DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER v. SECRETARY PA ENV. PROTECT.

Nos. 16-2211 16-2212 16-2218 16-2400.

903 F.3d 65 (2018)

DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK; Delaware Riverkeeper Maya Van Rossum, Petitioners No. 16-2211 Lancaster Against Pipelines, Petitioner No. 16-2212 Geraldine Nesbitt, Petitioner No. 16-2218 Sierra Club, Petitioner No. 16-2400 v. SECRETARY PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Respondents Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Intervenor Respondent

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 4, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron J. Stemplewicz [Argued], Delaware Riverkeeper Network, 925 Canal Street, Suite 3701, Bristol, PA 19007, Attorney for Petitioners Delaware Riverkeeper Network and Delaware Riverkeeper Maya Van Rossum.

Mark L. Freed [Argued], Jordan B. Yeager , Curtin & Heefner, 2005 South Easton Road, Suite 100, Doylestown, PA 18901, Attorneys for Petitioners Lancaster Against Pipelines and Geraldine Nesbitt.

Diana A. Csank , Zachary M. Fabish , Sierra Club Environmental Law Program, 50 F Street NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20001, Attorneys for Petitioner Sierra Club.

Alexandra C. Chiaruttini , Margaret O. Murphy , Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Market Street, P.O. Box 8469, Harrisburg, PA 17105, Joseph S. Cigan, III [Argued], Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701, Curtis C. Sullivan , Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 909 Elmerton Avenue, 3rd Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Jesse C. Walker , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Department of Environmental Resources, P.O. Box 8464, Harrisburg, PA 17105, Attorneys for Respondents.

Andrew T. Bockis , Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, 2 North Second Street, Penn National Insurance Plaza, 7th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101, Pamela S. Goodwin , Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, 650 College Road East, Suite 4000, Princeton, NJ 08540, Patrick F. Nugent , John F. Stoviak [Argued], Saul Ewing Artnstein & Lehr, 1500 Market Street, Centre Square West, 38th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102, Elizabeth U. Witmer , Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, 1200 Liberty Ridge Drive, Suite 200, Wayne, PA 19087, Attorneys for Intervenor Respondent.

Before: JORDAN, HARDIMAN, and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

These consolidated petitions for review concern the Atlantic Sunrise Project, an expansion of the natural-gas distribution network owned by Intervenor Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company (Transco). At issue is a decision of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP or...

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