Commissioner Bernard L. McNamee Concurrence Regarding Allegheny Defense Project Final Rule

Commissioner Bernard L. McNamee Statement
June 9, 2020

Concurrence Regarding Allegheny Defense Project Final Rule

I fully support the final rule issued today because it provides important protections to landowners by ensuring that construction activities for natural gas pipelines and LNG facilities cannot begin until the Commission’s rehearing process is complete. With this final rule, the Commission is exercising its limited authority under the Natural Gas Act to balance the interests of individual landowners with those of the certificate holders of the natural gas projects that will serve the public.