Post by Logan on May 14, 2016 12:16:56 GMT -6
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday raised another potential legal obstacle to the proposed Constitution natural gas pipeline, already wounded this month when the state denied it necessary environmental permits.
Schneiderman’s office asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to delay action on its December 2014 order that approved the 125-mile pipeline, which would bring natural gas to Schoharie County from the hydrofrack fields of northern Pennsylvania.
He also urged FERC to consider fining the company up to $1 million a day if an investigation finds that developers encouraged landowners along the planned route in the Southern Tier to cut down trees this year before any decision on the state permits had been reached.
During a two-month investigation along the pipeline route, Scheiderman’s office allegedly found evidence of tree-cutting, road building, heavy equipment use in or near state-protected streams and wetlands, and “other construction-related activities,” according to a statement.
Read more: blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/249212/ag-adds-to-legal-woes-for-constitution-pipeline/
Schneiderman’s office asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to delay action on its December 2014 order that approved the 125-mile pipeline, which would bring natural gas to Schoharie County from the hydrofrack fields of northern Pennsylvania.
He also urged FERC to consider fining the company up to $1 million a day if an investigation finds that developers encouraged landowners along the planned route in the Southern Tier to cut down trees this year before any decision on the state permits had been reached.
During a two-month investigation along the pipeline route, Scheiderman’s office allegedly found evidence of tree-cutting, road building, heavy equipment use in or near state-protected streams and wetlands, and “other construction-related activities,” according to a statement.
Read more: blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/249212/ag-adds-to-legal-woes-for-constitution-pipeline/