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On 30 November 2016, several sites reported that people attempting to physically deliver supplies (such as food or water) to Dakota Access Pipeline protesters at the Standing Rock Reservation would be subject to potential fines of $1,000: Officials speaking on behalf of the Morton County Sheriff's Department and the North Dakota Department of Emergency Management confirmed that the threat of a fine had replaced a physical blockade: The North Dakota chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is actively seeking any individuals fined under the new policy. However, North Dakota's governor, Jack Dalrymple, told reporters that state officials have no plans to set up roadblocks or fine people carrying supplies to protesters, and that regional authorities do not have the power to do so:
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