MVP Southgate Launches Eminent Domain Lawsuits Against NC Landowners

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021

The good news for Equitrans' 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit last week overruled North Carolina's Dept. of Environmental Quality in rejecting a water permit for the project (see today's lead story). However, MVP wasn't letting last year's DEQ action slow it down. In January MVP reluctantly filed eminent domain lawsuits against 100 landowners who refuse to reasonably negotiate an easement for the pipeline.

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