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,
Federal appeals court explains stay of Mountain Valley Pipeline waterbody construction
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 12/2/20
Fourth Circuit Stays MVP’s New Stream-Crossing Permits Pending Appeal in Latest Setback
- – Natural Gas Intelligence – 11/10/20
Appeals Court Urged to Keep Freeze on Army Corps’ NWP 12 for Pipelines
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has been urged to uphold a Federal District Court in Montana’s ruling prohibiting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP12) program from issuing new permits for oil and natural gas pipelines.
Court Denies Request for A Stay of Keystone XL Decision Affecting NWP 12
Chief Judge Brian Morris for the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana said on April 28 that he would not issue an administrative stay to his April 15 order blocking the Army Corps’ Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP12) program,
Federal Court Stays MVP Authorizations, All Construction Poised to Stop
- – Natural Gas Intelligence – 10/14/19
Judge bars ‘riot boosting’ law aimed at Keystone XL protests
- – E&E Energywire – 9/19/19
Judge Halts Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s Land-Grab Attempt
- – Blue Virginia – 7/26/19
Pipeline work proceeds despite court ordered stay
- – The Recorder – 2/21/19
Fourth Circuit is Asked to Stay ACP’s Fish and Wildlife Permit
A motion to stay the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s (FWS) latest Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) was filed November 30 with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) on behalf of its clients: Defenders of Wildlife,