- – The Roanoke Times – 11/18/20
Fourth Circuit Stays MVP’s New Stream-Crossing Permits Pending Appeal in Latest Setback
- – Natural Gas Intelligence – 11/10/20
Southgate Project Approval by FERC Appealed
The June 18 decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to grant a certificate to the Southgate Project, which would extend the Mountain Valley Pipeline into North Carolina, has been appealed. Appalachian Mountain Advocates, joined by Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a rehearing request with FERC on July 20 on behalf of a client group that includes 3 ABRA members.
Appeals Court Urged to Keep Freeze on Army Corps’ NWP 12 for Pipelines
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has been urged to uphold a Federal District Court in Montana’s ruling prohibiting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP12) program from issuing new permits for oil and natural gas pipelines.
Army Corps Appeals Court Decision Vacating NWP12 Program
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers filed on May 13 an appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals of the Montana U.S. District Court of the decision that vacated the authority of the Corps to issue new stream crossing permits under the Corps’ Nationwide 12 program.
Appeals Court Hears Arguments Challenging FERC’s “Tolling Order” Policy
The long practice of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to delay making decisions on appeals of its rulings – so-called “tolling orders” – was challenged in oral arguments before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, April 27.
ABRA Members File Brief with DC Circuit on FERC Tolling Order Policy
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