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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…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit this week stayed a three-judge panel’s decision last month that invalidated federal authorizations for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to cross two national forests.

Dealing yet another legal blow to the embattled Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC (ACP), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) erred when it signed off on the project’s plans to cross federal lands.

Dealing yet another legal blow to the embattled Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC (ACP), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) erred when it signed off on the project’s plans to cross federal lands.

In another push to revise Obama administration environmental policies, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) on Friday issued a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) and amended land management plans covering sage grouse habitat in five western states including the Intermountain and Rocky Mountain regions.

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) plans to propose streamlining environmental reviews and permitting for oil and gas leasing in the forests and grasslands it manages, which it said should lead to expedited leasing decisions.

Final approval of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) took one step closer to reality on Friday, after the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) gave its approval for the natural gas project, concluding that two national forests and other assets to be traversed by the pipeline would face minimal environmental impacts.

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) told FERC that a proposal to use horizontal directional drilling (HDD) to construct the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) — to avoid impacts to the Appalachian Trail and the Blue Ridge Parkway — is feasible, and it would not object to concurrent construction through other forest lands before the crossing is completed.

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) told FERC that a proposal to use horizontal directional drilling (HDD) to construct the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) — to avoid impacts to the Appalachian Trail and the Blue Ridge Parkway — is feasible, and it would not object to concurrent construction through other forest lands before the crossing is completed.