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   UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE ET AL. v.
COWPASTURE RIVER PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION
                  ET AL.

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
                 THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

   No. 18–1584. Argued February 24, 2020—Decided June 15, 2020*
Petitioner Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (Atlantic), sought to construct an
  approximately 604-mile natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to
  North Carolina along a route that traversed 16 miles of land within
  the George Washington National Forest. As relevant here, Atlantic
  secured a special use perm