FERC Approves MVP Use of HDD Construction at 183 Streams/Wetlands

We didn't see this one coming! Must be the intense pressure from U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) had the intended effect (see Joe Manchin Tells (Off) Dick Glick: “Do Your Damn Job!” re Pipes). On Friday, FERC commissioners voted (unanimously) to authorize the completion for part of the remaining pieces of construction for the 94% complete, 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project. The order allows MVP to use underground horizontal directional drilling (HDD) to complete the installation of the pipeline below 183 streams and wetlands (swamps). Construction won't begin just yet, but this ruling definitely helps.

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