Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate Extension in North Carolina!

North Carolina's anti-climate legislators passed a bill that would make it easier to extend the Mountain Valley Pipeline into the state – and easier to put communities at risk for water contamination, explosions, and more.

The Regulatory Reform Act (HB 600) would block the NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) from imposing any conditions on the permit – like making sure that nearby communities and their water aren’t harmed by the pipeline’s construction and operation.

Governor Roy Cooper vetoed this bill, but NC lawmakers have one last chance to pass it by overriding his veto. We can't let that happen.

Urge your North Carolina representatives to STOP a rubber stamp of the Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate Extension by opposing the Regulatory Reform Act (HB 600).

Construction on the original Mountain Valley Pipeline in Franklin County, Virginia. This is what we’re hoping to deter from happening in North Carolina through the Southgate Extension project.

Governor Roy Cooper vetoed this bill, but NC lawmakers have one last chance to pass it by overriding his veto. We can't let that happen.

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Subject Protect North Carolinians, reject HB 600

Dear Lawmaker:

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Earlier this year, the North Carolina General Assembly voted to pass the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023, House Bill 600. I urge you now to take the opportunity to reconsider its passage and choose NOT to override Governor Cooper’s veto of this bill.

House Bill 600 harms the environment while purporting to lessen the burden on the regulated community. The choice between a strong economy or a strong environment is a false choice.

Here are the reasons why I’m urging you to allow Gov. Cooper’s veto to stand:

• Section 7.1 accelerates the timeline for and puts restrictions on a water quality certification needed for energy transmission projects in an effort to speed up the process on the unreliable and dangerous MVP Southgate gas pipeline project. Our communities would be at grave risk of water contamination, explosions, and more, and we need to continue the transition away from fossil fuel infrastructure and invest in North Carolina’s growing clean energy economy.

• The bill contains five provisions that make detrimental changes to stormwater laws and regulations. This is a striking example of certain powerful corporations exercising their outsized influence this legislative session to roll back stormwater regulations.

• Section 12 orders the NC Department of Environmental Quality to issue certain water quality permits without factoring in federal civil rights law. The DEQ cannot protect polluters at the expense of our most vulnerable communities.

Ultimately, allowing this veto to stand will cost you nothing, cost no money to taxpayers, and do a great service to your constituents – particularly those who might be most seriously impacted by Southgate’s construction and operation.

Please support North Carolina’s future by NOT overriding Gov. Cooper’s veto on HB 600.

Thank you.

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