Equitrans’ Mountain Valley Pipeline Wins Last Permit Needed (1)

Equitrans Midstream Corp.’s Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline now has all authorizations it needs to resume construction, having secured a critical water-crossing permit from the US Army Corps of Engineers.

West Virginia senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito heralded the development, which comes just weeks after Congress passed legislation to lift the debt ceiling — including a provision they backed requiring approval of the $6.6 billion project.

The roughly 300-mile pipeline is designed to cut through the Appalachian Mountains, a national forest and hundreds of stream crossings, as it carries natural gas from West Virginia to southern Virginia. ...