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Ruling Clears the Way for Pipeline Operations (DALLAS) – Longhorn Partners Pipeline said today that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in its favor. Judge E. Grady Jolly, writing for the 5th Circuit, said that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Pipeline Safety ("the Lead Agencies") said "we should first note how exceedingly thorough and comprehensive" Longhorn's Environmental Assessment ("EA") was, commenting that ...

Federal Official Calls Safety Plan "Unprecedented" (Dallas, Texas) - Longhorn Partners Pipeline said today it has received notice that the federal Environmental Assessment (EA) of its proposed products pipeline has concluded with a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). Today's announcement by the agencies conducting the study formally confirms the completion of the study that has been widely reported since last Friday. The FONSI brings the pipeline one step closer to operation. ...

Longhorn Partners Pipeline said today that the federal agencies conducting an Environmental Assessment (EA) of its pipeline from Houston to El Paso have released for public review a Draft EA report and a preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI). The purpose of the EA, jointly directed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Pipeline Safety (DOT), is to evaluate Longhorn's proposed petroleum products pipeline in order ...

Longhorn Pipeline and most other parties to the litigation in U.S. District Court in Austin, styled Spiller v. Walker, have reached an agreement to conduct a comprehensive environmental review of the Longhorn Pipeline. Details of the agreement include the following. Management: The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will be joint lead agencies in the preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) of the Longhorn Pipeline Project. ...

Provides Safety Assurance; Speeds Economic, Environmental Benefits (DALLAS) – Longhorn Partners Pipeline said today that the Austin City Council has voted to approve the City of Austin entering into an agreement that would settle their current dispute with Longhorn and initiate an Environmental Assessment (EA) of the pipeline. Longhorn anticipates that most other parties to the Spiller v. Walker lawsuit will also agree to the settlement within the next few days, the company said. ...