A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on October 29 on two separate cases brought by ABRA members challenging permits issued for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).
The first case, Wild Virginia v.
D.C. Circuit Court Declines to Revisit Decision Striking Down FERC’s Approval of the Spire Pipeline
- – Environmental Defense Fund – 9/7/21
DC Circuit slams FERC criteria for approving pipelines
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.
Federal court rules that DEQ acted legally in denying MVP Southgate permit, but must explain itself
- – The Progressive Pulse – 3/12/21
Fourth Circuit Explains and Reaffirms Stay of MVP’s Army Corps Permit
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on December 1 issued its opinion on the stay of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP12) it had granted in early November for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The challenge to NWP12 permits issued in September by the Huntington and Norfolk Districts of the Corps had been brought by a coalition of environmental groups,
Fourth Circuit Stays MVP’s New Stream-Crossing Permits Pending Appeal in Latest Setback
- – Natural Gas Intelligence – 11/10/20
Federal court delays stream crossings for Mountain Valley Pipeline
D.C. Circuit won’t halt pipeline to Ore. LNG terminal
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.
D.C. Circuit Hears Challenge to Unjust FERC Practice Used to Advance Construction of Unnecessary Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- – Southern Environmental Law Center – 4/27/20