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ACP

ACP Route Restoration Plan Filed with FERC Leaves Unanswered Questions

A long-awaited restoration plan for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to address land and forests that were disrupted by the project before it was cancelled in July was filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on January 4.  The filing was in response to a formal request by FERC on October 27.

Daniel Shaffer January 8, 2021 Pipeline Updates Read more

Regulators get plan for undoing the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

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  • – The Richmond Times – 1/5/20
  • Related:
  • FERC: Developers submit plan to undo $8B pipeline
Daniel Shaffer January 8, 2021 ACP-MVP, Local & ACP Read more

Atlantic Coast Pipeline restoration planned to start later in WV than other states

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  • – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 1/6/21
Daniel Shaffer January 8, 2021 Local & ACP, Regional Issues Read more

ABRA End of the Year Report for 2020

WE WON!

Those two words best summarize the 2020 accomplishments of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance.  Our coalition’s 6+ year effort to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline was an achievement for which the dozens of member organizations and thousands of volunteers working within the ABRA umbrella can proudly claim credit. 

Daniel Shaffer December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

ACP Restoration Plans Still Somewhere on the Drawing Board

The restoration plans for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, requested on October 27 by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and due by December 26, are still – as of this writing – somewhere in the works.  Plans for what to do about the unfinished Supply Header Project,

Daniel Shaffer December 21, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

FERC Formally Requests ACP Restoration Plans

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Tuesday, October 27 asked Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc. (DETI), managing partner for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and Supply Header Project (SHP), to provide it “a plan for disposition of ACP and SHP,

Daniel Shaffer November 16, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Federal regulators order Atlantic Coast Pipeline to provide a plan for project wind-down, restoration

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 10/29/20
Daniel Shaffer November 16, 2020 ACP-MVP, Local & ACP Read more

ABRA Pursues Additional New Initiatives

With the July 5 cancellation of the Atlantic Coat Pipeline (ACP), ABRA is focusing on several other initiatives, in addition to the new Conservation Hub program.

  • ABRA’s work on the ACP will continue over the next year and beyond to assure that there is a responsible and thorough restoration of the land disturbance that occurred along the route,
Daniel Shaffer October 23, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

FERC Decisions on ACP Restoration Still Under Review

It has been almost 10 weeks since the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) received comments from the public on the request by Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACP, LLC) for: 1) a one-year extension of its certificate (which expires October 13,

Daniel Shaffer October 9, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

With ACP canceled, Nelson residents look to environmental recovery

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  • – The News & Advance – 9/30/20
Daniel Shaffer October 9, 2020October 12, 2020 ACP-MVP, Local & ACP Read more
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Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance

The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of organizations concerned about the natural gas pipeline that Dominion Resources and its partner companies have proposed to build through portions of West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina.

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