On December 9, Jay Johnson spoke with E&E News by Politico on the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado Supreme Court case and the NEPA act. Below is an excerpt:
On a snowy October morning, a parade of trucks struggled to navigate a mountain pass, toting massive freights of thick, waxy crude from an oil patch located about 100 miles away.
Some local residents say there is a better way to transport the oil that helps fuel their economy. The solution: Build an 88-mile rail spur to link the fossil fuel-rich Uinta Basin to an existing national rail network that would ship their product all the way to refineries near the Gulf of Mexico.
To do that, they’ll first need a little help from the nation’s highest court.
Jay Johnson, a partner at the law firm Venable who is representing the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition before the Supreme Court, said there will certainly be more to sort out after the justices rule next year.
“But I’m optimistic,” he said.
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