The Rover Pipeline is a big project that starts in the northern part of West Virginia, crosses Ohio, and heads up to Canada.  Construction began about a month ago.  They’ve been very busy cutting trees and clearing the right of way since then.  They’ve also been busy getting in trouble.

The Ohio EPA has already issued the Rover Pipeline a Notice of Violation for spilling 2 million gallons of drilling fluid in one location, and 50,000 gallons in another.

The Rover Pipeline already has a checkered reputation as far as construction work goes.  It demolished a historic house that was being considered for the National Register of Historic Places.  It also got an injunction against landowners who were trying to stop Rover from coming onto their property, but forgot to include most of the landowners with whom the Rover Pipeline had not been able to get easement agreements from.

Basically, it feels like this project which has been in the planning stages for years is not well planned.

It does not inspire confidence that the final product will be high quality (or in other words safe).

It also does not inspire confidence that the other major pipeline projects, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, the Mountain Valley Pipeline, and the Mountaineer Xpress, will be any better.