Robbie Harris has more.
Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality is getting more time to assess the impact of the 303-mile, 42-inch-wide pipeline on hundreds of tiny streams and waterways. This week the Army Corps of Engineers granted an extension until spring of next year.
Tom Cormons is with the advocacy group Appalachian Voices.
“We take the extension to be a real signal that protecting water quality is a priority for the federal and state regulators here," Cormons says. "And, it really needs to be if you look at the hundreds of violations that the Mountain Valley Pipeline has already accrued over the years.”