U.S. Supreme Court,
Environmental & Energy
Mar. 2, 2020
Supreme Court grapples with what constitutes 'lands in the National Park System'
Lat month the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that has significant implications for the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a 600-mile-long underground pipeline intended to deliver natural gas from hydraulic fracturing operations in West Virginia to coastal Virginia and eastern North Carolina, with an expected cost of over $7 billion dollars.
Melissa M. Malstrom
Associate
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Email: mmalstrom@hansonbridgett.com
Melissa focuses her practice in environmental litigation and counseling. She represents a variety of clients in regulatory enforcement actions and litigation involving environmental, land use, and natural resource issues. She has counseled clients under investigation by local, state and federal agencies, including the EPA, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, State Water Resources Control Board, and the California Department of Public Health.
On Feb. 24, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the consolidated cases of U.S. Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association and Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association.
The case has significant implications for the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a 600 mile long underground pipeline i...
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