Comments on the request by Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC to have a new Section 401 Water Protection Permit issued by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for MVP related to its crossing streams and wetlands in Virginia are due October
EPA, New River Gorge, others express concerns to FERC about potential Mountain Valley Pipeline impacts
Card – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 9/15/21
DEQ taking public comments on Mountain Valley Pipeline stream crossings
Card – The Roanoke Times – 8/29/21
FERC staff signs-off on MVP proposal for waterbody crossings
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff has given an initial o.k. to the proposal for the Mountain Valley Pipeline to change the method of crossing waterbodies and wetlands from open-cut dry crossings (as originally approved by FERC in issuing
Federal environmental assessment green-lights change in Mountain Valley Pipeline construction method
Card – Charleston gazette-Mail – 8/17/21
EPA challenge muddles future of Mountain Valley pipeline
Card – E&E Energywire – 7/12/21 Related: MVP’s response to various articles concerning EPA’s letter dated May 27, 2021
VA DEQ urged to require certification for MVP water crossings
Fifteen conservation organizations, including ABRA, wrote the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on June 21 arguing that the agency must require certification under section 401 of the Clean Water Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline to tunnel under nearly
MVP delayed again as project cost keeps rising
Card – Charleston Mail-Gazette – 5-5-21
West Virginia water quality in crosshairs again
Card – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 5-11-21
Senators Kaine and Warner voice concerns about MVP stream crossings
Virginia’s two U.S. Senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, have written Richard Glick, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), to express concerns they have heard from constituents about confusion on recent filings with the agency by Mountain Valley