NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals panel has temporarily halted two permits needed to begin construction on a pipeline project in Tennessee that will ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn . — A federal appeals panel has temporarily halted two permits needed to begin construction on a pipeline project in Tenn essee that will supply a natural gas plant.
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company could have begun construction as soon as Tuesday, according to the court records. The case is set for oral arguments on Dec. 10. If additional appeals are filed and succeed, the timeline could be reset again. In the ruling, Judges Eric Clay and Karen Moore argued that the groups risk irreparable harm if pipeline construction begins before the judges decide their case. The company's plans would cross scores of streams and wetlands, where construction could do long-lasting damage to waterways and wildlife, the plaintiffs contend.
Another lawsuit claims that TVA’s environmental review of the Cumberland plant was perfunctory, in violation of the law. A separate challenge contests the decision-making for a planned 1,500-megawatt natural gas facility with 4 megawatts of solar and 100 megawatts of battery storage at the Kingston Fossil Plant, the site of a massive.
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