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Summit pipeline ruling in North Dakota called a win for local control

States Newsroom · October 9, 2026

A North Dakota judge ruled Friday that state rules on where infrastructure such as pipelines can be built do not automatically trump local zoning ordinances. The ruling comes from a case in which a group of landowners and Emmons and Burleigh counties sued the Public Service Commission and pipeline developer Summit…

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Summit pipeline ruling in North Dakota called a win for local control

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