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TOWN OF WEYMOUTH v. MASS. DEPT. OF ENVTL. PROT.

Nos. 19-1794, 19-1797, 19-1803.

961 F.3d 34 (2020)

TOWN OF WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS; Robert Hedlund, Mayor of Town of Weymouth; Patrick M. O'Connor, State Senator; Michael Smart, Vice President District Six; Kenneth J. Difazio, District Three Councilor; Jane Hackett, Councilor at Large; Ed Harrington, District Five Councilor; Rebecca Haugh, District One Councilor; Arthur Mathews, District Four Councilor; Michael Molisse, Councilor at Large; Scott Dowd, Conservation Commissioner; George Loring, Conservation Commissioner; Thomas Tanner, Conservation Commissioner; Frank Singleton, Conservation Commissioner; John Reilly, Conservation Commissioner; City of Braintree, Massachusetts; Town of Hingham, Massachusetts; City of Quincy, Massachusetts, Petitioners, v. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, Respondent, Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, Intervenor. Elizabeth Moulds; Jennifer Mathian; Olivia Lanna; Priya Howell; Katherine Rogers; Michael Mullaley; Heather Kaas; Katie McBrine; Janice Deyoung; A. Silvia Fabrizio; Kathleen Cronin, Petitioners, v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Respondent, Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, Intervenor. Dorothy Anderson; Alice Arena; Margaret Bellafiore; Wendy Cullivan; Susan Greene; Rebecca Haugh; Andrea Honore; Michael Lang; Curtis Nordgaard, M.D.; Thomas Pendergast; Judy Roberts; Frank Singleton; Betsy Sowers; Bernadette Wilson, Petitioners, v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Respondent, Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 3, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian F. Bertram , J. Raymond Miyares , Katherine E. Stock , Miyares and Harrington, LLP, Joseph Callanan , Town Solicitor, Town of Weymouth, Nicole I. Taub , Town Solicitor, Town of Braintree, Kerry T. Ryan , Special Counsel, Town of Hingham, Bogle, DeAscentis & Coughlin, P.C., and Janet Petkun , Assistant City Solicitor, City of Quincy, on brief for petitioners Town of Weymouth, et. al.

Lawrence K. Kolodney , Adam J. Kessel , Natalie Galley , Eda Stark , Kayleigh E. McGlynn , and Fish & Richardson P.C. on brief for petitioners Moulds, et. al.

Michael H. Hayden and Morrison Mahoney LLP on brief for petitioners Anderson, et. al.

Seth Schofield , Senior Appellate Counsel, Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts, Maura Healey , Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Julie E. Green , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts, and Joshua Olszewski-Jubelirer , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts, on brief for respondent.

Jeremy C. Marwell , Joshua S. Johnson , Vinson & Elkins LLP, James T. Finnigan , and Rich May, P.C. on brief for intervenor.

Before Thompson, Lipez, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.

These consolidated cases involve a proposed natural gas compressor station set to be built in Weymouth, Massachusetts, as part of Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC's "Atlantic Bridge Project," a natural gas pipeline connecting the Northeastern United States and Canada. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection...

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