TP. OF BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY v. F.E.R.C.

Nos. 17-1047, 17-3207.

903 F.3d 234 (2018)

TOWNSHIP OF BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY; Township of Chesterfield, Petitioners v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Intervenor Respondent. Township of Bordentown, New Jersey; Township of Chesterfield; Pinelands Preservation Alliance, Petitioners v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Respondent Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Intervenor Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Borek , Lawrence Bluestone , Genova Burns, 494 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102, Counsel for Petitioner Township of Bordentown.

John C. Gillespie , Parker McCay, 9000 Midlantic Drive, Suite 300, P.O. Box 5054, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054, Counsel for Petitioner Township of Chesterfield.

Paul A. Leodori , Todd M. Parisi , Law Offices of Paul Leodori, 61 Union Street, 2nd Floor, Medford, NJ 08055, Counsel for Petitioner Pinelands Preservation Alliance.

David L. Morenoff , Robert H. Solomon , Susanna Y. Chu , Ross Fulton , Rekha Sherman , Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 1st Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426, Counsel for Respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Gurbir S. Grewal , Jason W. Rockwell , Ryan C. Atkinson , Lewin J. Weyl , Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, 25 Market Street, P.O. Box 116, Trenton, NJ 08625, Counsel for Respondent New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Christine A. Roy , Brian B. Keatts , Richard G. Scott , Rutter & Roy, 3 Paragon Way, Suite 300, Freehold, NJ 07728, Counsel for Intervenor Respondent Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co LLC.

Before: CHAGARES, GREENBERG, and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

I. Introduction...242

II. Background...243

A. Statutory Background...243

B. Procedural History...244

III. Challenges to FERC's Orders...246

A. Interpreting the CWA...246

B. NEPA Challenges...248

1. Segmentation of PennEast...248

2. Consideration...

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