So far, work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline has consisted mostly of cutting trees, building.

Utilities are particularly interested in where and how trees are planted.

Many of the trees that fell outside of the construction area were addressed by what FERC calls communication reports.

In addition to ensuring your trees will not grow into overhead power lines, you should not plant closer than 25 feet from any natural gas transmission line. When planting a tree, here's what you need to know. NorthWestern Energy applies a protective coating to steel pipelines and adds a small amount of direct current to mitigate corrosion. Tree Roots and Gas Lines Steel pipelines that carry gas are treated with a protective coating to resist corrosion and carry a small amount of direct current.

Tree roots are drawn to the loose soil.

Grasses, ground covers and low-growing shrubs pose fewer conflicts, but if they're disturbed during maintenance activities, you're responsible for the repair.

“feather cut” from the pipe zone out to the border zone. Pipe Zone: Does not allow trees or woody shrubs. Does allow lawns, flowers, low-profile grasses and low-growing herbaceous plants Border Zone: Does not allow trees or woody shrubs with DBH > 8in or Trunk/main branch within 5 to 10ft from outer edge of pipeline Feather Cut.

Jul 12, The landowners just filed for compensation StateImpact Pennsylvania A company cut trees for a pipeline that hasn’t been approved. The landowners just Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. Apr 17, Since Mountain Valley began cutting trees along the path of the mile pipeline through West Virginia and Southwest Virginia, more and more people like Coffey have been standing in.