Nexus

A federal court has ordered construction halted on an eight-mile stretch of the Nexus Gas Transmission pipeline in Northeast Ohio until it can review the project’s 401 Water Quality Certification that was issued by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA).

The Sierra Club on Monday filed in federal court to drop both its appeal of the Nexus Gas Transmission project and an emergency motion to stop construction, saying it no longer has the support of affected landowners.

The Sierra Club on Monday filed in federal court to drop both its appeal of the Nexus Gas Transmission project and an emergency motion to stop construction, saying it no longer has the support of affected landowners.

Voters in Bowling Green, OH, on Tuesday definitively rejected a referendum that would have prohibited natural gas pipelines from being built on city-owned property.

FERC issued an order Wednesday clearing Nexus Gas Transmission LLC to start construction, an expected but no less significant step forward for the delayed greenfield natural gas pipeline.

FERC issued an order Wednesday clearing Nexus Gas Transmission LLC to start construction, an expected but no less significant step forward for the delayed greenfield natural gas pipeline.

A coalition of environmental groups led by the Sierra Club filed a rehearing request Thursday challenging FERC’s recent certificate approving the Nexus Gas Transmission natural gas pipeline and related projects.

The Nexus Gas Transmission pipeline cleared another regulatory hurdle this week when the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) announced that it has issued a water quality certification for the 255-mile, 1.5 Bcf/d natural gas project.

The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) in a letter Wednesday called on FERC to approve the PennEast Pipeline, joining an industry chorus urging the recently revamped agency to sign off on ripe applications for major northeast natural gas infrastructure.