Decision is a major win for advocates fighting to protect clean water and our climate

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejects pipeline company’s request to invalidate decision to deny water permit by New York State

pursuant to § 401 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1341, that petitioner’s proposed interstate 2 natural gas pipeline would comply with New York State water quality standards (“§ 401 3 certification”). Respondents denied the application on the ground that petitioner had not complied 4 with requests for relevant information. Petitioner contends (1) that respondents exceeded the statutory 5 time limitations for the State’s review of the application and that they must therefore be ordered to 6 notify the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”) that the State waives its right to issue 7 or deny § 401 certification, thereby allowing USACE to issue a permit to petitioner under § 404 of 8 the Clean Water Act

Industry’s challenge to New York State’s authority fails

At stake is the construction of 124-Mile fracked gas pipeline endangering water supply in New York and Pennsylvania

En Albany, el gobernador Andrew Cuomo anunció que su administración estaba negando un permiso clave para la construcción de un proyecto masivo de infraestructura para combustibles fósiles—un ducto para gas fracturado de 125 millas de longitud y conocido como Constitution.

As world leaders sign climate treaty, state leaders in New York show the way

State leaders in Albany, NY, have rejected a key permit for a large fossil fuel infrastructure project that would have created a 125-mile pipeline to transport natural gas from Pennsylvania’s hydraulic fracturing wells.

Environmental groups call on the federal government to reconsider its approval of a 124-mile natural gas pipeline and gas transmission system project that would run from northeastern Pennsylvania through four counties in upstate New York.

FERC violated federal law in issuing permits for the project earlier this month

Ask for revisions subject to second round of public scrutiny

The proposed Constitution Pipeline was slated to carry fracked gas through Pennsylvania and New York, threatening water quality, wildlife, and public health. Following a series of legal challenges by Earthjustice and our partners, one of the companies backing the pipeline abandoned the project. The proposed 124-mile pipeline—a joint venture between oil and gas company subsidiaries…

120-mile natural gas pipeline through NY and PA attracts scrutiny and controversy