Keystone XL Nationwide Permit 12 Appeal Moot, Ninth Circuit Says

摘要

Appeals to the Army Corps of Engineers’ permitting process for oil and gas pipelines were dismissed bythe Ninth Circuit after the Corps issued a new nationwide permit.The Northern Plains Resource Council, Sierra Club, and other groups had urged the U.S. Court of Appealsfor the Ninth Circuit to uphold a lower court’s finding that the 2017 Nationwide Permit 12 was issuedwithout proper consideration of endangered species impacts.