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3. Monroe residents protest proposed gas pipeline

The Beckley Register Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Monroe residents protest proposed gas pipeline
By Tina Alvey REGISTER-HERALD REPORTER

UNION — The Monroe County Commission was forced to move a portion of Wednesday's regular session to larger quarters when nearly 50 people showed up to protest the impending construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

Spanning approximately 300 miles from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia, the MVP is a joint venture between EQT Corporation and NextEra US Gas Assets LLC, according to the project's web page. Plans call for the pipeline to be in service during the fourth quarter of 2018, carrying at least two billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to markets in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic regions.

As shown on the project's web page, the pipeline's proposed path cuts through the middle of Nicholas County, western Greenbrier County and southeastern Monroe County, clipping a corner of Summers County.

Commission President Shane Ashley told the crowd gathered in the Monroe County Courthouse on Wednesday morning, "We (county commissioners) have no legal authority over the pipeline at this point."....

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