Pipeline faces delay as feds seek more data
By Joe Mahoney
Federal regulators are pressing the planners of the Constitution Pipeline for a raft of new information about environmental impacts as part of a move that will delay the determination on whether the project can be licensed.
The authorization decision deadline had been scheduled by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for Sept 11.
On Wednesday, however, FERC advised the pipeline company that it was requiring it to submit a slew of new information as a result of comments received from both the public and other agencies in response to a draft environmental impact report issued earlier this year by the FERC staff.
Numerous property owners with parcels along the pipeline route as well as groups advocating for the protection of birds, fish and wildlife had been critical of the draft report. They argue it did not adequately examine the full range of potential impacts of the project along its proposed 124-mile pathway stretching from northeastern Pennsylvania to the Schoharie County town of Wright.
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