The Bridger Pipeline Expansion project has been moving through the permitting process with unusual speed. On July 22, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, or DEQ, withdrew a waiver it had previously granted the pipeline. In June, the environmental law firm Earthjustice filed a complaint on behalf of two Montana residents against DEQ’s decision to grant the waiver. Montana DEQ, along with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, held a public comment period on the pipeline proposal in May. Shannon James with environmental watchdog Montana Environmental Information Center said calling it “light” is a misnomer.