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After FERC citation, Rover restores erosion along pipeline

An Energy Transfer Partners LP unit came up with a fix after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission cited it for a problem in restoration work on part of the 3.25-Bcf/d Rover natural gas pipeline in West Virginia.

After storms in February resulted in erosion at a lateral in Doddridge County, W.Va., FERC issued a citation for a "serious violation" to Rover Pipeline LLC. On March 9, Rover submitted its latest restoration plans for the area and said the measures will bring the regions "to full compliance."

"While Rover does not believe that a serious violation was warranted," the developer said, it will comply with all the conditions of the project's certificate approval.

The violation was not related to horizontal directional drilling. Problems with this type of drilling, often used to place pipelines under rivers and other obstacles, have resulted in delays in construction on the Rover project in Ohio.

FERC authorized the $4.2 billion project in February 2017, and on Aug. 31, 2017, it began issuing authorizations to place portions of the project into service. The recent service authorizations included a mainline compressor station in Ohio and all first-phase laterals and compressor stations that provide takeaway capacity from the Marcellus and Utica shales. (FERC docket CP15-93)