Five unions join push for expedited FERC review of Rover pipeline

摘要

Five major trade unions have joined those putting pressure on the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to speed its environmental review of the proposed 713-mile Rover Pipeline, a major project to move Appalachian gas to Midwest markets that would dramatically alter regional flow dynamics. Led by the Laborers’ International Union of North America, and representing more than 3 million members, the unions have asked FERC to rethink its schedule released this fall for the review and instead approve a certificate by mid-2016. “We have great concern that FERC’s protracted review of this project will leave thousands of our members — who have been trained specifically with the Rover project in mind — without work and in search of other high-paying, shovel-ready jobs this spring,” said the letter, posted on FERC’s website December 23.