{"id":5183,"date":"2023-08-28T14:02:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5183"},"modified":"2023-08-28T14:02:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:02:13","slug":"natural-gas-pipeline-continues-construction-through-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5183","title":{"rendered":"Natural gas pipeline continues construction through opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-143.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-5184\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-143.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-143.png 750w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-143-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-143-370x247.png 370w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-143-293x196.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-143-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-143-240x160.png 240w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-143-390x261.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, an interstate natural gas pipeline, near Cowen, West Virginia, July 15, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>After a ruling in its favor from the Supreme Court at the end of July, it appeared that construction on the 303-mile natural gas Mountain Valley Pipeline could continue unhindered in Virginia. Not so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court decision settled objections to a provision congressional Republicans had slipped into the debt ceiling bill passed in June. The provision directed government agencies to grant the needed permits for the pipeline\u2019s completion. It moved jurisdiction over the pipeline from the Fourth Circuit Court \u2013 which had ruled against it in several cases \u2013 to the D.C. federal court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Environmental groups came together and filed another lawsuit with the Fourth Circuit, saying the congressional action was unconstitutional. Mountain Valley responded by appealing the case to the Supreme Court, which ruled in its favor on July 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Builders resumed construction on Aug. 4, with the project 94% complete and 20 linear miles left \u2013 but not without opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landowners Cletus and Beverly Bohon tried to fight the pipeline\u2019s installation on their land, and a district court ruled against them in Sept. 2022, according to Law360, a database for real estate law. They appealed the court\u2019s decision in April. They filed a brief Wednesday asking the Fourth Circuit to \u201coverturn the decision of the Western Virginia district court handing over nearly three acres of their land to Mountain Valley Pipeline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court also isn\u2019t done hearing about the pipeline. The Bohons are part of another lawsuit with other landowners that \u201cchallenges the constitutionality of a law that allows private companies to take people\u2019s land,\u201d according to Law360. That suit is pending in the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Aug. 11, the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued a Notice of Proposed Safety Order advising Equitrans Midstream, which owns the pipeline, to address the agency\u2019s concerns over corrosion and land movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe expect federal and state regulators will continue to audit our construction practices during the next few months, and we welcome their expertise and oversight,\u201d said Natalie Cox, a spokesperson for Mountain Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/virginia\/article_c52f9aca-43a4-11ee-80db-cb43109a3ed6.html\">https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/virginia\/article_c52f9aca-43a4-11ee-80db-cb43109a3ed6.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a ruling in its favor from the Supreme Court at the end of July, it appeared that construction on the 303-mile natural gas Mountain Valley Pipeline could continue unhindered in Virginia. Not so. The Supreme Court decision settled objections to a provision congressional Republicans had slipped into the debt ceiling bill passed in June. The provision directed government agencies to grant the needed permits for the pipeline\u2019s completion. 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