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    MVP Stop Work Order (8/3/18)

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    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a stop work order to Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, requiring them to cease all construction activity along the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project. This was due to a recent court ruling vacating federal land authorizations for the project, meaning MVP no longer had the necessary rights-of-way and permits to cross federal lands. While the relevant agencies may ultimately re-approve the project route or alternative routes, continuing construction risked expending substantial resources on facilities that may later need to be relocated or abandoned. MVP was required to submit a stabilization plan for the existing right-of-way and work areas within 5 days.

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    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a stop work order to Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, requiring them to cease all construction activity along the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project. This was due to a recent court ruling vacating federal land authorizations for the project, meaning MVP no longer had the necessary rights-of-way and permits to cross federal lands. While the relevant agencies may ultimately re-approve the project route or alternative routes, continuing construction risked expending substantial resources on facilities that may later need to be relocated or abandoned. MVP was required to submit a stabilization plan for the existing right-of-way and work areas within 5 days.

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    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a stop work order to Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, requiring them to cease all construction activity along the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project. This was due to a recent court ruling vacating federal land authorizations for the project, meaning MVP no longer had the necessary rights-of-way and permits to cross federal lands. While the relevant agencies may ultimately re-approve the project route or alternative routes, continuing construction risked expending substantial resources on facilities that may later need to be relocated or abandoned. MVP was required to submit a stabilization plan for the existing right-of-way and work areas within 5 days.

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    MVP Stop Work Order (8/3/18)

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    Lowell Feld
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a stop work order to Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, requiring them to cease all construction activity along the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project. This was due to a recent court ruling vacating federal land authorizations for the project, meaning MVP no longer had the necessary rights-of-way and permits to cross federal lands. While the relevant agencies may ultimately re-approve the project route or alternative routes, continuing construction risked expending substantial resources on facilities that may later need to be relocated or abandoned. MVP was required to submit a stabilization plan for the existing right-of-way and work areas within 5 days.

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    FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

    WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

    OFFICE OF ENERGY PROJECTS In Reply Refer To:


    OEP/DG2E/Gas Branch 3
    Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC
    CP16-10-000
    August 3, 2018

    Matthew Eggerding, Counsel


    Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC
    625 Liberty Ave., Suite 1700
    Pittsburgh, PA 15222

    Re: Notification of Stop Work Order

    Dear Mr. Eggerding:

    On July 27, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued
    an order vacating decisions by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land
    Management (BLM) and by the Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service (Forest
    Service) authorizing the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project (Project)
    across federal lands and remanding to those agencies for further proceedings to address
    issues identified in that opinion. In light of this development, Mountain Valley Pipeline,
    LLC (MVP) has not obtained the rights-of-way and temporary use permits from the
    federal government needed for the Project to cross federally owned lands.

    There is no reason to believe that the Forest Service or the Army Corps of
    Engineers, as the land managing agencies, or the BLM, as the federal rights-of-way
    grantor, will not be able to comply with the Court’s instructions and to ultimately issue
    new right-of-way grants that satisfy the Court’s requirements. However, Commission
    staff cannot predict when these agencies may act or whether these agencies will
    ultimately approve the same route. Should the agencies authorize alternative routes,
    MVP may need to revise substantial portions of the Project route across non-federal
    lands, possibly requiring further authorizations and environmental review. Accordingly,
    allowing continued construction poses the risk of expending substantial resources and
    substantially disturbing the environment by constructing facilities that ultimately might
    have to be relocated or abandoned.

    MVP is hereby notified that construction activity along all portions of the
    Project and in all work areas must cease immediately, with the exception of any
    measures deemed necessary by those land managing agencies or FERC staff to
    ensure the stabilization of the right of way and work areas. Commission staff intends
    to review the need for this stop work notification in light of further actions that the Forest
    Service, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the BLM will take with respect to the issues
    raised in the Court’s opinion and stand ready to assist to achieve a prompt resolution.

    In addition, within 5 days, MVP must provide an interim right-of-way and work
    area stabilization plan for review and written approval by the Director of the Office of
    Energy Projects.

    Sincerely,

    Terry L. Turpin
    Director
    Office of Energy Projects

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