Appalachian Voices: Fourth Circuit Invalidates Decision in Endangered Species Act Case, Further Delaying Mountain Valley Pipeline
February 04, 2022
February 04, 2022
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNSPol) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2022:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit invalidated the biological opinion and incidental take statement issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The court found that the agency failed to adequately analyze the project's environmental context when assessing the detrimental impacts to the Roanoke logp . . .
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit invalidated the biological opinion and incidental take statement issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The court found that the agency failed to adequately analyze the project's environmental context when assessing the detrimental impacts to the Roanoke logp . . .