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Mountain Valley Pipeline Public Notice on Permit Applications

Public Notice Information, WV-DEP, Compiled from Internet Sources, March 10, 2017

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection – Division of Water and Waste Management will hold public hearings regarding the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline project for State 401 Water Quality Certification, Natural Streams Preservation Act Permit, and for Oil and Gas General Water Pollution Control Permit. Comments can be made by letter or email.

Please note that you can mention that your comments apply to all three permits, rather than sending three separate mailings.

Please send comments before March 19th for the MVP permits listed below to either this email address: DEP.Comments@wv.gov or by regular mail to the address listed below (Attn: Sharon Mullins).

1. WV Natural Streams Preservation Act Permit

2. WV State 401 Water Quality Certification and Oil

3.  WV Gas General Water Pollution Control Permit

The Mountain Valley Pipeline project is comprised of approximately 195 miles of natural gas pipeline along with compressor stations, meter stations, access roads, and interconnects through: Wetzel, Harrison, Doddridge, Lewis, Braxton, Webster, Nicholas, Greenbrier, Fayette, Summers, and Monroe Counties in West Virginia.

>>> The associated Oil & Gas Construction Stormwater General Permit (WVR310667) would be for the discharge of stormwater associated with the disturbance of 4,214 acres of land for the of construction of this project.

>>> The Natural Streams Preservation Act permit (NSP-17-0001) being sought is for a proposed crossing of Greenbrier River in Summers County near Pence Springs.

>>> The State 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC-16-0005) would be for activities that will or may discharge fill into waters of the State. Mountain Valley Pipeline project is proposing to mitigate for the streams and wetlands permanently impacted by this project.

Any interested person may submit written comments on the Oil & Gas Construction Stormwater General Permit, the Natural Streams Preservation Act Permit, and/or the State 401 Water Quality Certification by addressing such to the Director of the Division of Water and Waste Management during the comment period, which ends on March 19, 2017 at 8 PM. Comments or requests should be emailed to dep.comments@wv.gov or by mail addressed to:

Director, Division of Water and Management, DEP
ATTN: Sharon Mullins, Permitting Section
601 57th Street SE
Charleston, WV 25304-2345

Applicant Type Permit ID:
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC Oil & Gas Construction Stormwater General Permit WVR310667
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC State 401 Water Quality Certification WQC-16-0005
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC Natural Streams Preservation Act Permit NSP-17-0001

Additional Information

State 401 Water Quality Certification application (WQC-16-0005) (This is a large PDF file, which may take a moment to download and view)

Natural Streams Preservation Act permit application (NSP-17-0001) (This is a large PDF file, which may take a moment to download and view)

​Oil & Gas Construction Stormwater General Permit (WVR310667)

Instructions for navigating the Oil and Gas Construction Stormwater General Permit webpages

>>> Contact: Laura K. Cooper, Assistant Director – Water Quality Standards

Division of Water and Waste Management, WV Department of Environmental Protection

Office:  304-926-0499 x1110  Mobile: 304-206-8901

Email:   Laura.K.Cooper@wv.gov

Room 2169, 601 57^th St SE; Charleston, WV