SER YOST v. ROVER PIPELINE, L.L.C.

No. 2020-0091.

191 N.E.3d 421 (2022)

167 Ohio St.3d 223

The STATE EX REL. YOST, Atty. Ge., Appellant, v. ROVER PIPELINE, L.L.C., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 17, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dave Yost , Attorney General, Benjamin M. Flowers , Solicitor General, Samuel C. Peterson , Deputy Solicitor General, and Aaron S. Farmer , Janean R. Weber , and Amanda M. Ferguson , Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant.

McMahon DeGulis, L.L.P., Erin M. McDevitt-Frantz , and Michael S. McMahon , Cleveland; and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., William S. Scherman , David DeBold , Ruth Porter , and Matthew Rozen , for appellee Rover Pipeline, L.L.C.

Tucker Ellis, L.L.P., Joseph P. Koncelik , Anthony R. Petruzzi , and Melissa Z. Kelly , Cleveland, for appellee Pretec Directional Drilling, L.L.C.

Thompson Hine, L.L.P., Kip T. Bollin , and Heidi B. Friedman , Cleveland, for appellee Laney Directional Drilling Company.

Ulmer & Berne, L.L.P., Frederic X. Shadley , and David A. Meyer , Cincinnati, for appellee Mears Group, Inc.

Dworken & Bernstein Company, L.P.A., Grant Keating , Richard N. Selby II , and Erik L. Walter , Painesville, for appellee B&T Directional Drilling, Inc.

Murphy Landen Jones, P.L.L.C., Kevin L. Murphy , J. Jeffrey Landen , and Michael S. Jones ; and Atlas Trenchless, L.L.C., and Philips J. Vallakalil , for appellee Atlas Trenchless, L.L.C.

Trent Dougherty and Chris Tavenor , urging reversal for amici curiae, Ohio Environmental Council and Sierra Club.


{¶ 1} Appellee Rover Pipeline, L.L.C., sought a license to construct an interstate pipeline that crossed several counties in Ohio. As required by Section 401 of the Clean Water Act ("section 401"), 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1), Rover applied for certification from the state of Ohio that any discharge into the state's navigable...

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