Action Alert: Comment on Mountain Valley Pipeline Permit by June 22

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Your Comments Needed on Mountain Valley Pipeline - Act by June 22

Your comments needed by June 22! The Mountain Valley Pipeline has applied for a Water Quality Certification from the WV Department of Environmental Protection. This permit is required by Section 401 of the Clean Water Act to ensure that the a project can meet water quality standards. The WVDEP has the authority to approve, approve with special conditions, or deny MVP’s application.

We urge you to contact the WVDEP today - ask them to deny MVP's water quality certification.

The Mountain Valley Pipeline would impact 4.2 miles of streams and 12.4 acres of wetlands in West Virginia. MVP's construction has already violated water quality standards in approximately 50 streams and wetlands. WVDEP has fined MVP on two separate occasions totaling over $500,000 for their negligent construction practices which created conditions not allowable in waters of the state. Tell WVDEP to deny MVP's application and protect our water resources from this proven disaster of a project.

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Mr. Brian Bridgewater

Subject: Mountain Valley Pipeline's 401 Water Quality Certification

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MVP’s 401 Water Quality Certification lacks critical information the WVDEP needs to certify that the project will be able to meet WV’s Water Quality Standards. The WVDEP must deny MVP’s application based on the following information: · MVP cannot comply with water quality standards. MVP has shown that they do not operate and maintain their erosion control measures and best management practices as required and thus have already violated water quality standards and been cited by DEP approximately 50 times for creating conditions not allowable in waters of the state. · MVP has not avoided and minimized impacts. Of the approximately 50 streams designated as trout waters planned to be crossed, MVP has plans to bore under only 2 of them. The remaining trout streams face increased sedimentation that will be detrimental to the trout and their habitat. MVP has not gone to any lengths to minimize impacts to sensitive trout streams. · As required under the Clean Water Act, DEP must perform an anti-degradation review on all streams impacted by MVP construction to determine whether existing uses and the level of water quality necessary to protect such uses will be maintained and protected. · DEP cannot complete the anti-degradation review without adequate baseline monitoring data. MVP must be required to conduct turbidity monitoring on all streams potentially impacted by construction. Failure to do so violates the provisions of the Clean Water Act. To conclude, MVP has not supplied sufficient information for the Department to be reasonably assured that the State's water quality standards would be met during construction and operation of the proposed pipeline. I urge DEP to deny MVP’s 401 Water Quality Certification.

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