FERC: Construction can resume on parts of Mountain Valley Pipeline

Oil & Gas Journal: The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorized builders of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to resume construction along roughly 200 miles of the project in Virginia and West Virginia on Aug. 29 to best protect the environment.

The action modified FERC’s Aug. 3 stop-work order after the US Bureau of Land Management notified the federal energy regulator on Aug. 24 that a supplemental analysis of other possible routes found the one that was approved previously offered the best collocation opportunities across federal lands, FERC Energy Projects Office Director Terry L. Turpin said in a letter to the project’s sponsor.

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