U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued a decision today vacating the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s FERC order issuing a new license for the Conowingo Hydroelectric Project on the Susquehanna River.
By voiding the license, issued last year by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals is sending it back to the agency for further review.
Several regional environmental groups filed suit Friday and Monday against the Maryland Department of the Environment, arguing the latest iteration of its stormwater permit covering hundreds of industrial facilities statewide is insufficient.
The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals has invalidated a 50-year license for the Conowingo Dam, issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last year, sending it back to the agency for further review.