The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under the chairmanship of Richard “Dick” Glick moved like molasses when it came to approving new pipeline projects. Glick’s favorite move was to require a full environmental impact statement (EIS) for even small projects that do nothing more than add more compressors or looping pipe (laid next to existing pipe). Glick is now gone, thanks to Sen. Joe Manchin. Willie Phillips is the Acting Chairman. In a surprise move, Phillips has converted what would have been full EISs for three small but important pipeline projects (all of them affecting the Marcellus/Utica) into much faster and less onerous environmental assessments (EAs), shaving a full nine months off the time it takes to approve these projects.
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