WASHINGTON - The operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline is making no moves yet to shutdown the North Dakota pipeline, despite an order from a federal judge on Monday to empty it of oil by Aug. 5, a process that Energy Transfer said could take roughly 90 days. Company spokeswoman Vicki Granado said, "We have not yet started the process of shutting it down as we work through the legal process."

The company said Wednesday that D.C. District Court Judge James Boasberg had "exceeded his authority in ordering the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline" until the Army Corps of Engineers conducted an environmental review of a section of the pipeline, and filed a motion asking that the shutdown order be suspended while it appeals the court ruling.

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