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The NAM filed an amicus brief supporting the continuance of Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) operations. The litigation arose from alleged deficiencies in National Environmental Policy Act review, assessment and analysis following a procedural error in the U.S. Army Corps’ Environmental Assessment. This issue is important to manufacturing as halting DAPL would significantly impede access to crude oil on which manufacturers heavily rely. The NAM’s brief argued that halting operations due to a procedural error is not an appropriate remedy but would instead produce serious and irreparable harm including harm to energy businesses, states benefiting from DAPL operations and individuals employed through DAPL. The court agreed with the NAM’s arguments that the pipeline should be permitted to continue operations while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted further NEPA review.