Dakota Energy Transfer Case

Energy Transfer plans to construct an approximate 1,172-mile, 30-inch diameter pipeline that will transport crude oil from the North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa into Illinois. Recently, this pipeline route has been controversial regarding its necessity, and potential harm to the environment. Due to the lack of an efficient environmental impact assessment and a thorough risk communication plan that addresses potential pipeline leakages. If the Dakota Access Pipeline is completed, what would happen if the pipeline leaks crude oil into the Missouri River? What will be Energy Transfer’s risk communication plan be to assist communities effected and clean-up efforts? The purpose of this document is to assist Energy Transfer with developing and implementing an
This information should be conducted in a timely manner to enhance understanding of an incident, build trust and credibility, encourage constructive dialogue, and provide guidance on appropriate protective behavior following a crisis incident(). This plan is significant because currently Energy Transfer does not have a RCP for the Dakota Pipeline that focuses on environmental disasters such as oil spills. If they are able move forward with the pipeline they need to be able to address the damages caused by the leakage and communicate with communities that will be effected. The risk will be considered as a crisis because pipeline leakage is an immediate danger to impacted sites and it must be communicated well to potential effected communities. The most efficient way to get this information to the public is through a technology assisted model. Today, technology has become the number one way to communicate information to the public therefore it is become a necessity for this