海伦娜，蒙特。——特朗普政府已要求美国最高法院重启一项许可计划，允许有争议的Keystone XL管道和其他新的石油和天然气管道在几乎没有审查的情况下穿越水道。
今年早些时候，蒙大拿州的一名法官暂停了美国陆军工程兵部队的许可证项目，当时环保团体试图阻止Keystone XL输油管道的建设，认为许可证程序允许公司规避对水体造成损害的责任。
该许可项目被称为全国许可12，允许在满足特定标准的情况下，在最少审查的情况下，在溪流和湿地之间修建管道。
加拿大TC能源公司需要许可证来建造这条从加拿大穿越美国河流和小溪的有争议的管道。行业代表表示，美国地方法官布赖恩·莫里斯(Brian Morris)否决该项目的裁决也可能会推迟美国70多个管道项目，并增加高达20亿美元的成本。
莫里斯裁定，陆军军官团官员在2017年不恰当地重新授权了该项目，他说这可能会损害受保护的野生动物和野生动物栖息地。
上个月，美国第九巡回上诉法院驳回了一项阻止莫里斯公司裁决的紧急请求，该裁决是由美国政府、各州和行业团体提出的。
周一，美国副检察长诺埃尔·弗朗西斯科(Noel Francisco)要求最高法院做第九巡回法院做不到的事情:阻止莫里斯的裁决，让许可程序在诉讼进行期间再次运行。
政府向法院提出的申请称，莫里斯不应该阻止该项目，该项目自20世纪70年代就开始实施，而陆军和私营公司“每年都要依靠它来开展数千项活动，”副检察长写道。
弗朗西斯科写道:“地方法院没有授权撤销NWP 12号关于Keystone XL的判决，更不用说在全国任何地方建设所有新的石油和天然气管道了。”。
诉讼的原告之一，生物多样性中心在一份声明中说，最高法院应该拒绝特朗普政府的请求。
“像Keystone XL这样的管道是一场等待发生的灾难，”高级律师贾里德·马戈利斯在声明中说。
今年5月，TC能源公司建造了穿越美国边境的第一条有争议的油砂管道。但是随着莫里斯公司对许可项目的裁决，该公司将很难完成这个80亿美元的项目。
从亚伯达到内布拉斯加州的1，200英里(1，900公里)长的管道在总统上任前的过去十年中大部分时间都处于停滞状态唐纳德·特朗普被选举出来并开始努力完成它。
Trump administration takes Keystone dispute to Supreme Court
HELENA, Mont. -- The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a permit program that would allow the disputed Keystone XL pipeline and other new oil and gas pipelines to cross waterways with little review.
Earlier this year, a Montana judge suspended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ permit program when environmental groups seeking to block construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline argued the permit process allows companies to skirt responsibility for damage done to water bodies.
The permit program, known as Nationwide Permit 12, allows pipelines to be built across streams and wetlands with minimal review if they meet certain criteria.
Canadian company TC Energy needs the permit to build the long-disputed pipeline from Canada across U.S. rivers and streams. Industry representatives said U.S. District Judge Brian Morris' ruling blocking the program could also delay more than 70 pipeline projects across the U.S. and add as much as $2 billion in costs.
Morris ruled that Army Corps officials in 2017 improperly reauthorized the program, which he said could harm protected wildlife and wildlife habitat.
Last month, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied an emergency request to block Morris' ruling filed by the U.S. government, states and industry groups.
On Monday, U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco asked the Supreme Court to do what the 9th Circuit court wouldn't: block Morris' ruling and let the permit program operate again while the lawsuit plays out in court.
The government's application to the court says Morris shouldn't have blocked the program, the which has been in effect since the 1970s, and the Army Corps and private companies “rely on it for thousands of activities annually," the solicitor general wrote.
“The district court had no warrant to set aside NWP 12 with respect to Keystone XL, let alone for the construction of all new oil and gas pipelines anywhere in the country,” Francisco wrote.
One of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement that the Supreme Court should reject the Trump administration's request.
“Pipelines like Keystone XL are a disaster waiting to happen," senior attorney Jared Margolis said in the statement.
In May, TC Energy built the first piece of the disputed oil sands pipeline across the U.S. border. But with Morris' ruling on the permit program, it would be difficult for the company to complete the $8 billion project.
The 1,200-mile (1,900-kilometer) pipeline from Alberta to Nebraska was stalled for much of the past decade before PresidentDonald Trumpwas elected and began trying to push it through to completion.
