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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued September 24, 2021 Decided August 2, 2022 No. 20-1206 DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK AND MAYA VAN ROSSUM, THE DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER, PETITIONERS v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, RESPONDENT ADELPHIA GATEWAY, LLC, INTERVENOR

EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge: This case involves three federal statutes: the Natural Gas Act (“NGA”), 15 U.S.C. § 717, et seq.; the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), formally titled the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, 33 U.S.C. § 1251, et seq.; and the National Environmental Policy. Act (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 4321,

MEMORANDUM OPINION TANYA S. CHUTEAN, United States District Judge The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is empowered to issue “certificate[s] of public convenience and necessity” allowing entities to transport natural gas and to construct, extend, acquire, or operate natural gas pipelines. 15 U.S.C. § 717f. Plaintiffs, an environmental organiza

BROWN, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment: I join Part II. C of the majority opinion, granting the petition for FERC’s failure to adequately address the cumulative impacts of the four upgrade projects. As I see it, the practical effect of the Court’s segmentation holding — now that several of the projects are complete — can only be FERC’s need for a more thorough cumulative im

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge Katsas. This appeal presents broad due-process challenges to how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission conducts business. By statute, FERC is required to recover its costs from regulated industries. The appellants contend that this improperly incentivizes the Commission to approve new natural-gas pipelines, in order to ensure itself futu

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT No. 15-2122 ____________ DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK; MAYA VAN ROSSUM, the Delaware Riverkeeper, Petitioners v. SECRETARY PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,

PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _________________________ No. 15-2122 _________________________ DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK; MAYA VAN ROSSUM, the Delaware Riverkeeper, Petitioners v. SECRETARY PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,

PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _____________ No. 17-1533 _____________ DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK; MAYA VAN ROSSUM, the Delaware Riverkeeper, Petitioners v. SECRETARY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF

OPINION OF THE COURT SMITH, Chief Judge. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. (“Tennessee Gas”) submitted applications to several federal and state agencies seeking approval to build an interstate pipeline project. One such agency is the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1 which administers certain pr

OPINION ROTH, Circuit Judge: In this appeal, we are called upon to review water quality-related permitting actions by New Jersey and Pennsylvania for a project by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco), which operates the Transcontinental pipeline, a 10,-000-mile pipeline that extends from South Texas to New York City. Transco sought federal

*383 MEMORANDUM OPINION ROBERT D. MARIANI, District Judge. 1. Introduction and Procedural History Plaintiff Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC (“TGPC”) filed an Amended Complaint (Doc. 11) and Amended Motion for Emergency Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 12) on January 8, 2013 seeking, inter alia, a declaratory

OPINION OF THE COURT SMITH, Chief Judge. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. (“Tennessee Gas”) submitted applications to several federal and state agencies seeking approval to build an interstate pipeline. project. One such agency is the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (“PADEP”), 1 wh

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES No. 20-72788 ASSOCIATION, FERC Nos. Petitioner, RM19-15-000 AD16-16-000 NEWSUN ENERGY LLC; ONE ENERGY ENTERPRISES LLC, OPINION Petitioners-Intervenors, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, NATIONAL RURAL ELECT

HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge. These consolidated petitions for review concern the Atlantic Sunrise Project, an expansion of the natural-gas distribution network owned by Intervenor Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company (Transco). At issue is a decision of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP or the Department) granting Atlantic Sunrise a Water Quality Certificati

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued January 19, 2022 Decided June 28, 2022 No. 20-1427 SIERRA CLUB, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, RESPONDENT MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE, LLC AND PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, D/B/A DOMINION ENERGY NORTH CAROLINA

RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 23a0274p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ┐ ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION (22-3176/3666); │ PJM POWER PROVIDERS GROUP (

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued September 14, 2022 Decided May 16, 2023 No. 20-1379 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND SIERRA CLUB, PETITIONERS v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, RESPONDENT ALASKA GASLINE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INTERVENOR On Petition for Review of Orders

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued April 5, 2024 Decided July 11, 2025 No. 23-1133 PARAGOULD LIGHT & WATER COMMISSION, D/B/A PARAGOULD LIGHT, WATER & CABLE – PLWC, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, RESPONDENT CITY UTILITIES OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST POWE

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued March 15, 2024 Decided July 30, 2024 No. 23-1064 NEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, RESPONDENT NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF RATE COUNSEL, ET AL., INTERVENORS Consolidated with 23-1074, 23-1077, 23-

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued February 12, 2021 Decided March 11, 2022 No. 20-1132 FOOD & WATER WATCH AND BERKSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION TEAM, PETITIONERS v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, RESPONDENT EVERSOURCE ENERGY SERVICE COMPANY AND TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC,