- – E&E News – 5/17/22
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MVP asks 4th Circuit to assign new judges to its cases
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP, LLC) has requested that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals randomly assign judges to hear future cases involving appeals over permits for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. In a May 16 petition filed with the Fourth Circuit,
Questions on MVP’s environmental impact continue in the courts
Challenges to the environmental impacts of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) have continued in the past week in two federal court proceedings.
On April 1, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals refused an appeal by the pipeline’s owners to reconsider before the full Court the January 25 decision by a three-judge panel to strike down the Biological Opinion issued for the MVP by the U.S.
4th Circuit declines to rehear on Forest Service decision on MVP
An appeal by Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider the decision of a three-judge panel to vacate the Forest Service permit for the project was rejected by Court on March 25. This leaves the MVP the option,
Permit problems continue to mount for Mountain Valley Pipeline
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created another delay for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) when it announced in a February 9 letter that it would not finalize action on a permit for the project to cross rivers,
Future of Mountain Valley Pipeline clouded by court decisions
- – The Roanoke Times – 2/6/22
Two legal challenges to MVP heard before Fourth Circuit
A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on October 29 on two separate cases brought by ABRA members challenging permits issued for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).
The first case, Wild Virginia v.
D.C. Circuit Court Declines to Revisit Decision Striking Down FERC’s Approval of the Spire Pipeline
- – Environmental Defense Fund – 9/7/21
DC Circuit slams FERC criteria for approving pipelines
The long-standing practice of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) justifying the need for a new pipeline by over relying on a pipeline’s plans to sell gas to an associated company (e.g., precedent agreements) to establish market need was called into serious question by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in a decision released June 22.
Federal court rules that DEQ acted legally in denying MVP Southgate permit, but must explain itself
- – The Progressive Pulse – 3/12/21