Mountain Valley Pipeline cited 5th time by state for violations

Photo: Sediment-laden water fills the Meathouse Fork tributary.

For the fifth time since April, state regulators are citing the Mountain Valley Pipeline for water quality violations along the project’s construction route in West Virginia. The notice of violation was issued by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection after inspectors visited construction sites in Doddridge and Harrison counties.

The violation notice is for construction in Doddridge. The inspection report and violation notice were made public Thursday afternoon when they were filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

According to the notice, pipeline crews failed to maintain erosion control devices and sediment-laden water was leaving the site.

Crews also are accused of violating West Virginia’s legislative rules governing water quality standards by allowing “visible settleable solids” in the Meathouse Fork tributary, and sediment deposits at the bottom of the Dry Fork tributary, the notice states. Mountain Valley Pipeline has 20 days to respond and fix the problems outlined. A spokesman for the project did not respond to a request for comment Thursday evening.

The Mountain Valley Pipeline will stretch 300 miles from Wetzel County, West Virginia, to Pittsylvania County, Virginia, touching nearly 4,300 acres of land in West Virginia and […]

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