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Mountain Valley Pipeline Receives More Violations In W.Va.

Temporary barriers to divert stormwater runoff curt across a grassy field with a large pile of rocks behind them. A blue sign marks where a gas pipeline crosses under a gravel road.
Markings of where the Mountain Valley Pipeline crosses under a gravel road in Monroe County, West Virginia.
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This story has been updated to include another notice of violation.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has issued a total of six notices of violation to the Mountain Valley Pipeline since it opened last year.

The MVP received four notices of violation from the DEP this year, in addition to the two it received last year after becoming operational in June 2024.

It has received a total of 11 notices from the department since construction resumed on the nearly $10 billion project in mid-2023 following a mandate from Congress.

The 303-mile, 42-inch diameter pipeline transports as much as 2 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day from north-central West Virginia to southern Virginia.

This year’s notices were issued in Summers, Monroe, Webster and Lewis counties. All of the notices related to erosion control or water quality.

No penalties were issued. Last year, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality fined MVP for erosion and sediment control and the release of water during pressure tests.

MVP is pursuing two expansions. One would add compressor stations and increase the volume of gas the line can carry.

The other would extend the line into North Carolina. That project is currently under review by state regulators there.