There are; a very LONG time for some older pipelines. However with all the new production that came on line as a result of directional drilling and fracking (prior to the COVID-19 virus killing the economy), the existing lines are at capacity.
This pipeline is for natural gas, which otherwise would be flared as it is coproduced with the oil from the wells. However flaring is wasteful and under attack by the same eco-wackos as a contributor too global warming (and of course their whole effort is to shut down all types of fossil fuel production).
I’m not being sufficiently clear. If there are already pipelines, why is there a regulatory issue at all (assuming that this new line is following the same path as the others).
Hopefully, a higher court will overrule this dork.