The Iowa Utilities Board unanimously denied a request from landowners for a permanent stay to stop Dakota Access from building the Bakken oil pipeline until a court decides if the company can use eminent domain to get access to their land. I-U-B chair Geri Huser, of Altoona read a statement that said the board was required to consider four factors: the likelihood of the groups success in their appeal; the degree the group may suffer irreparable harm; the degree to which the other side might be harmed; and the public interest.

 

Huser said the board did not find there would be irreparable harm to the landowners.

 

The board did vote to continue a temporary stay on construction in place until Monday morning to give the landowners a chance to file an appeal in district court.