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W.Va. court grants injunction against Mountain Valley pipeline protesters

A West Virginia county court granted an injunction against protesters of the the EQT Corp.-led Mountain Valley pipeline who were occupying trees along the route of the 2-Bcf/d natural gas transportation project, The Register-Herald of Beckley, W.Va., reported March 14.

Monroe County Circuit Court judge Robert Irons ruled that an injunction may be enforced if attorneys for the Mountain Valley pipeline provide Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved maps detailing the pipeline's route mile by mile.

The ruling on the injunction came after the court's March 10 issuance of a temporary restraining order that be effective for 10 days. Lawyers for the pipeline asked for the temporary restraining orders on March 2 against two protesters trying to delay construction activities, who were reportedly sitting on wooden platforms in trees since Feb. 26.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the project in October 2017 and authorized construction work Jan. 22. The 300-mile pipeline would move gas from West Virginia to pipeline interconnections in Virginia. It is a joint project of EQT Midstream Partners LP, NextEra Energy Inc., RGC Resources Inc., WGL Holdings Inc. and Consolidated Edison Inc. (FERC docket CP16-10)