Oneonta Daily Star
Activists Urge State to Deny Pipeline Permit
By Joe Mahoney
August 11, 2015
State environmental regulators would be on solid legal footing if they trip up the Constitution Pipeline project by denying a crucial water certificate to the consortium of companies behind the $700 million underground natural gas transmission system, a lawyer fighting the project said Tuesday.
“The DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) has the right to override the decision of FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,” Anne Marie Garti of East Meredith, an attorney with the Pace Environmental Law Clinic and an activist with Stop the Pipeline, said.
