ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — A proposal to revive the controversial Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement natural gas pipeline fueled legal action and widespread public opposition in New York, where state agencies have little time to decide on the project's future. The pipeline, which would run beneath New York Harbor, previously received three denials on environmental grounds from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

The NESE pipeline is proposed to run mostly underwater for about 23 miles between New Jersey and the Rockaway Transfer Point in New York. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC—a subsidiary of the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Williams Company—and other proponents, including National Grid, contend that the pipeline is a timely and practical way to address th

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