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Update 114

LaFleur Named Acting Chairman of FERC; Commissioner Bay Resigns

Cheryl LaFleur has been named as Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by President Trump (announced January 26).  Thursday afternoon Commissioner Norman Bay, who has served as Chairman since Aril 2015 submitted a letter of resignation,

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Trump’s Executive Actions: What Do They Mean for Proposed Pipelines?

This week’s flurry of Executive Memoranda and Orders signed by President Trump have included several actions with relevance to the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Here’s a rundown of some of the actions taken and links to them:

 

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Forest Service Communications Still Needed

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 accordance with the law. 

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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 when the VOF Board of Trustees meets on Thursday,

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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) for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP).

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Endangered bee may sting pipeline plan

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  • – The Recorder – 1/26/17
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Pipeline project awaits critical state decision

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  • – The Recorder – 1/26/17
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Duke-Dominion Withheld Gas Pipeline Data, Groups Charge – News Release from NC WARN

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  • – NCWARN – 1/24/17
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Environmentalists Decry Preliminary Approval of Pipeline

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  • – WMRA – 1/24/17
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Folks in the Valley react to President Trump’s approval of pipelines

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  • – WHSV3 – 1/25/17
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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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