( August 14, 2026, 1:44 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Three consolidated petitions, two by California and one by environmental groups, challenging a December emergency special permit reopening pipelines that were shut down following an oil spill in 2015 and challenging the jurisdiction of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to issue the permit are moot as to the challenge of the December permit due to the issuance of a new permit in June, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, reserving ruling on the reviewability of the restart approval and the jurisdictional determination....