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NO. 19-1039 In the Supreme Court of the United States ________________ PENNEAST PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC, Petitioner, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, et al., Respondents. ________________ On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ________________ JOINT APPENDIX Volume I of II ________________ JEREMY M. FEIGENBAUM PAUL D. CLEMENT Counsel of Record Counsel of Record OFFICE OF THE NEW KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP JERSEY ATTORNEY 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW GENERAL Washington, DC 20004 25 Market Street (202) 389-5000 Trenton, NJ 08611 [email protected] (609) 376-2690 [email protected] Counsel for Respondents Counsel for Petitioner State of New Jersey, et al. (Additional Counsel Listed on Inside Cover) March 1, 2021 Petition for Writ of Certiorari Filed Feb. 18, 2020 Petition for Writ of Certiorari Granted Feb. 3, 2021 MATTHEW LITTLETON Counsel of Record DONAHUE, GOLDBERG, WEAVER & LITTLETON 1008 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20003 (202) 683-6895 [email protected] JENNIFER L. DANIS EDWARD LLOYD MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS LEGAL SERVICES 435 W. 116th Street New York, NY 10027 (201) 306-3382 [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Respondent New Jersey Conservation Foundation JA i TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume I Relevant Docket Entries, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, In re: PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC, No. 19-1191 ..................... JA-1 Relevant Docket Entries, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, In re: PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC, No. 3:18-cv-01597 ........................................ JA-26 Order Issuing Certificates, PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC, 162 FERC ¶ 61,053 (Jan. 19, 2018) ... JA-35 Order Granting Rehearings for Further Consideration, PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC, No. CP15-558-001 (Feb. 22, 2018) ............ JA-212 Order on Rehearing, PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC, 164 FERC ¶ 61,098 (Aug. 10, 2018) .......... JA-213 Volume II Declaratory Order, PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC, 170 FERC ¶ 61,064 (Jan. 30, 2020) .......... JA-363 Order Denying Rehearing, PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC, 171 FERC ¶ 61,135 (May 22, 2020) . JA-460 The following opinions, decisions, judgments, and orders have been omitted in printing this joint appendix because they appear on the following page in the appendix to the Petition for Certiorari: Appendix A Opinion, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, In re: PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC, Nos. 19-1191-19-1232 (Sept. 10, 2019) ...................................... Pet.App-1 JA ii Appendix B Order, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, In re: PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC, Nos. 19-1191-19-1232 (Nov. 5, 2019) ....................................... Pet.App-32 Appendix C Opinion, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, In re: PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC, No. 18-1585 (Dec. 14, 2018) ..................................... Pet.App-34 Appendix D Relevant Statutory Provisions .......... Pet.App-103 15 U.S.C. § 717 ............................ Pet.App-103 15 U.S.C. § 717a .......................... Pet.App-105 15 U.S.C. § 717b .......................... Pet.App-106 15 U.S.C. § 717b-1 ....................... Pet.App-111 15 U.S.C. § 717c .......................... Pet.App-114 15 U.S.C. § 717c-1 ....................... Pet.App-118 15 U.S.C. § 717d .......................... Pet.App-118 15 U.S.C. § 717e .......................... Pet.App-119 15 U.S.C. § 717f ........................... Pet.App-120 15 U.S.C. § 717g .......................... Pet.App-125 15 U.S.C. § 717h .......................... Pet.App-127 15 U.S.C. § 717i ........................... Pet.App-128 15 U.S.C. § 717j ........................... Pet.App-129 15 U.S.C. § 717k .......................... Pet.App-130 15 U.S.C. § 717l ........................... Pet.App-131 15 U.S.C. § 717m ......................... Pet.App-131 JA iii 15 U.S.C. § 717n .......................... Pet.App-135 15 U.S.C. § 717o .......................... Pet.App-138 15 U.S.C. § 717p .......................... Pet.App-138 15 U.S.C. § 717q .......................... Pet.App-140 15 U.S.C. § 717r .......................... Pet.App-141 15 U.S.C. § 717s .......................... Pet.App-145 15 U.S.C. § 717t .......................... Pet.App-147 15 U.S.C. § 717t-1 ....................... Pet.App-147 15 U.S.C. § 717t-2 ....................... Pet.App-148 15 U.S.C. § 717u .......................... Pet.App-151 15 U.S.C. § 717v .......................... Pet.App-151 15 U.S.C. § 717w ......................... Pet.App-152 15 U.S.C. § 717x .......................... Pet.App-152 15 U.S.C. § 717y .......................... Pet.App-153 15 U.S.C. § 717z .......................... Pet.App-162 JA 1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ________________ No. 19-1191 ________________ IN RE: PENNEAST PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC STATE OF NEW JERSEY; NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NEW JERSEY STATE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE; DELAWARE & RARITAN CANAL COMMISSION; NEW JERSEY WATER SUPPLY AUTHORITY; NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY; NEW JERSEY MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION, Appellants. ________________ RELEVANT DOCKET ENTRIES Date Filed Docket Text 01/25/2019 CIVIL CASE DOCKETED. Notice filed by Appellants Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Department of Transportation, New Jersey Department of the Treasury, New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, New Jersey State Agriculture Development Committee, New Jersey Water Supply Authority JA 2 Date Filed Docket Text and State of New Jersey in District Court No. 3-18-cv- 01597. (KR) [Entered: 01/25/2019 03:42 PM] 01/30/2019 CLERK ORDER consolidating the Appeals at Nos. 19-1191 through 19-1232 for all purposes. The parties are advised that all case opening forms, motions and briefs must be electronically filed in all cases on the Court’s electronic case filing (ECF) system. All required case opening forms should be filed within 14 days of the date of this Order. For ease of docketing, the State Defendants have been added to the case by department as listed on the notice of appeal rather than by how the State Defendants were listed on each individual docket, filed. [19- 1191, 19-1192, 19-1193, 19- 1194, 19-1195, 19-1196, 19- 1197, 19-1198, 19-1199, 19- 1200, 19-1201, 19-1202, 19- 1203, 19-1204, 19-1205, 19- 1206, 19-1207, 19-1208, 19- 1209, 19-1210, 19-1211, 19- 1212, 19-1213, 19-1214, 19- 1215, 19-1216, 19-1217, 19- JA 3 Date Filed Docket Text 1218, 19-1219, 19-1220, 19- 1221, 19-1222, 19-1223, 19- 1224, 19-1225, 19-1226, 19- 1227, 19-1228, 19-1229, 19- 1230, 19-1231, 19-1232] (LML) [Entered: 01/30/2019 11:39 AM] * * * 03/05/2019 ECF FILER: Motion filed by Appellants Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Department of Transportation, New Jersey Department of Treasury, New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, New Jersey State Agriculture Development Committee, New Jersey Water Supply Authority and State of New Jersey to stay District Court Order Pending Resolution of the Appeal, to Expedite the motion and the appeals with proposed briefing schedule. Certificate of Service dated 03/05/2019. Service made by ECF. [19-1191, 19-1192, 19- 1193, 19-1194, 19-1195, 19- 1196, 19-1197, 19-1198, 19- 1199, 19-1200, 19-1201, 19- 1202, 19-1203, 19-1204, 19- 1205, 19-1206, 19-1207, 19- JA 4 Date Filed Docket Text 1208, 19-1209, 19-1210, 19- 1211, 19-1212, 19-1213, 19- 1214, 19-1215, 19-1216, 19- 1217, 19-1218, 19-1219, 19- 1220, 19-1221, 19-1222, 19- 1223, 19-1224, 19-1225, 19- 1226, 19-1227, 19-1228, 19- 1229, 19-1230, 19-1231, 19- 1232]--[Edited 03/05/2019 by KR] (MAC) [Entered: 03/05/2019 03:18 PM] * * * 03/08/2019 ECF FILER: Response filed by Appellee County of Mercer to motion for stay, motion to Expedite the appeals. Certificate of Service dated 03/08/2019. [19-1191, 19-1192, 19-1227]--[Edited 03/08/2019 by KR] (PRA) [Entered: 03/08/2019 10:35 AM] * * * 03/15/2019 ECF FILER: Reply by Appellants Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Department of Transportation, New Jersey Department of Treasury, New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, New Jersey State Agriculture JA 5 Date Filed Docket Text Development Committee, New Jersey Water Supply Authority and State of New Jersey to Response to motion for stay, motion to Expedite, filed. Certificate of Service dated 03/15/2019. Service made by ECF, US mail [19-1191, 19- 1192, 19-1193, 19-1194, 19- 1195, 19-1196, 19-1197, 19- 1198, 19-1199, 19-1200, 19- 1201, 19-1202, 19-1203, 19- 1204, 19-1205, 19-1206, 19- 1207, 19-1208, 19-1209, 19- 1210, 19-1211, 19-1212, 19- 1213, 19-1214, 19-1215, 19- 1216, 19-1217, 19-1218, 19- 1219, 19-1220, 19-1221, 19- 1222, 19-1223, 19-1224, 19- 1225, 19-1226, 19-1227, 19- 1228, 19-1229, 19-1230, 19- 1231, 19-1232]--[Edited 03/15/2019 by KR] (MAC) [Entered: 03/15/2019 03:26 PM] 03/19/2019 ORDER (CHAGARES and JORDAN, Circuit Judges) granting in part motion for stay filed by Appellants New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Department of Transportation, State of New Jersey, New JA 6 Date Filed Docket Text Jersey Department of Treasury, New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, New Jersey State Agriculture Development Committee, New Jersey Water Supply Authority and Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission. In the event Appellee transitions from the surveying and testing phase to the construction phase of the pipeline project, physical construction of the pipeline shall be stayed pending this appeal. Additionally, the just compensation portion of the litigation is stayed pending this appeal. Appellants’ Motion to Expedite is granted. Appellants’ Opening Brief of no more than 14,000 words must be filed and served within thirty (30) days from the date of this order.