Briefly:  4th Circuit Stays Agency’s Action Pending Fracking Pipeline Review

(October 15, 2019, 1:30 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 11 granted a motion for a stay sought by environmental groups that oppose the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), ruling that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) must postpone issuing its biological opinion and incidental take statement pending a decision on the groups’ petition for review.  The MVP would carry hydraulically fractured oil and gas through West Virginia and Virginia (Wild Virginia, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., No. 19-1866, 4th Cir.)....

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