2020-09-02 Support for Mountain Valley Pipeline's FERC Certificate Extension PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION # 2020-09-02
SUPPORT FOR MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE'S FERC CERTIFICATE
EXTENSION
WHEREAS, at the Business Meeting of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
("Board")held on Tuesday,September 15,2020,in the Gallery Room of the Chatham Community
Center, the following Resolution was presented and adopted:
WHEREAS,the Mountain Valley Pipeline("MVP")is a proposed underground interstate
natural gas pipeline that will span three hundred and three (303) miles from northwestern West
Virginia to southern Virginia("Project'); and
WHEREAS, currently, the total Project is ninety-two percent (92%) complete, with all
three (3) compression stations one hundred percent(100%) complete, eighty percent (80%) of all
pipeline work complete, and fifty percent (50%) of full restoration of the right-of-way complete;
and
WHEREAS, EQM Midstream Partners will operate the Project and it is anticipated that
the Project will be fully operational in early 2021; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, and after three (3) years of review, the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission ("FERC") issued a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ("Certificate")
for the Project; and
WHEREAS, this Certificate is valid for three (3) years, and MVP has requested an
extension while it finishes construction.
NOW THEREFORE,BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED,that the Board does hereby fully
support MVP's FERC Certificate extension for the following non-exhaustive reasons:
• Completing the Project and fully restoring the right-of-way is the most effective
way to prevent erosion and sediment control issues;
• The Project's capacity if fully subscribed(meaning, it has all been purchased);
• According to market analyses by Woods Mackenzie, global energy consultant,
Demand for natural gas pipeline transportation capacity in the Southeaster and Mid-
Atlantic Regions support the Project;
• Natural gas is the preferred fuel source of major manufacturers;
• Once the Project is operational,it will generate approximately seven million dollars
($7,000,000)of new annual ad valorem tax revenue for Virginia localities along the
route;
• In the summer of 2018, approximately two thousand and five hundred (2,500)
workers were employed on the Project's construction in Virginia, with roughly a
third of those being Virginia residents;
• Once operational, the Project will generate up to one million and two hundred
thousand dollars ($1,200,000) of new ad valorem taxes (property taxes) in
Pittsylvania County;
• The federal government has credited the increased use of natural gas and the
declining use of coal as a major factor in the reduction in carbon emissions in the
United States by more than eleven percent(11%) between 2008 and 2017; and
• The Project is being building using best practices and modern safety features,
including 24/7 remote monitoring; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board does hereby authorize the County
Administrator,or his designee,to submit this Resolution into the record under the public comment
portion of the related pending Project FERC Certificate Extension Request Hearing.
Given under my hand this 15th day of September, 2020.
obert("Bob") W. Warren, Chairman
• Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
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