Tag: PennEast Pipeline
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Hopewell Township officials pleased with court ruling on PennEast Pipeline project
The PennEast Pipeline Company is appealing its court case centered around eminent domain to the U.S. Supreme Court. The company’s decision comes in light of the recent ruling this month by Third Circuit Court of Appeals, denying PennEast’s request to rehear a case concerning the condemning of 42 parcels of New Jersey state-owned land for…
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The PennEast Pipeline Company will appeal its court case to the U.S. Supreme Court
The PennEast Pipeline Company has decided to appeal its court case to the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal appeals court denied the company’s request to rehear the its case. The company’s decision comes in light of the recent ruling this month by Third Circuit Court of Appeals, denying PennEast’s request to rehear a case…
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PennEast Pipeline project faces uncertainty after federal court decision
A federal appeals court has denied the PennEast company’s request to rehear a case concerning the condemning of state-owned land for its pipeline project. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruling this month, limits the company’s options to build the 116-mile pipeline from Pennsylvania into New Jersey. This decision puts the project in jeopardy. “The…
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PennEast pipeline suffers another setback as DEP denies permits
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has denied PennEast’s latest permit applications for a roughly 116-mile-long natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania into New Jersey. This month, the permits were denied after PennEast, on Aug. 8, had resubmitted the Freshwater Wetlands and Flood Hazard Area Permit applications to New Jersey regulators. The new application…
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PennEast Pipeline Company submits new application to DEP
Representatives of the PennEast Pipeline Company have submitted a new application to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), which will decide whether a 120-mile-long pipeline project can move forward. The $1 billion project proposes the construction of a natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania into New Jersey. The new application was filed after the…
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Hopewell applauds as U.S. Court of Appeals grants stay on PennEast pipeline
A federal appeals court judge has granted New Jersey a stay in its court case against PennEast and the action will halt the start of construction on the company’s natural gas pipeline. PennEast wants to build a 110-mile natural gas pipeline from the Marcellus Region of Pennsylvania through Hunterdon and Mercer counties, including Hopewell Township,…
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Judge: PennEast may move forward with surveys of land needed for pipeline
The PennEast Pipeline Co. LLC can move ahead with plans to seize and survey portions of properties it needs to construct a planned natural gas pipeline, despite opposition from property owners and the state. U.S. District Court Judge Brian R. Martinotti, for the District of New Jersey, ruled on Dec. 14 in favor of PennEast,…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: Citizens group join push back of federal approval of PennEast pipeline
A group of property owners has joined the call for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to “re-hear” its approval of the PennEast Pipeline Co.’s application for a natural gas pipeline that stretches from Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania and into Mercer County, New Jersey. Homeowners Against Land Taking-PennEast (HALT) filed the re-hearing request lat week, alleging…
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HOPEWELL: Township officials lawyer up to challenge PennEast application approval
Taking the fight to PennEast, Hopewell Township officials have hired two law firms to challenge the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of PennEast’s application to install a natural gas pipeline, and related condemnation proceedings to seize publicly-owned land. Members of the Hopewell Township Committee approved a resolution to hire attorney Katelyn McElmoyl, of Parker McCay,…