- – 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.
What sank the Atlantic Coast Pipeline? It wasn’t just environmentalism.
- – Virginia Mercury – 7/8/21
Glick: ‘Great sense of urgency’ to reform pipeline approvals
- – E&E Energywire – 6/28/21
Concerns expressed about MVP compressor station permit hearing
A planned July 7 hearing by the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board on the proposed Lambert Compressor Station (LCS) for the Mountain Valley Pipeline has received strong criticism from a cross-section of conservation and citizen organizations. In a June 23 letter to David Paylor,
Wind farm in Botetourt County missed deadline for approval, opponents say
- – The Roanoke Times – 6/8/21
Conservation groups urge Army Corps to reject 404 permit for MVP
Twenty conservation groups, including ABRA and several of its members, have urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reject the pending application by Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC for its pipeline project to receive a permit for stream crossings under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
Landowners urge FERC to institute new policy in pipeline approvals
Landowners whose property rights have been threatened by natural gas pipeline projects throughout the nation, including some along the now-cancelled Atlantic Coast Pipeline, have told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that its current policy for approving such projects is “archaic and in dire need of revision.”
The comments were filed May 26 on behalf of the landowners by the Niskanen Center,
Botetourt wind project hits resistance
- – Virginia Business – 5/31/21
Keystone XL pipeline developer pulls plug on controversial project
- – The Washington Post – 6/9/21