"Virginia air quality regulators deny key permit for proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline extension project facility," 6 Dec. 2021

... The Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board voted 6-1 to deny the permit [for the pipeline] ... after a motion to approve the permit failed in a 5-2 tally.

... The board cited environmental justice concerns as why it set aside a state Department of Environmental Quality recommendation to approve the permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC, the Canonsburg, Pennsylvania-based joint venture that owns the pipeline and the extension project.

... MVP Southgate project spokesperson Shawn Day contended the Air Pollution Control Board's decision was "not supported by the factual evidence."

... Day contended the board's decision on the MVP Southgate compressor station "has no impact on" the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

... Elizabeth Jones of the Pittsylvania County NAACP Environmental Justice Committee said in a statement the Air Pollution Control Board's denial of the air permit "took courage." "Environmental and climate justice is a civil rights issues," Jones said. "We all depend on the physical environment and its bounty."