{"id":83851,"date":"2017-08-21T02:22:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T06:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=83851"},"modified":"2017-08-20T21:37:39","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T01:37:39","slug":"schneiderman-statement-on-second-circuit-decision-regarding-constitution-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=83851","title":{"rendered":"Schneiderman statement on Second Circuit decision regarding Constitution Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld New York state\u2019s denial of a water quality certification for the Constitution Pipeline, a critical win for the Attorney General\u2019s Office and the state\u2019s authority to take necessary action to protect its waters and natural resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released the following statement:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNew York must be able to do what\u2019s necessary to protect our environment \u2013 and we\u2019re glad that the court agreed.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be unacceptable for a pipeline \u2013 or any project \u2013 to pollute our waters and undermine New Yorkers\u2019 health and water resources. Today\u2019s decision marks a major win for New Yorkers, and for the State\u2019s right to take the actions necessary to protect the public and our environment.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy office stands ready to continue to vigorously defend New Yorkers\u2019 right to a safe and healthy environment from all who may harm it.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The proposed Constitution Pipeline would include construction of 100 miles of new natural gas pipeline across undeveloped lands in central New York, impacting and crossing more than 250 streams and more than 80 acres of wetlands.<\/span><\/p>\n

In December 2014, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the pipeline but conditioned that approval on certification from New York State that the project would comply with state water quality standards and requirements. Following a thorough review of the project, the Department of Environmental Conservation denied the certification on the grounds that Constitution failed to provide sufficient information to demonstrate that the project would meet New York\u2019s water quality standards. Constitution challenged DEC\u2019s denial.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today,\u00a0the Second Circuit rejected Constitution\u2019s argument<\/a>, noting that the State is entitled to \u201cconduct its own review of the Constitution Project\u2019s likely effects on New York water bodies and whether those effects would comply with the State\u2019s water quality standards.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld New York state\u2019s denial of a water quality certification for the Constitution Pipeline, a critical win for the Attorney General\u2019s Office and the state\u2019s authority to take necessary action to protect its waters and natural resources. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released the following […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-lOr","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Attorny_General_Eric_T_Schneiderman.jpg?fit=260%2C221&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}