- – The Washington Post – 6/1/22
Pipeline developer urges replacement of 4th Circuit Panel
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,
Mountain Valley pipeline delayed as costs rise to $6.6B
- – E&E News – 5/4/22
MVP admits to more delays, cost overruns
Equitrans Midstream Corporation (ETRN), the largest owner (48%) and operator of the still uncompleted Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), announced on May 3 that the pipeline is not expected to be in operation until the “second half of 2023 at a total project cost of approximately $6.6 billion.” The delay is the result of several federal permits being invalidated by court decisions resulting from legal challenges by conservation groups.
Opposition voiced to invoking Defense Production Act for MVP
Twenty-four conservation groups, including ABRA, joined by 17 Virginia state legislators, wrote U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warne on April 22 to express strong opposition to a March 10 recommendation by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin that the Biden Administration invoke the Defense Production Act to complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Federal regulators issue key approval for Mountain Valley Pipeline, but project faces fresh legal scrutiny
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 4/12/22
Marshall: Chickahominy Power plant is dead. Is the Mountain Valley Pipeline next?
- – The Roanoke Times – 4/8/22
FERC approves change in stream crossings for MVP
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted a request from the Mountain Valley Pipeline to change its crossing method for some 180 bodies of water and wetlands. FERC’s April 8 Order allows the project to bore under the bodies of water and wetlands instead of the open-cut method that the project’s original certificate approved.
In A David Versus Goliath Battle Between NGOs And A Pipeline Company, Goliath Is Losing
- – Forbes – 4/2/22