WVDEP Launches Webpage Dedicated to Helping Citizens Learn About Pipeline Projects
From the WV-DEP Webpage, Pipeline Projects, April 2, 2018
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (April 2, 2018) – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) has launched an easy to use webpage designed to help citizens learn more about five major proposed or under construction natural gas pipelines.
The five pipelines that are the focus of the webpage are the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Mountain Valley Pipeline, the Mountaineer Gas Company Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project, Mountaineer Xpress Pipeline, and the Rover Pipeline.
“We are making sure that anyone who has any questions about these pipelines can find those answers on one easy to use webpage,” WVDEP Cabinet Secretary Austin Caperton said. “People who live near these projects deserve to be able to find answers to their questions quickly, and WVDEP is providing this new webpage to help them do that.”
Available on the webpage is information such as detailed maps of the proposed route of pipeline routes and a link to WVDEP’s searchable online database where additional information such as any inspection and enforcement action and any permit modifications can be found. Also available are public hearing transcripts, responses to comments received at public hearings, and press releases about the pipelines. The page will be updated as more information on each pipeline becomes available. Citizens will also be able to submit reports of possible permit violations via this webpage.
Major Pipelines Under Construction In West Virginia
Mountain Valley Pipeline
The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project is a natural gas pipeline that spans approximately 303 miles from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia – and as an interstate pipeline will be regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The MVP will be constructed and owned by Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, which is a joint venture of EQT Midstream Partners, LP; NextEra US Gas Assets, LLC; Con Edison Transmission, Inc.; WGL Midstream; and RGC Midstream, LLC. MVP has been issued a construction stormwater permit that covers the discharge of stormwater associated with the disturbance of approximately 4,214 acres of land for the construction of approximately 196 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.
Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) is a natural gas pipeline being developed by a partnership of four companies: Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas and Southern Company Gas. The ACP has been issued a construction stormwater permit for the disturbance of approximately 2,497 acres of land for the construction of approximately 98.7 miles of natural gas pipeline along with a compressor station, meter stations, access roads, and interconnects through Harrison, Lewis, Upshur, Randolph, and Pocahontas Counties in West Virginia.
Mountaineer Xpress Pipeline
The Mountaineer Xpress Pipeline (MXP) is a natural gas pipeline consisting of approximately 170.9 miles (3,648 acres) of various diameter pipelines, modifications to three existing compressor stations, the construction of three new compressor stations, three new regulating stations, and a number of other modifications at various aboveground facility sites. The MXP has been issued a construction stormwater permit for activities in West Virginia. Project activities will occur throughout Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler, Doddridge, Ritchie, Calhoun, Wirt, Roane, Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Cabell, Wayne and Kanawha counties in West Virginia.
Mountaineer Gas Company Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project
The Mountaineer Gas Company Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project is a proposed project that is comprised of approximately 23 miles of natural gas pipeline through: Morgan and Berkeley Counties in West Virginia. This registration would be for the discharge of stormwater associated with the disturbance of 191.7 acres of land for the construction of the project.
Rover Pipeline
The Rover Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline that will span approximately 713-miles originating in southeastern Ohio, northwestern West Virginia, and southwestern Pennsylvania. The pipeline continues north across the state of Ohio to an interconnection in Defiance, Ohio. It will then cross into Michigan where it will terminate in Livingston County. There are three laterals of the pipeline in West Virginia: the Burgettstown lateral (5.5 miles of 36-inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline disturbing 87.70 acres in Hancock County), the Majorsville lateral (12.3 miles of 24-inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline, a compressor station, a meter station, and a laucher pad disturbing 159.9 acres of land in Marshall County), and the Sherwood lateral (35.7 miles of 36 inch diameter and 5.8 miles of 24-inch diameter steel natural gas pipelines, a meter station, and compressor station, disturbing 713.8 acres in Wetzel, Tyler, and Doddridge counties).
If you would like to notify WVDEP’s Environmental Enforcement of a potential issue with these pipelines, please submit a report through our online portal here on our website.
The number to report an emergency spill is 1-800-642-3074. Complaints can also be emailed to DEP.EEWebcomplaint@wv.gov.
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