How The Tennessee Gas Ruling Impacts Pipeline Projects

Law360, New York (June 27, 2014, 11:10 AM EDT) -- On June 6, 2014, in Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the "Tennessee Gas" case), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that the FERC violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by improperly "segmenting" its NEPA analysis of a four-part upgrade to Tennessee Gas Pipeline's 300 Line System. The Tennessee Gas 300 Line connects the booming gas fields of western Pennsylvania to gas-hungry locations in the northeastern U.S.  The court held that FERC's NEPA review needed to consider the project in its entirety, not on a segment-by-segment basis....

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