TELL FERC LANDOWNER RIGHTS MUST COME BEFORE FRACKED GAS PIPELINE PROFITS!

Now is your chance to tell the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prioritize landowners rights, our environment, and environmental justice over the profits of the fossil fuel industry.

This past February, FERC, the federal agency that regulates interstate transmission of natural gas, issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) requesting public input on its process for reviewing and approving interstate natural gas facilities such as pipelines and compressor stations. This NOI is a revival of a prior NOI issued in 2018, at which time over 3,000 stakeholders commented on the docket (PL18-1-000), but FERC took no action. Under its new Chairperson, Richard Glick, FERC is expanding its initial inquiry and requesting additional input from landowners and stakeholders on important issues related to the gas pipeline certification process. These issues include how FERC should address: public need, eminent domain and landowner interests, environmental impacts, the efficiency of the review process and environmental justice. 

Impacted landowners have consistently noted the need for reforms and this NOI presents an important opportunity for agencies, landowners, elected officials and communities to contribute recommendations, experiences and insights to FERC’s revision of its policies.

All comments are due by May 26, 2021. 

Click here to sign-on to Clean Air Council’s comment to FERC. 

If you would like to write and submit your own comment directly to FERC, click here follow our directions on how to use eFiling on FERC’s website.