BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The federal Rural Utilities Service is taking comments for about a month on a proposed electrical transmission line in western North Dakota that would cross the Killdeer Mountain Battlefield area.
The Bismarck Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/TWR6Fc ) the agency says the route isn’t the most environmentally sensitive but best meets the purpose of the project and would be the most reliable.
North Dakota regulators in April approved a siting permit for the 197-mile line, which also needs federal approval.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative plans to build the line to deliver more electricity to the Bakken oil fields. Five American Indian tribes in North Dakota have passed a resolution formally opposing the project. They believe it could disturb the remains of native people killed by the U.S. Army 150 years ago.
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Information from: Bismarck Tribune, https://www.bismarcktribune.com
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