Clean Water Act
Shale Law Weekly Review – May 12, 2020
Water Quality: Supreme Court Vacates Kinder Morgan Pipeline Spill Case in Light of Recent Clean Water Act Decision
On May 4, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that a Kinder Morgan pipeline leak case be vacated and remanded in light of a recent Clean Water Act decision (Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. v. Upstate Forever and Savannah Riverkeeper, No. 18-268). The case was remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit following the Supreme Court’s recent decision in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, 590 U. S. ___ (2020). In 2014, Kinder Morgan’s Plantation pipeline ruptured and leaked 370,000 […]
Shale Law Weekly Review – April 21, 2020
LNG Infrastructure: Texas Environmental Commission Grants Air Permit for Annova LNG Facility
On April 8, 2020, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality granted an air quality permit for Annova’s liquified natural gas (LNG) common infrastructure facility. The Commission approved the permit during an online meeting (item called 1:09:13). The Commission received nine requests for hearing on the matter. Two of the requests failed to submit timely comments and were thus denied on statutory procedural grounds. The Commission stated that the remaining seven requesters lived too far from the proposed site for the air quality to affect them differently than the general […]
Shale Law Weekly Review – August 12, 2019
Pipelines: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Issues Stop Work Instruction for Mountain Valley Pipeline
On August 2, 2019, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a stop work instruction for a section of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. According to the instruction, an inspection conducted by DEQ on August 1, 2019, found an “imminent and substantial adverse impact to water quality” due to construction of the pipeline in Montgomery County, Virginia. DEQ asserts that the pipeline failed to control erosion and sediment in the area of construction. The instruction named corrective measures to be taken including the installation of […]
Federal Court Addresses Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
Written by Errin McCaulley – Research Assistant
