A controversial pipeline project that would have run through Carbon County is no longer in the works.

The PennEast Pipeline Company sent a statement to media Monday morning announcing the news.

“Although PennEast received a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to construct the proposed pipeline and obtained some required permits, PennEast has not received certain permits, including a water quality certification and other wetlands permits under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act for the New Jersey portion of the Project; therefore, the PennEast partners, following extensive evaluation and discussion, recently determined further development of the project no longer is supported,” PennEast spokesperson Patricia Kornick said. “Accordingly, PennEast has ceased all further development of the project.”

PennEast first announced the 116-mile pipeline, proposed to run from Luzerne County to Mercer County, New Jersey, in 2014. Local opposition formed almost immediately, led by the group Save Carbon County and its president, Linda Christman.

“It’s wonderful, absolutely wonderful” Christman said of Monday’s announcement. “We were prepared to keep fighting them. I think staying with it was the key. The pipeline companies always think they can outlast volunteer groups. But we all stuck with it for seven years. I have a note pasted on my fridge that says, never give up, and that has never been more true than today.”

The company won a Supreme Court case earlier this summer that allowed it to acquire state-owned property in New Jersey for the pipeline, but a lack of permits in the Garden State ultimately stalled the project.

The project was most recently split in two phases, with the first including 68 miles of pipe and the portion running through Carbon and Monroe counties, entirely within Pennsylvania.

Last month, PennEast officials said the company was exploring the dismissal of land acquisition lawsuits against local property owners, and last week a similar action took place in New Jersey.