EPA Joins Calls For FERC To More Closely Scrutinize Amended Pipeline

EPA Region 3 is joining environmentalists and state officials in urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to more closely scrutinize the environmental effects of a developer’s plan to bifurcate a proposed natural gas pipeline in the Mid-Atlantic region. The proposal is an attempt to keep construction of the $1 billion PennEast pipeline moving while the portion of the project located in New Jersey is held up by an adverse appellate ruling regarding eminent domain that the company is urging...