Stream Crossing Rules in Revision in West Virginia. — Public Input Solicited
From the Appalachian Blue Ridge Alliance, Update 213, January 17, 2019
Modifications to the West Virginia regulations covering stream crossings for pipelines and similar projects have been proposed by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection. The modifications address the issue of the state’s existing requirement governing the timeframe within which stream crossing must be completed within 72 hours. Public comments on the proposal must be submitted by March 4, 2019. For further details on the proposal, click here.
Mountain Valley Pipeline starts the new year with new complications — The Roanoke Times – 1/16/19
West Virginia has reopened a public comment period for modifications to a combined state and federal permitting process that Mountain Valley must complete before it can dig trenches through streams and wetlands.
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FERC Approves Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) Stabilization Measures
A plan for stabilization measures on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline route during cessation of construction activity on the project was approved January 10 by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The plan had been submitted to the agency in the wake of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals December 7 decision to stay the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement for the project. The Southern Environmental Law Center, Appalachian Mountain Advocates and Chesapeake Bay Foundation had written FERC on December 21 asking that the agency to require the company to remove strung pipe from the right-of-way rather than allow it to continue to install pipe along a route that is not authorized by law, but the request was ignored.
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The Myth of ‘Clean’ Natural Gas – - Environmental Working Group – 1/15/19
https://www.ewg.org/news-and-analysis/2019/01/myth-clean-natural-gas
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Immediate fossil fuel phaseout could arrest climate change — The Guardian – 1/15/19
Scientists say it may still technically be possible to limit warming to 1.5C if drastic action is taken now.
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