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,
FERC and ACP, LLC File Response Briefs in Challenge to ACP Certificate
The lawsuit challenging the certificate of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) moved a step closer to being considered by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals with the filing of response briefs by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), on June 18,
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files Brief Supporting Environmental Justice for Historic African-American Community in Virginia
- – Blue Virginia – 6/10/19
NRDC, Others File Amicus Brief Against ACP Over Environmental Justice
An amicus brief was filed April 12 with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that “the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) broke the law in two key ways that discounted and endangered African American and American Indian communities in Virginia and North Carolina in approving the proposed Atlantic Coast gas pipeline.”
The brief was filed by Natural Resources Defense Council and nine other groups: Center for Earth Ethics;
Brief Filed in Lawsuit Challenging ACP’s FERC Certificate
The opening brief in a lawsuit challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) certificate that allows construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) was filed on April 5 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Appalachian Voices,
Briefing: Atlantic Coast Pipeline – Risk Upon Risk
- – OilChange International – 3/25/19
Opening Brief Filed in Challenge to VA 401 Certification
An opening brief was filed on Tuesday, April 17, in the lawsuit that several ABRA member organizations have filed challenging the December 12 decision of the Virginia State Water Control Board to conditionally approve issuing a water quality certificate (under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act) for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.