Earlier than expected, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has released a draft version of an updated environmental review needed for the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) proposed 3.5-mile crossing of the Jefferson National Forest along the Virginia-West Virginia border. Notice of the availability of the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) was published in the Federal…
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TC Energy’s Planned Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion for Pacific Northwest Gains Favorable EIS
Federal regulators have granted Gas Transmission Northwest LLC (GTN) a favorable environmental impact statement (EIS) that if approved could increase natural gas pipeline capacity by about 150 MMcf/d between Idaho and Oregon. In the final EIS, FERC staff said with the recommended mitigation measures, the GTN XPress Project would result in some adverse environmental impacts,…

Forest Service Working on (Another) Environmental Review to Address Fourth Circuit Court Decision
As the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC works toward a target in-service date in the second half of 2023, the developer will have to wait until at least next summer to receive an updated environmental review from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The USFS plans to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for the…

Long-planned Alaska LNG Project Wouldn’t Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions, DOE Says
The Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project would not have an impact on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions if constructed, according to the latest analysis from the Department of Energy (DOE). DOE in late June published its draft supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Alaska LNG project (DOE/EIS-0512-S1). Researchers found that with mitigations already…
FERC Planning EIS for Port Arthur Pipeline’s Louisiana Connector Extension
FERC staff said Thursday it plans to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Louisiana Connector Extension project, which would provide about 2.5 Bcf/d to supply Sempra Energy’s Port Arthur Liquefaction project in Texas.

Wyoming Oil, Gas Project Moves One Step Closer to Approval
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a supplemental draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for a controversial 5,000-well oil and gas project proposed by five producers in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin.