A legislative compromise to help ease the federal permitting process for energy infrastructure projects would provide the certainty Equitrans Midstream Corp. needs to finally complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline, CEO Thomas Karam said Tuesday. 

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“The need for this proposed bill should be crystal clear,” Karam said, noting that MVP has been the “collateral damage” of an “uncertain permitting review process and judicial system.” Karam said the proposed legislation would create a “very defined set of rules” for all oil and gas pipelines, as well as renewable energy projects, to ensure the nation can generate domestic supplies and those for allies overseas, Karam added. 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) last week announced a...