The long-standing practice of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) justifying the need for a new pipeline by over relying on a pipeline’s plans to sell gas to an associated company (e.g., precedent agreements) to establish market need was called into serious question by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in a decision released June 22.
Landowners urge FERC to institute new policy in pipeline approvals
Landowners whose property rights have been threatened by natural gas pipeline projects throughout the nation, including some along the now-cancelled Atlantic Coast Pipeline, have told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that its current policy for approving such projects is “archaic and in dire need of revision.”
The comments were filed May 26 on behalf of the landowners by the Niskanen Center,
The Pipeline Setbacks Reveal the Perils of Rushed Agency Approvals
- – Slate – 7/8/20
FBI now investigating the way in which Pennsylvania approved Mariner East pipeline
- – The Philadelphia Inquirer -11/12/19
Judges Raise Pointed Questions About ACP Air Permit Approval
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard on October 29 arguments in the case challenging the permit issued by the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) compressor station proposed for Buckingham County, VA. The case,
Don’t End Fight Over FERC Pipeline Approval, DC Circ. Told
- – Law360 – 9/23/19
EPA signoff marks advance amid late permitting challenges for Mountain Valley Pipeline
- – S&P Global – 8/19/19
Environmental groups attack federal approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline
- – The Roanoke Times – 1/28/19
Fish and Wildlife Approval of ACP Stayed by Fourth Circuit
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) were stayed on December 7 by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court’s Order was the result of a motion filed November 30 by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Defenders of Wildlife,
Nearly a year after federal approval, PennEast Pipeline still faces uphill battle
- – The Morning Call – 11/15/18