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Contact the US Forest Service on Mountain Valley Pipeline Permit

After the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated MVP’s approval to cross 3.5 miles of the Jefferson National Forest and the Appalachian Trail in Monroe County, WV and Giles County, VA, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) released a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). Our public lands and the streams within them are managed and protected with a forest plan. The SEIS outlines 11 changes to the forest plan in an attempt to authorize MVP to cross these sensitive areas.

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Subject: Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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I am writing to comment on Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS). The DSEIS has not provided assessment reports, monitoring reports, and other documents that support the conclusions in the DSEIS; therefore, the public cannot review the methodology to determine if DSEIS has any justification to support its conclusions. The analysis of the effectiveness of erosion control devices is severely flawed. The DSEIS claims that MVP’s erosion controls are effective at controlling erosion, runoff, and sedimentation under normal conditions when properly installed and maintained. However, MVP has a proven track record of improperly installing and not maintaining erosion controls. West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has cited MVP with over 250 instances where MVP failed to comply with the requirements of their stormwater construction permit resulting in over 50 violations of water quality standards. Aside from impacts to soil and water, we are in the midst of a climate crisis. The DEIS should analyze MVP’s contribution to climate change; however, the DSEIS fails to consider the social cost of greenhouse gases when asserting that there are only beneficial effects from MVP. For these reasons, I request the United States Forest Service (USFS) choose the No Action Alternative. Construction of MVP has already proved to be highly impactful to land and water resources which is inconsistent with the Forest Plan; therefore, I urge USFS to refrain from making the 11 amendments the Jefferson National Forest Plan. Additionally, USFS should not provide concurrence to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to accommodate the MVP with a right of way and temporary use permit to cross the Appalachian Trail, which would degrade the scenic nature of the trail.

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