GPA Midstream Association, et al v. DOT, et al
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22-1148
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May 16, 2023
DC Circ. Vacates Valve Rule For Gathering Pipelines
A D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday axed part of a U.S. Department of Transportation agency's rule requiring rupture-mitigation valves to be installed on certain new or replacement transmission and gathering pipelines, finding the agency "cut corners" when it expanded its cost-benefit analysis for transmission lines to gathering ones.
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March 06, 2023
DC Circ. Doubts Thoroughness Of Pipeline Valve Rule
A D.C. Circuit panel questioned on Monday whether a U.S. Department of Transportation agency adequately responded to concerns submitted by two oil and gas trade groups before adopting a new rule requiring rupture-mitigation valves to be installed on certain new or replacement-transmission and gathering pipelines alike.
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February 15, 2023
DC Circ. Questions Timeliness Of Pipeline Rule Challenge
A D.C. Circuit panel is questioning whether two oil and gas trade groups timely filed their appeal of a federal law requiring rupture-mitigation valves on certain gas gathering lines, and have asked the groups and federal regulators to submit briefs on the appropriate appeal deadline.
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December 06, 2022
Feds Say They Had Authority To Craft Pipeline Valve Rule
Federal regulators pushed back on the assertion that a 2011 bill limited their ability to craft a rule requiring rupture-mitigation valves on some gathering pipelines, telling the D.C. Circuit on Monday that an industry challenge to the rule has no merit.
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October 24, 2022
Feds Went Too Far With Pipeline Valve Rules, DC Circ. Told
Federal pipeline safety regulators unlawfully extended the reach of a Congressional mandate in requiring companies to install rupture mitigation valves on certain gas gathering lines, pipeline industry groups told the D.C. Circuit on Friday.