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             Congressional                                                  ____
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Mountain Valley Pipeline: Congressional

Authorization



Updated July 12, 2023


The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is a 303-mile natural gas transmission pipeline, currently under
construction, which would link natural gas fields in West Virginia to the existing Transco pipeline in
Virginia (Figure 1). The project has faced numerous permitting challenges in federal court, which has
repeatedly caused construction to be suspended. A separate pipeline, the MVP Southgate Project-still in
development-would extend the MVP into North Carolina. The MVP's permitting challenges, as well as
recent legislation to authorize its completion, are of continuing interest in Congress.


Figure I. Mountain Valley and Southgate Pipeline Routes


Source: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.


MVP Federal and State Permit Status

Like 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.


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