Mountain Valley and Equitrans Expansion Project

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Other Agencies with Actions or Authorizations: Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Regulatory Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works Department of the Interior, National Park Service Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service Description: On August 18, 2022, Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC submitted a FAST-41 Initiation Notice for the outstanding federal environmental reviews and authorizations for the project following associated court decisions. A determination of FAST-41 coverage was made on September 1, 2022.  The project was previously in the initial inventory of FAST-41 covered projects designated by the Executive Director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council in September 2016 before being closed out on the Permitting Dashboard in late 2017.   As described in the project sponsor’s FAST-41 Initiation Notice, the project includes the construction of approximately 304 miles of natural gas pipeline in West Virginia and Virginia, three new compressor stations in West Virginia, metering stations, taps, and appurtenant facilities. The project would provide up to 2,000,000 dekatherms per day of firm natural gas transportation service from northern West Virginia to southwestern Virginia.

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