ACP Survey Claims Are Contested as Outdated

Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC’s has contended to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that bat surveys it conducted in 2015 should be considered “current.”  This contention was challenged in an April 2 letter to FERC by the Southern Environmental Law Center.  SELC pointed out that the surveys were valid only for two years, in accordance with established guidelines by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  The SELC letter also a similar problem exists for mussel surveys done by the ACP in Virginia and North Carolina.  For a copy of the SELC letter to FERC, click here.