There is a second request for a stay pending in the 4th Circuit that if granted, would affect a much larger portion of the pipeline. A coalition of environmental groups contests the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s finding that endangered species would not be jeopardized by the buried pipeline.
At the end of June, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave the project the final approval needed to resume construction. Work was expected to resume shortly after and be finished by the end of the year. When complete, the pipeline will move methane gas from Wetzel County, West Virginia, to Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
