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New superintendent named for Blue Ridge Parkway

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  • – E&E News – 4/19/ 21
Daniel Shaffer April 30, 2021 Local & ACP, Regional Issues Read more

Mountain Valley to receive new permit to cross Blue Ridge Parkway

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 7/28/20
Daniel Shaffer July 31, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

Ex-Heads of Park Service & Appalachian Trail Oppose ACP Crossing Trail

Among the amicus briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22 in support of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to vacate the U.S. Forest Service permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross the Appalachian Trail (see ABRA Update #250 article on this) was one jointly filed by: John Jarvis,

Daniel Shaffer January 31, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

NPS to superintendents: Opposed to drilling? Call us first

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  • – E&E News – 9/19/19
Daniel Shaffer September 20, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Army Corps, National Park Service Ask Court to Vacate Key ACP Permits

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers filed a motion on January 18 with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals for a remand and vacating of the permit that the Huntington District of the Corps had issued for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to cross rivers and streams and West Virginia. 

Daniel Shaffer January 25, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

National Park Service reconsiders permit, creating uncertainty for $7B Atlantic Coast Pipeline

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  • – Charlotte Business Journal – 1/24/19
Daniel Shaffer January 25, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

FERC Requested to Revoke ACP’s Certificate

In a filing late December 13, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) was asked to revoke the certificate for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in light of the decision earlier in the day by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate the U.S.

Daniel Shaffer December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 Pipeline Updates Read more

‘If I were Dominion I’d be panicked:’ Federal court vacates another Atlantic Coast Pipeline permit

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 12/13/18
Daniel Shaffer December 14, 2018 Local & ACP Read more

More hurdles block pipeline plan

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  • – The Recorder – 12/13/18
Daniel Shaffer December 14, 2018 Local & ACP Read more

Review of Reissuance of ACP Permits Requested

Permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) that were issued by the National Park Service (NPS) and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and were struck down last month by the Fourth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals were reissued this past week. 

Daniel Shaffer September 21, 2018 Pipeline Updates Read more
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The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of conservation organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting the environmental integrity of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region, which encompasses the Central Appalachian Highlands area of Virginia and West Virginia.

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