Several ABRA members were among organizations jointly filing an amicus brief last week in a case before the DC Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the practice of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to forestall judicial review of its orders,
ACP Compressor Station Air Permit Vacated by 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s Buckingham compressor station air permit that was granted in January 2019 by the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board. The 47-page opinion was released on January 7.
Appeal of Forest Service Case Scheduled for Supreme Court Argument
The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that the appeal of the case vacating the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s (ACP) permit from the U.S. Forest Service to build across Forest Service land is scheduled for oral argument on Monday, February 24, 2020 at 10 am.
Supreme Court to hear appeal case on pipeline project
- – The Recorder – 10/9/19
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear ACP Appeal of Forest Service Case
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday morning (October 4) announced that it will accept the appeal by Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACP, LLC) of the Cowpasture River, et. al. vs Forest Service. A date for oral arguments of the case has not been set.
Opposition Brief Is Filed in Appeal of Forest Service Case to Supreme Court
The petition filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACCP, LLC) should be denied, so stated a brief filed August 28 in opposition to the appeal. ACCP, LLC filed its Writ of Certiorari on June 25,
ACP Appeals Forest Service Decision to U.S. Supreme Court
Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACP, LLC) on June 25 filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to review the December 13, 2018 decision of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that said the U.S.
Court of appeals asked to reject 2nd pipeline permit
- – The Recorder – 5/16/19
Appeals court allows quick-take of land for Mountain Valley Pipeline
- – The Roanoke Times – 2/5/19
Fourth Circuit Throws Out Forest Service Approvals for the ACP
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated on December 13 the U.S. Forest Service’s approval for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to cross two national forests and the Appalachian Trail. The Court’s 60-page opinion came on a case brought by several ABRA members and others that was argued on September 28 (see ABRA Update #200 for details).