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The Virginia State Water Control Board could soon issue a key permit that will allow the dangerous Mountain Valley Pipeline to continue construction — even though its construction has already harmed clean water sources across western Virginia and racked up hundreds of water quality-related violations.

The bottom line is that MVP is an artifact of a dirty energy past. It's over budget, behind schedule, terrible for the climate and clean water, and no one needs the dirty fracked gas it will carry.

Submit a public comment to tell the Board saying that you OPPOSE a water permit for this fracked gas pipeline because it’s too harmful to the environment and Virginians.

Submit a public comment to tell the Board that you OPPOSE a water permit for this fracked gas pipeline because it’s too harmful to the environment and Virginians.

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Deny Permit for the Mountain Valley Fracked Gas Pipeline

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Dear Director Paylor and State Water Control Board,

I’m writing as a resident of Virginia to voice my concerns about the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and to oppose the Virginia Water Protection permit that would allow construction to continue.

The pipeline could negatively affect hundreds of Virginia waterbodies, as it has already incurred more than 300 violations of water protection rules in Virginia — and there are allegations of additional violations.

The draft Virginia Water Protection permit should be denied because it fails to adequately provide: an analysis of different construction methods and water crossing sites that could minimize the pipeline's impact; key data that would determine the water quality standards that would need to be maintained throughout construction; and an assessment of threats to drinking water sources.

Issuing a water protection permit with these flaws for a pipeline that has already caused damage to water sources in the region would be a reckless decision that could harm even more clean water sources and threaten the health and safety of local communities.

The bottom line is that MVP is an artifact of a dirty energy past. It's over budget, behind schedule, and terrible for clean water, the climate, and our health. And MVP’s developers have demonstrated time after time that they cannot construct the pipeline without causing violations of water quality standards.

Please protect Virginia’s rivers, streams, wetlands, and other waterways by denying the Virginia Water Protection permit for MVP.

Natural Resources Defense Council

Say NO to the Mountain Valley Fracked Gas Pipeline in Virginia

Say NO to the Mountain Valley Fracked Gas Pipeline in Virginia

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