West Virginia Grants Key Permit for 304-Mile Natural Gas Pipeline

Workers lay the pipes of a gas pipeline outside the town of Waynesburg, Penn., on April 13, 2012. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

West Virginia approved a key permit for a 304-mile natural gas pipeline project on Friday.

“State 401 [Water Quality] Certification ... is granted subject to the conditions contained in Attachment A. Certification shall be effective 15 days from the date of this letter,” Katheryn Emery, the acting director of the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP), wrote in a letter (pdf) to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.