This week’s Executive Actions by President Trump are reminder of how important it is that the government agencies responsible for making decisions concerning the environmental and safety dimensions of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline be encouraged to perform due diligence in
VOF Decision Two-Weeks Away
A decision by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF) on whether to accept or reject the application to permit the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to compromise conservation easements of 10 properties in the path of the project is expected to be made
Public Comment Sessions for ACP Scheduled
A series of ten public comment sessions have been scheduled by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) beginning in mid-February to provide opportunities for interested parties to offer verbal comments on their views about the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
Your Help Is Needed: Support the Forest Service
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released last Fall a new schedule for its consideration of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). FERC asked the National Forest Service (USFS) to comment on the schedule. Final approval of the project by FERC
It’s Not Too Late to Voice Your Concerns to VOF
The Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF) is scheduled to consider on February 9 the application by Dominion Transmission, Inc. to receive approval for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross 11 conservation easements in Highland, Bath, Augusta and Nelson Counties held
N.C. Walk to Protect Our Peoples and the Places We Live: March 4-19, 2017
The North Carolina Alliance to Protect Our Peoples and the Places We Live (APPPL) is organizing a Walk along the 205-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline route in NC, beginning on Saturday March 4 at the Virginia-North Carolina border in Northhampton County,
New ACP Information Filed on Geohazards, Forest Fragmentation, HDD
Dominion Transmission Inc. (DTI) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on January 10 supplemental information on several aspects of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), including: 1) revised site specific design drawings on geohazard mitigation, 2) an update on
Energy Users Association Endorses the ACP
The Industrial Energy Users of America (ICEA) has urged approval of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in a filing with FERC on January 9. ICEA is a Washington-based association of manufacturing companies claiming combined annual sales of $1 trillion and over
“Troubled Waters: Voices from Bath” To Premiere in Allegheny Highlands
Troubled Waters: Voices from Bath, a multi-media, multi-perspective experience, will be shown for the first time in Bath County, VA, where the video and associated photos were shot, on January 19, 7 pm at the Old Dairy Barn in Warm
Pipelines Being Urged to Use State Courts for Eminent Domain Cases
A resolution is being circulated among Members of the Virginia General Assembly, asking that pipeline companies use state courts, rather than Federal courts, in any condemnation proceedings taken should projects be approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The draft