Tag: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Group Requests Stay of Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction

A citizen group says an environmental project manager for the government has been wrongly signing off on the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported Saturday that Bold Alliance says the project manager at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission lacks the authority to approve construction. It says the commission also can’t delegate approval authority to Paul Friedman.

The group previously asked the commission to rehear notices to proceed signed by Friedman between January and February. The request was denied May 4. Bold Alliance lawyer Carolyn Elefant has since asked the court to rehear the case and issue a stay of construction. Mountain Valley Pipeline filed a motion to dismiss the request last week.

The newspaper reports a spokeswoman for the commission would not comment on the litigation.

Landowners Sue Mountain Valley Pipeline, Citing Constitutional Concerns

A lawsuit filed Thursday is challenging the company that wants to build a 300-mile pipeline through West Virginia and Virginia, and the federal agency that oversees it.

Virginia law firm Gentry Locke filed the lawsuit Thursday in a U.S. district court in Virginia against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, and the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project.

The motion asks for assistance from the court to prevent FERC from granting MVP the power of eminent domain – or the right to take private property for public use after providing compensation.

Gentry Locke’s lead attorney, Justin M. Lugar, said in a news release that the case is, “not a political issue of the ‘left’ or ‘right’ but rather a pure issue of constitutional law and individual property rights.”

The proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline would carry natural gas from the shale fields of northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia.

FERC and MVP representatives said in emailed statements that they do not comment on pending litigation.

Native American Artifacts Found in Va. in Path of Pipeline That Starts in W.Va.

Archaeologists say they’ve found Native American artifacts on property in the path of the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline.

The Roanoke Times reports archaeologists have found arrowheads, tools and pottery on a property in Rocky Mount.

The property owner, Dale Angle, is trying to obtain an historic designation to prevent the pipeline from running through his land.

The planned 301-mile long pipeline, which would transport natural gas from fracking drill fields through West Virginia before connecting to another pipeline in Pittsylvania County, has drawn fierce opposition from some land owners.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has yet to give final approval for the pipeline’s construction.

Proposed West Virginia – Virginia Natural Gas Pipeline Files

Energy companies have formally filed with federal regulators to build a 300-mile natural gas pipeline from West Virginia through southern Virginia.

Mountain Valley Pipeline announced Friday it applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build the pipeline from Wetzel County, West Virginia, to Pittsylvania County, located in Southside Virginia.

The pipeline would deliver natural gas from so-called fracked drilling fields in the rich Marcellus and Utica shale deposits.

The joint venture between EQT Midstream Partners and other energy companies is proposing a 2016 construction start with the pipeline delivering energy by late 2018.

The pipeline has encountered resistance along is proposed route.

Dominion Resources has already filed with FERC to build a proposed pipeline that would also run from West Virginia to Virginia.

Proposed Pipeline Accepted for Pre-Application Review

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will review a proposed $2 billion natural gas pipeline in West Virignia before the developer formally submits an application.

The commission notified Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC last week that it accepted the Mountaineer Xpress Project for the pre-filing review process.

Parent companies Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc. and Columbia Pipeline Partners LP said Wednesday that an application will be filed with the federal commission in April 2016. If the pipeline is approved, construction would begin in the fall of 2017.

The pipeline would run about 165 miles from Marshall County to Wayne County. The companies say in a news release that the pipeline would give producers in the Marcellus and Utica shale areas new options to transport gas into the interstate market.

Application Submitted for 3-State Pipeline

Four energy partners have formally asked the federal government for permission to build a 564-mile natural gas pipeline in West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina.

The 348-page application for the $5.1 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday.

 

The pipeline is intended to deliver cleaner burning natural gas to the Southeast as utilities move away from coal-burning power plants amid tighter federal rules on pollution that contribute to climate change.

The pipeline is proposed by Dominion Resources Inc., Duke Energy and two partners. It would carry natural gas from Marcellus shale drilling in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia to the Southeast.

It has the backing of the governors of Virginia and West Virginia. A coalition of environmental and conservation groups oppose the plan.

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