MVP Variance Request Form

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1 MVP Variance Request Form Variance Request No.: Date Approval Requested by Contractor: Date Submitted by Chief Inspector to LEI: Date Received by FERC: FERC Approval Reference No.: B-13 10/23/ /25/2018 Requested By: Brent Ladd Spread: B Variance Type: WS Variance Sequence Request Prepared By *: Megan Neylon Number: 013 * The FERC compliance monitor should be alerted and given a copy of the draft variance for review prior to submittal. Location (Use either Station or Milepost) Station: To: Milepost: To: Current Land Use/ Vegetative Cover: Deciduous Forest Nearby Features (Water body, T&E Habitat, Wetland, Noxious Weed Area, Residence (distance), Cultural Resource Site (distance) etc.): 55 In or w/in 50' of a waterbody: Wetland or Waterbody ID: N/A MYSO ( ac SUSH) N/A Additional Stream footage impacted: 0.00 Additional Wetland acreage impacted: 0.00 Net acreage affected: Tree Clearing Required: Alignment Sheet Number: Noxious Weed Area Raptor Nest Residence (Distance) T/E Species Habitat Other (Specify): Cultural Resource Site Water Well Tract No.: Other Agency Jurisdiction: Acreage of tree clearing: In or w/in 50' of a wetland: WE-LE-062 No No Variance Level: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Variance From: Permit Plan Procedures EPPM Specification Drawing Mitigation Measure Line List Other: Describe: Detailed Description of Variance: Attachments? No Photos? No This variance adds MVP-ATWS-SM-029 for slip remediation. No streams, wetlands or cultural resources were found during delineations. This variance has a net increase of 0.39 acres of LOD from the original permit. There is a net increase in tree clearing of 0.39 acres. The modification of the tree clearing results in a net increase of 0.39 acres MYSO - Suitable Unoccupied Summer Habitat (SUSH). On January 29, 2018 the USFWS concurred with MVP's proposed process for reviewing variances that require tree clearing. Attachment 2 includes a table that shows MVP's acreage "banks" will remain net positive following approval of this variance request. List Attachments: Attachment 1 - Alignment Sheet; Attachment 2 - Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species Report; Attachment 3 - Stream and Wetland Delineation Report; Attachment 4 - Cultural Resource Reports and Concurrences (CUI//PRIV -- DO NOT RELEASE) ; Attachment 5 - Landowner Exhibits (CUI//PRIV -- DO NOT RELEASE) ; Attachment 6 - Variance Request Map Variance Justification: Resources have been avoided to the extent practicable. Per approved Project plans, BMPs will be installed to minimize impacts to any Environmentally Sensitive Areas within/abutting the area.

2 For MVP Use Only Additional Surveys Additional Surveys Required Surveyed Corridor Description Completed No The locations for this variance request were evaluated for cultural No Cultural Survey resources, waterbodies and wetlands, threatened and endangered species, and habitat. See the attached cover page list of reports. T & E Survey No No Waterbodies/Wetlands Proof of Previous Biological and Cultural Survey Clearance No See attachments 2 and 3 that describe rare, threatened, and endangered species surveys and stream and wetland delineations. USFWS Biological Opinion was issued on 10/31/2017. Additional survey conducted 9/24/2018. The cultural resources survey was reported in: Mountain Valley Pipeline Project, Cultural Resources Survey, Volume I, Wetzel, Harrison, Doddridge and Lewis Counties, West Virginia (Espino et.al. July 2015); Mountain Valley Pipeline Project Proposed Slip Mitigation Workspace MVP-ATWS-029, Lewis County, West Virginia Request for Concurrence on Disturbance and No Further Survey Recommendation (Marine September 2018). Filed with FERC 9/12/2015; 10/2/2015. Clearance received from WVDCH 10/6/2015; 10/4/2018. The Concurrence Letter is provided in Attachment 4. No Landowner: REDACTED Land Agent Contact Landowner Approval Obtained No JANNA ARNOLD Sign Off: Name Signature Date Construction Manager Lead Environmental Inspector Brent Ladd Christopher Parker Brent Ladd Christopher Parker 11/14/ /14/2018 Third Party Compliance Manager or monitor ROW Land Agent * Janna Arnold Environmental Supervisor Megan Neylon *signature denotes confirmed landowner approval Janna Arnold Megan Neylon 11/14/ /14/2018

3 For FERC Compliance Monitor and Compliance Manager Use Only Variance Approved: Variance Denied: Signature: Date: Beyond Authority: Stipulations: Spread No.: B Variance Request No.: B-13 VARIANCE CONDITIONS Name: Conditions: Title: Organization: Name: Conditions: Title: Organization: Name: Conditions: Title: Organization:

4 Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC Mountain Valley Pipeline Project Docket No. CP Alignment Sheets Attachment 1

5 DESIGN ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHT-OF-WAY & OWNERSHIP DATA 0' 100' 200' 400' MB P T X PIPE / COATING SLOPE DISTANCE CLASS LOCATION / HCA CONSTRUCTION EXCLUSION WETLAND / STREAM.. PLAN VIEW LEGEND PI SYMBOL TANK R/W MAILBOX WELL GW PWR SIGN TREE TANK OW POST EM LM WW FP GM T S # TEL GP WM PED TEP EP FOP TVP SAMH TWR MNW WMH STUDY CORRIDOR PROPOSED 42"PIPELINE NON-SURVEYED C/L 500' TICK MARK EXISTING PIPELINE PERMANENT EASEMENT WORK SPACE LIMITS PERMANENT ACCESS RD TEMPORARY ACCESS RD ANCILLARY SITE COUNTY LINE PROPERTY LINE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCE LINE OVERHEAD POWER OVERHEAD TELEPHONE C/L ROAD C/L RAILROAD DELINEATED STREAM DELINEATED WETLAND BARRICADE FENCE PROPOSED TEST STATION LINE MARKER - VENT PIPE POWER/TELE POLE TOWER LEG GUY ANCHOR GAS VALVE WELL - GAS/OIL/WATER/ MONITORING POST - GATE/FENCE ELEC/GAS/WTR METER PEDESTAL - UTILITY MH - SANITARY/WATER CATCH BASIN - CULVERT ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY WORK SPACE(ATWS) ABOVE GROUND FACILITY LIMITS OF DISTURBANCE REFERENCE DRAWINGS DRAWING NO. DESCRIPTION MVP-AR-H ACCESS ROADS, ANCILLARY SITES, MAINLINE VALVES & LAUNCHER/RECEIVER SITES P-W-H CATHODIC PROTECTION STANDARD DRAWING P-W-H CATHODIC PROTECTION STANDARD DRAWING HORIZONTAL STATIONING WORK SPACE PROPOSED PIPELINE EXISTING PIPELINE ACCESS ROAD TEMPORARY WORK SPACE PERMANENT EASEMENT TEMPORARY WORK SPACE(TWS) ADD. TEMPORARY WORK SPACE(ATWS) CONSTRUCTION METHOD CONSTRUCTION METHOD KEY 1 - TYPICAL R/W WORKING SIDE RIGHT TYPICAL R/W WORKING SIDE LEFT 2 - TOPSOIL SEGREGATED R/W WORKING SIDE RIGHT TOPSOIL SEGREGATED R/W WORKING SIDE LEFT 3 - TYPICAL WETLAND X-ING 4 - ROAD X-ING - BORE 5 - RAILROAD X-ING - BORE 6 - WATERBODY X-ING OPEN CUT - FLUME 7 - PARALLEL TO POWER LINE 8 - RIDGE CONSTRUCTION 10 - HDD ENTRY PLAN 11 - HDD EXIT PLAN 12 - HDD CONSTRUCTION 13 - PARALLEL TO POWER LINE 14 - PARALLEL TO POWER LINE 15 - WATERBODY X-ING OPEN CUT - DRY/DAM & PUMP 33 - SIDE HILL CONSTRUCTION 34-2-TONE SIDE HILL CONSTRUCTION 53 - REDUCED CONSTRUCTION R/W WITH TOPSOIL SEGREGATION 54 - REDUCED CONSTRUCTION R/W FOR NON-WETLAND OR STREAM REASONS PROFILE MATCH LINE 125.0' MATCH LINE - SEE SHEET PA-LEWV-H ' ' WV-LE-3466 WV-LE LF 169 SLOPE WV-LE ' 12.5' MP 50.0 WV-LE LF 619 SLOPE WV-LE-063 WV-LE WV-LE-065 WV-LE LF 148 SLOPE WV-LE-066 WV-LE-067 WV-LE LF 916 SLOPE WV-LE-067 REV.8 T S5 WV-LE-067 WV-LE-066 WV-LE LF 50 SLOPE MVP-ATWS-SM ,970 SQ FT WV-LE-067 WV-LE LF 42 SLOPE WV-LE LF 299 SLOPE 1 TIME OF YEAR RESTRICTION: NO CLEARING JUNE 1 - JULY 31 SEE TREE CLEARING PLAN FOR FURTHER DETAILS WV-LE LEWIS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA ' BW-LE-3 WV-LE LF 1907 SLOPE MP 50.5 PROPOSED 42" H600 MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE WV-LE WV-LE-069 WV-LE LF 99 SLOPE WV-LE WV-LE-071 WV-LE-069 WV-LE LF 9 SLOPE WV-LE T S MATCH LINE - SEE SHEET PA-LEWV-H T S P/ TANK MATCH LINE GM OW ISSUED FOR CONSTRUCTION 12.5' 25.0' 1 5' 11' 25.0' ' 125.0' AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY DATE: APRIL 2015 & JANUARY 2016 MATERIAL SUMMARY REVISIONS APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION APPROVED FOR BIDDING APPROVED FOR FERC MK. NO. QTY. DESCRIPTION REV. BY DATE DESCRIPTION MountainValley REV. BY DATE 6 JJS JJS REV. BY DATE 3 RRR REV. BY DATE 0 RRR RRR JJS JJS Evergreen Rd. Suite. 430 Southfield, Michigan T F Hoover Boulevard, Suite 2 Holland, Michigan PIPELINE ALIGNMENT MOUNTAIN VALLEY PROJECT - H600 LINE COURT DIST., LEWIS CO.,W.V. STA TO STA HORZ. SCALE: 1" = 200' DRAWN BY: HEI(DRF) DRAFTING CK:. ENGINEERING CK:. CONSTRUCTION CK:. ENVIRONMENTAL CK:. AFE/P.O.NO.: "O.D. X 0.617"W.T., X-70, FUSION BONDED EPOXY 0 HEI REV ISSUED TO FERC 7 5 ANSI 600 MONOLITHIC INSULATING JOINT 1 HEI FERC DATA REQUEST No.1 1 TYPE 5 TEST STATION - METAL IR DROP TEST STATION 2 HEI FERC DATA REQUEST No.2 1 TYPE 6 TEST STATION - ISO. JOINT - BELOW GRADE 3 HEI REV ISSUED FOR BID 4 HEI OCTOBER 2016 PROPOSED ROUTE - ISSUED TO FERC 5 HEI REMOVED EQUATIONS 6 HEI ISSUED FOR CONSTRUCTION 7 HEI ISSUED FOR CONSTRUCTION - FERC REVISION REQUEST 8 HEI ISSUED FOR VARIANCE - ADDED MVP-ATWS-SM-029 FOR SLIP MITIGATION HEI PROJECT NO.: DRAWING NO.: PA-LEWV-H SHEET 55 OF 329 DATE OF PLOT: 02/17/15 10/25/18 2:33 PM.... REV. 8

6 Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC Mountain Valley Pipeline Project Docket No. CP Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species Report Attachment 2

7 Mountain Valley Pipeline Project Variance B-13 October 30, 2018 State and federal agencies identified areas where plant surveys were required. This variance does not occur in any of those areas. There are no impacts to aquatic resources or listed RTE aquatic species associated with this variance The only avian species-specific presence-absence surveys required for the project are scrub-shrub habitat-specific in the state of Virginia, thus do not apply to this variance area. The modification of the tree clearing results in a net increase of 0.39 acres MYSO - Suitable Unoccupied Summer Habitat (SUSH). Tree clearing will not occur between June 1 and July 31 or October 1 and November 14 as per the BO. On 11/16/2015 and 09/24/2018, Environmental Solutions and Innovations, Inc. (ESI) conducted field surveys to search for portal openings (winter bat habitat). Surveys were conducted in accordance with agency approved protocols for the project. No portal openings were observed in the variance area.

8 MVP Variance ESI Portal Coverage Mountain Valley Pipeline Variance Survey Exhibit; Variance B-13 Meters Base Map: ESRI "World Imagery (Clarity)"; accessed 11/9/2018

9 Table 1 Bat Habitat Bank Acreage MYSO - Known Summer Use Habitat (acres) MYSO - Known use spring staging/fall swarming habitat (acres) MYSO - Suitable Unoccupied Summer Habitat (acres) MYSO - Unknown use spring staging/fall swarming habitat (acres) MYSO - Unknown Use Summer Habitat (acres) NLEB known use spring staging/fall swarming habitat (acres) Remaining bank acreage from IP-5 table Bradshaw ATWS ATWS ATWS LY LY-45/ Variance A-4 - MP Bradshaw Slip Repair Phase Variance A-5 - MP Variance H-3 - MP Variance F-3 - MP Variance H-2 - MP Variance E-4 - LY Variance E-5 - MP Variance I-2 - MP Variance I-4 - MP Variance G-3 - MP Variance B-2 - MP Variance H-5 - MP & Variance I-5 - MP Variance H-6 - MP Variance F-6 - MP Variance D-4 - MP Variance E-6 - MP Variance F-5 MP Variance D-7 - MP Variance D-6 - MP & Variance B-3 - MP Variance C-6 - MP Variance C-2 - MP Bradshaw Phase II Variance A-11 (MP 23.8) Variance I-10 (MP 266.3) Variance A-12 (MP 6.8) Variance B-7 (MP 60.07) Variance A-15 (MP 12) Variance H-7 (MP 238.3) - Transco Credit Variance H-7 (MP 238.3) Variance I-12 (LY-035 Ext) Variance H-9 (MP 237.5) Variance D-17 (MP ) Variance E-10 (MP ) Variance C-10 (MP 68.4) Variance C-11 (MP 86.3)

10 Table 1 Bat Habitat Bank Acreage MYSO - Known Summer Use Habitat (acres) MYSO - Known use spring staging/fall swarming habitat (acres) MYSO - Suitable Unoccupied Summer Habitat (acres) MYSO - Unknown use spring staging/fall swarming habitat (acres) MYSO - Unknown Use Summer Habitat (acres) NLEB known use spring staging/fall swarming habitat (acres) Variance A-14 (MP 6.5) Variance A-14 (MP 6.5) - MVP-WE-014 & ATWSs credit Variance A-14 (MP 6.5) - MVP-LY-024 credit Variance B-10 (MP 35.1) Variance A-23 (MP 0.10) Variance A-24 (MP 2.65) Variance A-25 (MP 2.10) Variance C-12 (MP 84.3) Variance C-13 (MP 68.9) Variance A-27 (MP 3.4) Variance G-6 (MP 210.0) Variance A-26 (MP 4.0) Variance C-14 (MP 84.4) Variance C-14 (MP 84.4) - MVP-LE credit Variance A-29 (MP 1.9) Variance A-30 (MP 3.9) Variance G-7 (MP ) - corrected error Variance B-11 (MP 52.6) Variance B-13 (MP 50.3) Net Remaining Acreage for variances to date

11 Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC Mountain Valley Pipeline Project Docket No. CP Waterbodies and Wetlands Report Attachment 3

12 Mountain Valley Pipeline Project Variance B-13 October 24, 2018 On August 14, 2015 and September 20, 2018, Tetra Tech, Inc. (Tetra Tech) surveyed the proposed variance in Lewis Co., WV for wetlands and streams. Wetland delineations were conducted utilizing the Routine On-Site Determination Methodology presented in the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Wetland Delineation Manual (Technical Report Y-87-1) and the Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region (Version 2.0). During field surveys, Tetra Tech did not identify any wetlands or streams in the variance area as shown on the attached figure.

13 Mountain Valley Pipeline Project Proposed Variance B-13 Wetzel County, West Virginia October 2018 Data Sources: ESRI Streaming Data ± NAD 1983 UTM 17N Legend Issued for Construction LOD Proposed Variance Limit of Disturbance 1 inch = 100 feet Feet Proposed Variance 50 Document Path: N:\Stephanie.Zabowski\GIS\Projects\MVP\Variance\L3VAR-WV-LE-12.mxd

14 Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC Mountain Valley Pipeline Project Docket No. CP Pipeline Variance Request Map Attachment 6

15 WV-LE-062 WV-LE-066 WV-LE WV-LE-067 Mountain Valley Pipeline Project FERC Docket No. CP MVP Variance B-13 LEWIS COUNTY November 2018 Data Sources: ESRI Aerial Imagery, All Issued for Construction data was filed with FERC on 12/20/2017. BW-LE-3 NAD 1983 UTM 17N ± Legend Issued for Construction Milepost Issued for Construction Route Issued for Construction Limits of Disturbance Parcel Boundary Proposed Variance Additional Temporary Workspace Feet Document Path: R:\PROJECTS\MOUNTAIN_VALLEY_PIPELINE_5107\VARIANCE_MAPPING\MAPS\MVP_VARIANCES_MAPBOOK.mxd