Simulated View of MVP from Appalachian Trail

MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE – The 401 Permit Application for Construction has been filed with WV-DEP. Comments may be made any time.  The 401 Certification is required to permit the entry to or crossing of streams where stream flows may be interrupted and/or sediment, subsidence or dissolved chemicals may affect the stream.

  http://www.dep.wv.gov/news/Pages/Public-Comment-Period-on-Mountain-Valley-Pipeline-401-Water-Quality-Certification-Extended.aspx

 The 401 certification for the Mountain Valley Pipeline has not yet been issued or denied. Public comments are still being accepted and can be emailed to: DEP.comments@wv.gov.

They can also be mailed to the WV-DEP headquarters, the address is below. There may be a public hearing or hearings, but nothing has been scheduled yet.

Source: Kelley J. Gillenwater, Chief Communications Officer, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, 601 57^th St. SE, Charleston, WV  25304

Telephone: 304-926-0499, ext. 1331

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Two excellent sources of information on negative impacts of Mountain Valley Pipeline.

1. APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY had a whole new web page, with easy to use letters and links. https://www.appalachiantrail.org/home/conservation/advocacy/conservation-current-issues-full-story/advocacy—current-issues/2016/11/18/mountain-valley-pipeline-project-threatens-ecosystems-and-landscape-of-virginia-and-west-virginia 

2. New blog on APPALACHIAN TRIALS (note spelling) a widely read online source among AT hikers has lots of details about negative impacts of MVP

http://appalachiantrials.com/a-modern-day-threat-to-the-at-the-proposed-mountain-valley-pipeline/

GREENBRIER RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION

Thanks for your support of the Greenbrier River Watershed Association over the past year, and for some of you, for many years.  You are receiving our email newsletters, which come out about twice a month. They contain information which we hope you have found useful.  Also, if you have not recently been to the website, www.greenbrier.org, please visit us there.  It has undergone changes that you will like.  We are also on Facebook at Greenbrier Watershed.

Send the following information with your check:  Name, Address & Email.  We do not share our mailing list with any outside source.  All contributions are tax deductible.  Please indicate if you need a return letter documenting your contribution for tax purposes.

Sincerely, John Walkup, President, Greenbrier River Watershed Association, P.O. Box 1419, Lewisburg, WV 24901         (304-647-4792)

The Greenbrier River Watershed Association would like to thank each and every one of you for your support in the past year. We wish you a very Happy New Year!!!!

 See also:  www.greenbrier.org

See also:  www.pipelineupdate.org