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west Virginia department of environmental protection

 

Executive Of?ce Jim Justice, Governor
601 57th Street, Southeast Austin Caperton, Cabinet Secretary
Charleston, West Virginia 25304 

Phone: (304) 926-0440
Fax: (304) 926-0446

May 10, 2017
Shirley Hall Dana 0. Olson, M.D.
Rt. 1 Box 240F Jana M. Peters, D.O.
Lindside, WV 24951 Post Of?ce Box 480
Via Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested Peterstown, WV 24963

Via Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested

Derek O. Teaney, Esquire

Appalachian Mountain Advocates

Post Of?ce Box 507

Lewisburg, WV 24901

Via Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested

Re: Request for Hearing on State 401 Water Quality Certi?cation; Nationwide Permit
No.12, Mountain Valley Pipeline, Mountain Valley Pipeline Project; FERC
Docket No. Wetzel, Harrison, Doddridge, Lewis, Braxton, Webster,
Nicholas, Greenbrier, Fayette, Summers, and Monroe Counties, West Virginia;


All:

This will acknowledge receipt of your letters of April 8, 2017, requesting a hearing pursuant
to W. Va. Code R. 47-5A-7, on the Section 401 Certi?cation, WQC-16-005, issued by the West
Virginia Department of Environmental Protection on March 23, 2017, for the Mountain Valley
Pipeline Project Section 404 permit authorization and Natural Gas Act Certi?cate of Public

Convenience and Necessity.

Pursuant to the discretion granted by W. Va. Code R. 47-5A-7.l.c, I hereby deny your
request for a hearing.

Very truly yours,

Austin Cap on
Cabinet Secretary

Promoting a healthy environment.