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handle is hein.crs/govejau0001 and id is 1 raw text is: a Congressional ____ A Research Service Mountain Valley Pipeline: Permitting Issues October 13, 2022 The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is planned as a 303-mile natural gas transmission pipeline, currently under construction, which would link natural gas fields in the Marcellus shale region of West Virginia to the existing Transco gas transmission pipeline in south central Virginia (Figure 1). Although the MVP is over 90% constructed, several of its federal permits have been vacated in federal court; construction is currently suspended. A separate pipeline, the proposed Southgate Project-which is still in development-would extend the MVP into North Carolina. The MVP's permitting challenges, as well as legislative proposals to approve it, are the subject of debate in Congress. Figure I. Mountain Valley and Southgate Pipeline Routes ite Source: Courtesy of Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis MVP Federal and State Permit Status Like many other large infrastructure projects, the MVP requires authorizations from a range of agencies under various federal statutes. Key agency requirements, and their status, are summarized below. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Because it is an interstate natural gas pipeline, the MVP requires a certificate of public convenience and necessity from FERC pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act. FERC issued a certificate to the Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12032 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress -

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