FERCstaff plans to issue the final environmental review for the PennEast naturalgas pipeline project by the end of the year.
FERCstaff's planned schedule for completing the final environmental impactstatement forecast the document being available on Dec. 16. Other federalagencies cooperating with FERC would then have 90 days, until March 16, 2017,to finish their work on the review. FERC released the schedule in a March 29notice.
Earlierin March, Delaware Riverkeeper Network sued FERC in federal district court for alleged bias infavor of permitting gas infrastructure, part of the group's fight against thePennEast project.