At issue is a Clean Water Act provision that has long given states a role in decision-making on infrastructure that would affect streams and wetlands.
By Marianne Lavelle
September 3, 2026
If EPA finalizes its Section 401 overhaul this fall, one of the first tests could be Williams Co.’s proposed Constitution Pipeline, which would deliver natural gas from Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region to Albany, New York, and the pipeline system that connects with New England.