The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) on June 15, 2023, finalized a rule requiring interstate electric transmission providers to file one-time informational reports assessing the susceptibility of...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule on June 9, 2022, to revise the requirements for water quality certification under the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401. The proposed rule changes both...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a brief order on March 24, 2022, backtracking on the historic – and divisive – changes it had announced several weeks ago to its natural gas pipeline certification...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has made historic changes to its policies for approving the construction of natural gas pipeline facilities. These changes, which came in the form of two policy statements...more
In a recently published letter, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Richard Glick indicated that the commission would strengthen its scrutiny of greenhouse gas emissions when evaluating certificate...more
In a 5-4 ruling decided on June 29, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court in PennEast Pipeline Co. LLC v. New Jersey et al. affirmed the rights of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-certified pipelines seeking to use eminent...more
7/2/2021
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Condemnation ,
Delegation Authority ,
Easements ,
Eminent Domain ,
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Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas Act ,
PennEast Pipeline Co. v New Jersey ,
Right of Way ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity
On March 29, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) published its Final Rule regarding Waiver of the Water Quality Certification Requirements of Section 401(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act in the Federal Register...more
4/5/2021
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Certification Requirements ,
Clean Water Act ,
FERC ,
Final Rules ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas Act ,
Pipelines ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Tribal Lands ,
Water Quality
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has invited public comment by April 15, 2021, on its recently opened proceeding (Docket No. AD21-13-000), which FERC has stated "will examine how grid operators prepare for and...more
On Oct. 19, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) filed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register to start the 30-day comment period on its draft rule, which was published on the FERC website on...more
10/20/2020
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Clean Water Act ,
Comment Period ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FERC ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas Act ,
NPRM ,
Pipelines ,
Water Quality
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the rollout of its new Clean Water Act Section 401 Guidance for Federal Agencies, States and Authorized Tribes which replaces an April 2010 Interim Guidance...more
6/19/2019
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Clean Water Act ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FERC ,
Natural Gas ,
Navigable Waters ,
New Guidance ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Section 401 ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Water Quality
As previously reported, on Aug. 31, 2018, Kevin J. McIntyre, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Howard "Skip" Elliott, Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration...more
9/6/2018
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Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Natural Gas Act ,
Oil & Gas ,
PHMSA ,
Pipelines ,
Transportation Industry
A recent Boston Globe editorial entitled “Gas-by-train? Beacon Hill Opens The Door” suggests that liquefied natural gas (LNG) may be arriving by train to New England from the shale gas region in Pennsylvania in the future....more
3/14/2018
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Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Railroad Administration ,
FERC ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Petition for Rulemaking ,
PHMSA ,
Railroads ,
Shale Gas ,
Shipping ,
Trains