The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced September 30 that it will conduct two virtual public hearings to solicit the views of interested persons regarding the permit application submitted by Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC to cross certain bodies of water along the project’s path in West Virginia and Virginia.
Mountain Valley Pipeline water permit arguments tread familiar ground
- – Virginia mercury – 9/29/21
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Steals Citizen Board Authority, Falsely Claims Board Made a “Preliminary Decision” to Issue Mountain Valley Pipeline Permit
- – Blue Virginia – 9/24/21
FERC urged to require a Supplemental EIS for the MVP
Twenty conservation organizations (including ABRA and several of its members), urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on September 13 to require a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) regarding the project’s application for an amendment to its FERC certificate.
EPA, New River Gorge, others express concerns to FERC about potential Mountain Valley Pipeline impacts
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 9/15/21
Southwest Virginia landowners still fighting pipeline’s use of eminent domain
- – The Roanoke Times – 9/17/21
Mountain Valley Pipeline seeks the identity of its anonymous critics
- – The Roanoke Times – 9/4/21
DEQ taking public comments on Mountain Valley Pipeline stream crossings
- – The Roanoke Times – 8/29/21
Virginia environmental regulators make preliminary decision to issue key water permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 8/26/21
Concerns about MVP compressor station voiced to Virginia DEQ
Serious concerns about the public engagement and participation process for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) were voiced by 32 conservation groups, including ABRA and many of its members, in an August 17 letter to David Paylor, Director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).