- – Natural Gas Intelligence – 6/13/18
WV DEP suggests it might pull or change part of MVP permit
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 6/2/18
U.S. Army Corps Asked to Suspend ACP’s Permit
Several ABRA member groups and others have requested the Army Corps of Engineers to “immediately notify Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (‘Atlantic’) that authorization of construction of river, stream, and wetland crossings for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline under the Corps’ Nationwide Permit 12 is suspended pending the re-initiation and completion of Section 7 consultation under the Endangered Species Act (‘ESA’).” The June 1 letter,
Status of: DEQ Website Status, NWP 12 Comment Period, Water Board Meeting
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) website which has been down since May 22, was due to operational again by June 1 (though as of 3 pm on June 1, it was not). As a result, the DEQ has indicated it will extend the comment period for receiving public input on the adequacy of the U.S.
Public Comments on Pipeline Plans May Be Slipping Through Cracks at FERC, Audit Says
- – Inside Climate News – 5/31/18
State-Level Permitting Uncertainties Delay Pipeline Construction in LA, NY, and VA
- – Inside Sources – 5/24/18
Army Corps Suspends Permit for MVP Crossing Some WV Rivers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has informed the corporation building the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MP) that it was partially suspending an important permit allowing the company to build the pipeline through streams in West Virginia. The action took place after Appalachian Mountain Advocates (Appalmad) notified the Corps that MVP had admitted that it could not complete construction of several major stream crossings in the 72 hours required as a special condition for West Virginia as part of Nationwide Permit 12.
ABRA Members Contest ACP’s Claim It Can Proceed with Construction
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on May 22 that it should be able to proceed with the pipeline project notwithstanding a May 15 Order from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacating the biological opinion for the project under provision Endangered Species Act.
New challenges for the disputed Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- – Facing South – 5/24/18
Pipeline developer, opponents stake out positions
- – The Recorder – 5/23/18