Sections of Mountain Valley Pipe Wash onto Landowner’s Property

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It's one thing for mud and sediment to wash away from a pipeline drilling site due to heavy and relentless rains--as we have experienced in the northeast these past few months. But it's another thing entirely when actual sections pipeline sitting at the construction site float away! That happened in Franklin County, Virginia last Thursday. The landowner, who was (and is) opposed to the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline from slicing through his property, has complained repeatedly about erosion and sediment from the construction path spilling over onto his farmland. Friday morning he woke up to MVP pipes washed onto his cornfield following torrential rains and wind, the leftovers of Hurricane Michael.

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