This year we will be celebrating our 70th Anniversary as a Local Union. We were chartered on November 21, 1949. I want to thank all our charter members and retired members that stuck together through good times and bad to ensure they achieved better working conditions, wages, healthcare, and a sustainable pension.
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**Project Update** On Aug. 29, FERC authorized MVP to resume construction and restoration on a significant portion of the project in Virginia and West Virginia. The authorization does not apply to federally owned lands for which MVP has not yet obtained the rights-of-way and temporary use permits, but this is a critical victory for our members in the Virginias whose jobs were put in jeopardy when FERC issued the stop work order last month. CLICK HERE to view the press release.**
As proposed, the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project is a natural gas pipeline system that spans approximately 303 miles from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia – and as an interstate pipeline will be regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
With a vast supply of natural gas from Marcellus and Utica shale production, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is expected to provide up to two million dekatherms per day of firm transmission capacity to markets in the Mid- and South Atlantic regions of the United States.
As currently planned, the pipeline will be up to 42 inches in diameter and will require approximately 50 feet of permanent easement (with 125 feet of temporary easement during construction). In addition, the project will require three compressor stations, with identified locations in Wetzel, Braxton, and Fayette counties of West Virginia.
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Tell West Virginia DEP You Support Mountain Valley Pipeline
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has reopened a public comment period for modifications to a combined state and federal permit, referred to as Nationwide Permit 12, that...
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**Project Update** On Aug. 29, FERC authorized MVP to resume construction and restoration on a significant portion of the project in Virginia and West Virginia. Earlier in the month, FERC had...
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Pipeliners build the pipelines that give communities across the country access to critical energy production. The country has benefited greatly from the use of our domestic oil and natural gas. These domestic resources have contributed billions of dollars to the national economy and helped energize markets across the country and beyond.