Supreme Court: New Jersey, Delaware Differ on LNG Plant
The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 27 heard oral arguments over whether Delaware can block a $700-million liquefied natural-gas import terminal from being built off a pier on New Jersey’s side of the Delaware River. The two states have been debating“riparian jurisdiction” since Colonial times.
In 2005, Delaware denied BP America’s permit request for a LNG terminal extending past the lowwater mark on New Jersey’s side of the river.