NJ DEP Ponders Approving NESE Pipe Permit – Antis Go Nuts Waiting

Radical environmentalists once again have their knickers in a twist. When don't they? In August, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reissued a certificate for the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) project, a billion-dollar-plus project designed to increase Transco pipeline capacity and flows of Marcellus gas heading into New York City and other northeastern markets by an extra 400 MMcf/d (see FERC Reissues NESE Pipeline Project Certificate for NY, NJ). In addition to FERC, both the New York and New Jersey environmental agencies will need to sign off on permits for the project. NY has signaled it will do so (see NY PSC Votes to Approve National Grid Gas Plan, Including NESE Pipe), although we're still waiting for the NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to issue the actual permits. What about the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)? What's the situation in that state?

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