A motion to stay the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s (FWS) latest Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) was filed November 30 with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) on behalf of its clients: Defenders of Wildlife,
Nelson County Turns Down ACP Floodplain Variance Request
The Nelson County Board of Zoning Appeals denied on December 3, by a 3-2 vote, four of Dominion Energy’s applications for the variances to the County’s flood plain ordinance needed to construct the Atlantic Coast Pipeline across flood plains in Nelson.
Atlantic Coast Pipeline hits another speed bump in Nelson County
- – The News & Advance – 12/5/18
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.
‘Working papers’ exemption claimed to shield governor’s calendar amid pipeline permit uproar
- – Virginia Mercury 11/28/18
Pipeline water crossing permits suspended
- – The Recorder – 11/29/18
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit’s Decision to Vacate Mountain Valley Pipeline Nationwide Permit
- – The National Law Review – 11/28/18
Virginia regulators balk at voting on pipeline permit affecting historic African American community
- – The Washington Post – 11/9/18
MVP Asks FERC for Permission to Extend Project into North Carolina
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a certificate to build an extension of its project that would extend into North Carolina, what it calls the Southgate Project. The November 6 filing with FERC,
Virginia State Air Board Defers Vote on Permit for ACP
The Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board deferred until its December 10 meeting a decision on a needed air permit for the proposed compressor station in Buckingham County for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The vote was 6-0.