The planning process is underway for hearings on the proposed Dakota Access pipeline across eastern South Dakota.

Public Utilities Commission Chairman Chris Nelson says they have the framework in place…

 

Nelson says there have been a number of procedural issues they have already dealt with…

 

Nelson says those decisions help focus the issues for both side…

 

The Dakota Access pipeline would carry oil from North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields across the state, through Iowa to refineries in Illinois.