- – KVPI 6 News – 12/3/18
Fourth Circuit Vacates MVP’s Nationwide 12 Permit
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ issuance of a Nationwide 12 Permit to the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) has been held to be invalid by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The November 27 Order from the Court held that Corps’ permit for the MVP violated the Clean Water Act and that the project will likely require an individual permit to cross streams.
Pipeline water crossing permits suspended
- – The Recorder – 11/29/18
Federal Court Halts ACP Stream Crossings in West Virginia
The Fourth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals on November 7 issued a stay on the ability of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP)to cross streams in West Virginia. The Court’s order was issued in connection with a legal challenge to the U.S.
Court orders temporary halt of W.Va. water crossing authorizations for ACP pipeline project
- – S&P Global – 11/8/18
MVP Cleared to Resume Construction at WV Trail Crossing Following Court Order
- – Natural Gas Intelligence – 10/25/18
Mountain Valley Pipeline loses another water-crossing permit
- – The Roanoke Times – 10/23/18
Army Corp Permit for MVP Suspended in Virginia
On October 4, at the request of a coalition of clean water advocates including the Sierra Club and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, the Army Corps of Engineers suspended a permit that the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) must have in order to build through waterways in Virginia.
Stream-crossing permit suspended for Mountain Valley Pipeline in Virginia
- – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 10/5/18
West Virginia DEP Invites Comments on Stream Crossing Permits
September 17 is the deadline for public input on proposed changes on the conditions under which stream crossings can be accomplished in West Virginia by the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Mountain Valley Pipeline. Currently, projects like the two pipelines would be required to complete stream crossings within 72 hours,