On January 14, 2021, the BLM issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the  Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project. The ROD documents the Department of the Interior’s (DOI or Department) decision and rationale for approving a right-of-way (ROW) and temporary use permit (TUP) for the MVP project on federal lands under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (FS) in Virginia and West Virginia. The USDA provided a letter of concurrence for the MVP project to the BLM on January 11, 2021, which can be found as an attachment to the BLM's ROD. 

The USDA issued a ROD to amend the Jefferson National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) to allow for the MVP project on January 11, 2021. The USDA ROD is can be found at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd874164.pdf. 

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