The D.C. Circuit vacated certain requirements under an EPA rule concerning the assertion and treatment of confidential business information (CBI) claims for information reported to or otherwise obtained by the Agency under TSCA. Trade groups challenged the rule, arguing it allowed for unlawful discl...
The D.C. Circuit denied a pipeline operator's petition to review a FERC order authorizing abandonment, subject to a condition, of a natural gas pipeline it operated off the Louisiana and Texas coasts. The operator had applied for an abandonment order after a segment of the pipeline was damaged by a ...
The D.C. Circuit denied an advocacy group's petition to review FERC's approval of a natural gas pipeline in Indiana. The group argued FERC was required to analyze non-gas alternatives before approving the pipeline, which would serve two new natural gas turbines as part of a plan to retire a coal-fir...