New York

New York state’s denial of a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit for the proposed Constitution Pipeline has killed any chance of the project meeting it’s scheduled Dec. 2, 2018 construction deadline, the company said in a filing at FERC Monday.

New York regulators are once again threatening to strand 400 MMcf/d of natural gas in Pennsylvania by denying Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC’s (Transco) Northeast Supply Enhancement Project a water quality certification (WQC).

Constitution Pipeline Co. LLC on Monday asked FERC to reconsider its decision upholding the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) authority to deny a water quality certification (WQC) for the long-delayed natural gas project.

FERC dealt another blow to the long-delayed Constitution Pipeline on Thursday, denying a petition for a declaratory order that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) waived its authority when it failed to issue a water quality certification (WQC) within a reasonable period of time.

It was in May, about two years after New York officially banned high volume hydraulic fracturing, that a coalition of more than 40 business, labor and industry interests came together to defend and promote natural gas development in the state.

A regulatory turf war between FERC and New York officials regarding the Valley Lateral Project to carry Marcellus Shale natural gas shows no sign of abating, and a federal appeals court in Manhattan agreed to hear arguments about the project next month.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has denied Millennium Pipeline Co. LLC a water quality certification (WQC) and other permits for its Valley Lateral Project, sending another clear signal of the challenges natural gas projects face in the state.

National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. and Empire Pipeline Inc. have requested that FERC reconsider its Feb. 3order approving the Northern Access expansion project to clarify that the companies don’t need permits from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to begin construction.

ExxonMobil Corp.’s dispute with state attorneys general into the company’s climate change research is heating up, with a North Texas district court now holding a key in how the case moves forward. At the same time an industry group has charged the attorneys general coalition is politically directed at furthering the Obama administration’s climate change initiative.