(P&GJ) — The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources has issued a water quality certification with conditions for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC’s proposed natural gas pipeline expansion in North Carolina.
The certification covers the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, which includes upgrades to existing pipeline infrastructure and the installation of new 42-inch-diameter pipe. The project includes about 4.4 miles of pipeline in Rockingham County, known as the Eden Loop, and roughly 24.1 miles in Guilford, Forsyth and Davidson counties, known as the Salem Loop.
Because construction will disturb wetlands, waterways and streambanks, Transco applied for a Clean Water Act Section 401 Individual Water Quality Certification, along with riparian buffer authorizations for the Jordan Lake and Randleman Lake watersheds. The authorizations are required where vegetation must be maintained along waterways and would be removed during construction…