( October 8, 2026, 1:48 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals consolidated a fourth petition with three previously consolidated ones challenging the reopening of pipelines in California that were shut down following a 2015 oil spill and challenging the jurisdiction of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to issue permits to reopen them and bifurcated the jurisdictional issue....