until he leaves office on Jan. 21, 2017.

The public will be able to comment on the proposal until Jan. 1, 2017.


HOWEVER! If this regulation passes, President Obama his would be prevented from issuing new permits for any agreed upon alternate routing of the Dakota Access Pipeline leading it away from Native American sacred land and water supply, thereafter the DAPL decision would be in the hands of the nefarious Donald Trump, who is heavily invested in the project and cannot be depended upon to show an ounce of mercy.

Paul Ryan has also announced that any Executive Order issued by the President is now threatened to be overturned by as little as a single vote, making it all the more urgent for the President to find a solution for Standing Rock before January 1 when the comments close for the proposed new regulation; the passage of which would end all hope of Obama being able to help before his term ends on January 20.

Ryan also posted this video on FB "GOOD NEWS → We just passed a bill to block President Obama from issuing any new regulations in the final days of his presidency": https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1172106612837863&id=924244934290700

"We will work to overturn the Obama administration's barriers to American energy, and instead, we'll open up the Arctic and other offshore areas for development," Ryan stated in another FB post. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1172620562786468&id=924244934290700

Is the timing of The Army Corps of Engineers proposed regulation merely a smokescreen orchestrated to put give Donald Trump the upperhand?

ACTION REQUIRED:
There are three courses of action we must take.

1. The proposed rule is open for comments until January 1, 2017. Currently the proposal is not yet appearing in the open proposed regulations folder and I could not find the alleged notice that was purported to have been on the website of the U.S. Office Information and Regulatory Affairs - however, we must be vigilant and bookmark this page to revisit daily to catch when it appears and we must comment, comment, comment!

The clock is ticking. We must begin to comment NOW! Contact the U.S. Office Information and Regulatory Affairs and the US Army Corps of Engineers to request the proposed regulation(s) details so comments may commence:

Contact Regulations DOT gov:
https://www.regulations.gov/contactUs

Contact the Army Corps of Engineers and request the identification and control numbers to find and comment on the proposed regulation:
http://www.usace.army.mil/Contact

Or call the Regulations.gov Help Desk at 1-877-378-5457 (toll free) or 703-412-3083 , Monday through Friday, from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM, ET.

I have already submitted the following (unanswered).

REQUEST SUBMITTED 19 NOV 2016:
I request assistance in finding the identifying details for making comments related to the newly proposed regulation(s) regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline project as set out in the below article:
New U.S. Army Regulations May Further Delay the North Dakota Pipeline #NoDAPL | The Army Corps of Engineers plans to “revise its regulations” to ensure its consultations with sovereign tribes are “confirmed by the U.S. Constitution, treaties, statutes, executive orders, judicial decisions and presidential documents and policies.”
http://time.com/4576045/north-dakota-access-pipeline-us-army

Thank-you.

If and when I receive the details I will post an update. Once the details are received we can begin commenting. Until then this is where to track for additional updates:
https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?

2. Contact President Obama to say #NoDAPL - the proposed new regulation has not yet been passed. Please continue to support and encourage President Obama's efforts.

▪ CONTACT President Obama:

▪ Here is my letter:

Dear President Obama,

First of all, thank-you for the eight years you, Michelle and the girls have honored and graced us with your presence and service in the White House.

I was visiting the White House FB page and watching some of the videos posted this afternoon and sat here with tears in my eyes...it is beyond the scope of our collective imaginations to be able to even begin picturing the president-elect doing any of what you have done with the dignity and grace in which you have...

That said, President Obama, I implore you, please secure the situation at Standing Rock before you leave office; in as ironclad a way as legally possible.

We are all aware that the president-elect is heavily invested financially in the Dakota Access Pipeline, and will show no mercy if you don't make this a priority in the, sadly, short time you have left in office.

I have admired throughout your term the dedication you have shown in support of the Native American community and in working to ensure their rights are protected.

Please don't stop now.

Best regards now and always,

Aishah Schwartz
American Muslim
6th Congressional District
Colorado

VIDEO: "Inside the White House: Letters to the President" https://youtu.be/eG00mM8QEGk

See Also: November is Native American Heritage Month https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154377907952284&id=510032283


OTHER NEWS:
Dakota Access Pipeline Co. Seeks Court Order to Complete Construction | The Corps, however, would not be able to confirm a certain date for construction to resume without first deciding on the final easement needed for Dakota Access to complete construction.
The Corps must first decide whether to grant Dakota Access a final easement to complete construction. Its statement on Monday puts that decision on hold for now.

"The Army has determined that additional discussion and analysis are warranted in light of the history of the Great Sioux Nation’s dispossessions of lands, the importance of Lake Oahe to the Tribe, our government-to-government relationship, and the statute governing easements through government property," the Corps’ statement said.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/dakota-access-pipeline-company-seeks-court-order-complete/story?id=43547495

Obama: Army Corps Examining Possible Rerouting Of Dakota Access Pipeline | "We're monitoring this closely and I think, as a general rule, my view is that there's a way for us to accommodate sacred lands of Native Americans," Obama said in an interview with the news organization Now This.

In a response to the president's statement, the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux, Dave Archambault II, said, "We believe President Obama and his administration will do the right thing."
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/02/500363689/obama-army-corps-examining-possible-rerouting-of-dakota-access-pipeline

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has confirmed to DeSmog that Energy Transfer Partners, the owner of the proposed Dakota Access pipeline, has ignored the Obama administration's September 9 request to voluntarily halt construction in a disputed area, 20 miles east and west of Lake Oahe and the Missouri River.
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/11/05/dakota-access-pipeline-builder-ignored-obama-admin-request-halt-construction

Obama Administration Blocks Arctic Oil Drilling Through 2022 | Citing environmental risks, the Interior Department called the plan the “right path forward.” Onward now to #NoDAPL
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_582c9773e4b099512f803545?


President Obama and the Native American Community Press Articles
https://www.whitehouse.gov/nativeamericans/press

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