The Norfolk District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has been told that it would violate legal requirements should it reinstate the suspended verification for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) using the Corps’ Nationwide 12 Permit (NWP12). The argument was set forth in a February 11 letter from the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC),
Ex-Heads of Park Service & Appalachian Trail Oppose ACP Crossing Trail
Among the amicus briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22 in support of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to vacate the U.S. Forest Service permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross the Appalachian Trail (see ABRA Update #250 article on this) was one jointly filed by: John Jarvis,
State AGs File Briefs Backing 4th Circuit on Forest Service Permit Case
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline “threatens Virginia’s resources without clear corresponding benefits,” so stated a brief filed January 22 with the U.S. Supreme Court by Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring. The amicus brief was filed as part of the appeal brought by Atlantic Coast Pipeline,
A Walk in the Woods: Pipelines and the Appalachian Trail
- – Natural Resources Defense Council – 1/22/20
New Brief Filed with Supreme Court in Cowpasture Case
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and the Sierra Club Environmental Law Program filed on January 15 a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in response to the briefs filed in December by the U.S. Forest Service and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline,
2020: A Year of Pipeline Court Fights, with One Lawsuit Headed to the Supreme Court
- – Inside Climate News – 1/3/20
Dominion Fails to Convince Congress to Address AT Crossing Issue
Efforts by Dominion Energy to convince Congress to approve having the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) cross the Appalachian National Scenic Trail have not yielded results. For most of the past year Dominion has been seeking to have a rider added to other legislation that would,
ACP’s Supreme Court Petition Draws Widespread Support as Stakeholders Await Ruling
- – Natural Gas Intelligence – 12/12/19
Briefs in Support of Dominion on AT Issue Filed With Supreme Court
Amicus briefs in support of the appeal by the U.S. Forest Service and Atlantic Coast, LLC to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Cowpasture River, et. al. case were filed on December 9. As noted in last week’s ABRA Update,
Briefing Schedule Set for Appeal of Forest Service Case to Supreme Court
Initial briefs in the Cowpasture River Preservation Association, et. al. v. Forest Service are due to be filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the petitioners – U.S. Forest Service and Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC – on December 2.