Sierra Club v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
D.C. Circuit Nos. 16-1329, 16-1387
Other Agency
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Flint Riverkeeper and Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
136,230.22
Court
Not Available because the decision was not published
The fee award arose from the Court's determination that the Commission violated NEPA by failing to calculate and consider the environmental effects of emissions stemming from the end use of the natural gas transported on a FERC-jurisdictional pipeline.
The Court found that the Commission's position that NEPA did not require the calculation and consideration of end use emissions was not substantially justified.