Constitution Pipeline asked FERC to reconsider a January order upholding a denial of the company’s water permit application by New York environmental regulators, saying the commission “erred” in its interpretation of the federal Clean Water Act.

FERC refused Constitution Pipeline’s request to find that New York regulators had failed to act in a timely manner on the company’s water permit application.

Actor James Cromwell interrupted the FERC meeting Thursday over its approval of a 7.8-mile extension of the Millennium Pipeline through Orange County, N.Y.

Environmental advocates criticized FERC for ruling that New York state failed to act in a timely manner on water quality permits.

Millennium Pipeline has taken New York to federal court to force action on a gas line needed for CPV's under-construction power plant.