FERC has given Governor Andrew “Corruptocrat” and his equally corrupt DEC a message; their days of riding roughshod over Federal law on pipelines are over.

Jim Willis, who somehow manages to pick up on everything over at Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) posted a story yesterday revealing something extraordinarily important for the pipeline and natural gas industry. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) directly took on the political corruption that is New York State government. It also sent a signal to other states who have followed suit in abusing the Section 401 Water Quality Certification process for pipelines under the Clean Water Act. FERC is taking a strong stand to defend the integrity of Section 401.

It all has to do with the seven mile Millennium Pipeline extension to serve a nearly complete power plant in Orange County, New York. It was only a week ago Jim Willis reported Millennium, having gotten FERC to overrule DEC’s denial of its water quality certification by declaring the latter had waived its rights to decide, was now asking FERC to allow it proceed with construction.

Read more:

http://naturalgasnow.org/new-day-ferc-takes-cuomo-corrupt-dec/