07:24 AM EDT, 10/14/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Kinder Morgan's ( KMI ) approvals and permits to allow its subsidiary to build a 32-mile gas pipeline in Tennessee were put on hold by a US appeals court amid pressure from environmental groups.

A 2-1 vote put a hold on the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's order issuing a water quality certification and the Army Corps of Engineers' issuance of a permit, according to a court filing on Friday.

The request for a stay was filed by environmental organizations Appalachian Voices and Sierra Club, which claimed that the pipeline's construction could have a harmful impact on the environment.

The proposed Cumberland Project, set to be constructed by Kinder Morgan's ( KMI ) Tennessee Gas Pipeline, is expected to transport about 245,000 dekatherms per day of additional natural gas to the Tennessee Valley Authority, according to Reuters.

The court said a stay will give it time to consider the merits of the environmental groups' case and that further arguments in the case will be heard in December.

Kinder Morgan ( KMI ) did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for comment on the matter.

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