March 2021, Vol. 248, No. 3
Government
Corps Initiates INGAA-Opposed Permit Changes
By Stephen Barlas, Contributing Editor, Washington D.C. The Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) finalized changes to wetland pipeline digging permits opposed by the INGAA. But that final rule issued days before President Trump’s exit from office now faces review and revision by the Biden administration, possibly cancelation by the Congress or a lawsuit from environmentalists. That the Corps will probably have to review that final rule in some sense is a boon to the gas transmission industry given that final rulemaking changes to Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP12) adopt none of the suggestions the INGAA asked for after the proposed rule was issued in September 2020. The

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