 The Atlantic Coast Pipeline project suffered another legal blow as on January 7 the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the air permit for the projects Buckingham County, Virginia compressor station. The three-judge panel vacated the permit faulting the Virginia Air Pollution Control Boards permit approval in light of environmental justice concerns. The court also chastised the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality DEQ for approving the use of gas-fired turbines instead of electric and the court claimed the DEQ had no jurisdiction to make that decision. The court remanded the permit to the state air control board citing both state and federal applications of the Clean Air Act were at issue as well as a a complex intertwining of local, state, and federal laws and regulations. This is the same court which vacated key permits from the US Fish and Wildlife Service for Incidental Take and the US Forest Service permit to cross the Appalachian Trail. The appeal of the Latter vacated permit will be heard by the US Supreme Court. 