Briefly:  Groups Reassert Claim That Agency’s Pipeline Permit Decision Was Unlawful

Mealey's (May 26, 2022, 12:59 PM EDT) -- GREAT FALLS, Mont. — An environmental group on May 3 filed a reply brief in Montana federal court contending that the Army Corps of Engineers has offered “no convincing response” to its original argument that the Corps violated federal law when it issued what is known as Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP 12) for the construction of pipelines to carry hydraulically fractured oil and gas without properly evaluating the environmental impact of the decision....