- – The Recorder – 5/16/19
Fourth Circuit Panel Hears Arguments on Challenge to ACP Permit
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, VA on May 9 heard arguments challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) biological opinion and incidental take statement for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) that led to work stopping on the project.
4th Circuit casts critical eye on Atlantic Coast permits
- – E&E News EnergyWire – 5/10/19
4th Circuit decision prompts Wall Street concern over pipeline
- – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 3/4/19
Fourth Circuit Denies Review Hearing for ACP in Forest Service Case
An appeal by Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACP, LLC) for a rehearing of the December 13. 2018 decision of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate the U.S. Forest Service permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) was rejected on February 25.
Court rejects pipeline developers’ request to overturn AT decision
- – Southern Environmental Law Center – 2/26/19
Pipeline work proceeds despite court ordered stay
- – The Recorder – 2/21/19
4th Circuit hearing on Atlantic Coast Pipeline not expected until May
- – WV News – 2/18/19
Full Fourth Circuit Urged to Stop Pipeline Land Grab
- – Courthouse News Service – 2/20/19
Forest Service Joins Dominion in Challenging Fourth Circuit Decision
The U.S. Forest Service (NFS) filed on February 11 a petition for review of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in December vacating the NFS permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.