TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE CO LLC v. PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD (2024)

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE CO., LLC, Appellant v. PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD; Steven C. Beckman; Bernard A. Labuskes, Jr.; Michelle A. Coleman; Sarah J. Clark; Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future; Delaware Riverkeeper Network; Maya K. Van Rossum

No. 23-2052

Decided: August 08, 2024

Present: CHAGARES, Chief Judge, JORDAN, HARDIMAN, SHWARTZ, KRAUSE, RESTREPO, BIBAS, PORTER, MATEY, PHIPPS, FREEMAN, MONTGOMERY-REEVES, and CHUNG, Circuit Judges.

Andrew T. Bockis, Esq., Saul Ewing, Harrisburg, PA, Patrick F. Nugent, Esq., Sean T. O'Neill, Esq., John F. Stoviak, Esq., Saul Ewing, Philadelphia, PA, Elizabeth U. Witmer, Esq., Saul Ewing, Wayne, PA, for Plaintiff-Appellant. Nicole R. Ditomo, Esq., Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for Defendants-Non-Participating Steven C. Beckman, Sarah J. Clark, Michelle A. Coleman, Bernard A. Labuskes, Jr., Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board. Emma H. Bast, Esq., Jessica R. O'Neill, Esq., PennFuture, Philadelphia, PA, Kacy C. Manahan, Esq., Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Bristol, PA, for Defendant-Appellee Citizens for Pennsylvanias Future. Emma H. Bast, Esq., PennFuture, Philadelphia, PA, Kacy C. Manahan, Esq., Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Bristol, PA, for Defendant-Appellee Delaware Riverkeeper Network. Kacy C. Manahan, Esq., Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Bristol, PA, for Defendant-Appellee Maya K. Van Rossum. Margaret O. Murphy, Esq., Curtis C. Sullivan, Esq., Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Harrisburg, PA, for Intervenor Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.