The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has suspended its verification that the MVP Project may proceed under and will comply with Nationwide Permit-12 (NWP-12) within West Virginia.

The West Virginia Water Quality Certification for NWP-12 requires that: “Individual stream crossings must be completed in a continuous, progressive manner and within 72 hours during seasonal normal or below normal stream flow conditions. . . . All stream activities shall be completed as rapidly as possible.”

MVP requested that FERC Staff grant permission to take longer than 72 hours for three stream crossings in West Virginia. In response, the Corps issued the notice suspending its NWP-12 verification for the MVP Project. The Corps will now review MVP Project’s compliance with the 72-hour requirement in West Virginia. It’s not clear how long this will take, or what the overall effect on pipeline construction will be.

>>>>> Kirk Bowers, P.E., Pipelines Program Coordinator, Virginia Chapter, Sierra Club

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And, it took them longer than any other operation that I have seen to seed bare soil. Even the seeding in some areas where they used helicopters was a disaster. Folks in tree stands were seeded, pick up trucks were seeded as well as people’s decks… These are just a few that I heard of.

I saw first hand the MVP start point in Wetzel County on Monday. The workmanship at the site was as crappy as any of the sites that I have witnessed in Doddridge County. I just hope that no one gets hurt or killed on this job.

If Precision Pipeline is doing the work for this MVP line, any one in its path is in for a world of hurt. This is the same company that did and is still doing work on the Rover Pipeline in Doddridge County. They have been here for over a year and NO SITE has been completely reclaimed. Erosion/sedimentation issues have been horrendous and continue.

Wishing you all a ton of luck, Mirijana