CONSTITUTION PIPELINE v. NY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSER.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN F. STOVIAK , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ( Saul Ewing , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Utz Witmer , Saul Ewing , Wayne, Pennsylvania; Yvonne E. Hennessey , Barclay Damon , Albany, New York, on the brief), for Petitioner.

BRIAN LUSIGNAN , Assistant Attorney General, Albany, New York ( Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General of the State of New York, Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General, Andrew B. Ayers , Senior Assistant Solicitor General, Frederick A. Brodie , Assistant Solicitor General, Lisa M. Burianek , Deputy Bureau Chief, Albany, New York, on the brief), for Respondents.

KARA E. PAULSEN **, White Plains, New York ( Karl S. Coplan , Todd D. Ommen , Anne Marie Garti , Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Inc., White Plains, New York, on the brief), for Intervenor Stop the Pipeline.

MONEEN NASMITH , New York, New York ( Deborah Goldberg , Christine Ernst , Earthjustice, New York, New York, on the brief), for Intervenors Catskill Mountainkeeper, Inc., Sierra Club, and Riverkeeper, Inc.

SIDLEY AUSTIN , Washington, D.C. ( Roger R. Martella, Jr. , Ryan C. Morris , Tobias S. Loss-Eaton , Washington, D.C.; Linda E. Kelly , Quentin Riegel , Leland P. Frost , Manufacturers' Center For Legal Action, Washington, D.C.; Steven P. Lehotsky , Sheldon B. Gilbert , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; Kevin B. Belford , Michael L. Murray , Washington, D.C.; Leslie A. Hulse , Washington, D.C.; Dena E. Wiggins , Washington, D.C.; Andrea J. Chambers , Katie Leesman , Ballard Spahr , Washington, D.C., of counsel), filed a brief for Amici Curiae National Association of Manufacturers, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute, American Chemistry Council, Natural Gas Supply Association, American Forest & Paper Association, and Process Gas Consumers Group, in support of Petitioner.

Kimberly Ong , New York, New York ( Albert K. Butzel , New York, New York, of counsel), filed a brief for Amici Curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, Water Defense, Waterkeeper Alliance, Earthworks, PennEnvironment, Peconic Baykeeper, and Chesapeake Bay Foundation, in support of Respondents.

Before: KEARSE, WESLEY, and DRONEY, Circuit Judges.