- – E&E Energywire – 7/12/21
Army Corps extends time for VA DEQ to act on MVP 401 request
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) an additional six months for it to act on a request for water quality certification for the new water crossings proposed for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Virginia certification of MVP water crossings still uncertain
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has responded to a May 13 request from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as to whether DEQ intended to require for the Mountain Valley Pipeline a new certificate under section 401 of the Clean Water Act concerning the project’s proposal to change the waterbody crossing method for the project at 120 stream or river crossings,
VA DEQ urged to require certification for MVP water crossings
Fifteen conservation organizations, including ABRA, wrote the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on June 21 arguing that the agency must require certification under section 401 of the Clean Water Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline to tunnel under nearly 100 streams and wetlands in Virginia.
FERC asks VA DEQ for opinion on proposed MVP water crossings
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has asked the Virginia
Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) whether the proposed water crossings for
the Mountain Valley Pipeline would require certification under Section 401 of the Clean
Water Act (CWA).
MVP delayed again as project cost keeps rising
- – Charleston Mail-Gazette – 5-5-21
West Virginia water quality in crosshairs again
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 5-11-21
Hileman: DEQ should reject MVP’s water-crossing application
- – The Roanoke Times – 4/17/21
Senators Kaine and Warner voice concerns about MVP stream crossings
Virginia’s two U.S. Senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, have written Richard Glick, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), to express concerns they have heard from constituents about confusion on recent filings with the agency by Mountain Valley Pipeline,
Stream crossings for Mountain Valley Pipeline become more complicated
- – The Roanoke Times – 3/29/21