Late on Friday, the Army Corps of Engineers suspended the authorization of Nationwide Permit 12 for MVP in the Pittsburgh District, which impacts the northern portion of the pipeline’s route. This comes almost three weeks after the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the authorization for the Huntington District in Southern West Virginia, and almost … Continue reading Army Corps Suspends NWP 12 for Mountain Valley Pipeline in Pittsburg District
Army Corps Suspends Stream Crossing Permit in VA
At close of business October 5, the Army Corps of Engineers published a notice that the Nationwide 12 Permit Verification for the Mountain Valley Pipeline was being suspended. The verification was previously issued January 23, 2018 and allowed MVP to construct a pipeline across “383 separate stream crossings and 142 separate wetlands.” However, the Fourth … Continue reading Army Corps Suspends Stream Crossing Permit in VA
West Virginia Judge Grants Stay in Challenge to MVP Permit
This morning Judge Robert Irons granted plaintiff’s motion for stay in an appeal of West Virginia DEP’s decision to issue a permit under the Natural Streams Preservation Act to allow MVP to cross the Greenbrier River. The motion for stay was also filed regarding tree felling on the private property at which MVP is slated to cross … Continue reading West Virginia Judge Grants Stay in Challenge to MVP Permit
Mountain Valley Watch: Monitoring Before and After Hurricane Florence
As has been covered extensively by the news and weather reports in the Mid Atlantic, Hurricane Florence is moving toward the east coast and is expected to make landfall by Friday. Though the storm has been downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane, forecasts are still predicting 6-10 inches of rain in Southwest Virginia and 2-4 … Continue reading Mountain Valley Watch: Monitoring Before and After Hurricane Florence
With Impending Hurricane, MVP Continues Rushed Construction
Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality stated the morning of September 11 — two days before reported landfall of a Category 4 hurricane — that the agency had “directed work to stop” on the Mountain Valley Pipeline and that construction had in fact stopped. Yet communities report active construction several counties in Virginia and West Virginia. Instead of … Continue reading With Impending Hurricane, MVP Continues Rushed Construction
FERC Lifts MVP Stop Work Order
FERC’s Director of the Office of Energy Projects Terry Turpin posted a letter to the Mountain Valley Pipeline docket August 29 granting what the Commission calls a “partial authorization to resume construction.” The authorization allows for all construction along the 303-mile pipeline to resume, with the following exceptions: The crossing of the Weston and Gauley … Continue reading FERC Lifts MVP Stop Work Order