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Forest service imposes emergency closure along Mountain Valley Pipeline route
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A strip of the Jefferson National Forest, 400 feet wide and 3.5 miles long, has been closed for the Mountain Valley Pipeline
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Forest service imposes emergency closure along Mountain Valley Pipeline route
By Laurence Hammack laurence.hammack@roanoke.com 981-3239 23 hrs ago
In what it described as an emergency, the U.S. Forest Service said Saturday it was closing parts of the Jefferson National Forest where a natural gas pipeline is planned.
The order “was enacted to protect public safety due to hazards associated with constructing the Mountain Valley Pipeline,” according to a news release issued late Saturday afternoon.
With the exception of authorized personnel, the order prohibits anyone from being within 200 feet of either side of a right-of-way established for the pipeline to pass through the national forest in Monroe County, West Virginia, and Giles and Montgomery counties.
Also off-limits to the public are access roads that Mountain Valley will use during construction of the pipeline.
By Laurence Hammack laurence.hammack@roanoke.com 981-3239 23 hrs ago
In what it described as an emergency, the U.S. Forest Service said Saturday it was closing parts of the Jefferson National Forest where a natural gas pipeline is planned.
The order “was enacted to protect public safety due to hazards associated with constructing the Mountain Valley Pipeline,” according to a news release issued late Saturday afternoon.
With the exception of authorized personnel, the order prohibits anyone from being within 200 feet of either side of a right-of-way established for the pipeline to pass through the national forest in Monroe County, West Virginia, and Giles and Montgomery counties.
Also off-limits to the public are access roads that Mountain Valley will use during construction of the pipeline.