The Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board voted December 19 to delay its vote on a permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s proposed compressor station in Buckingham County until after a new public comment period. The basis of the delay was to permit the public to provide input on new information about the project that had become available since the earlier public comment period ended in September.
ABRA Board of Directors Elects Officers, New Member for 2019
Allen Johnson of the Eight-Rivers Council in Pocahontas County, WV, has been re-elected as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA) for 2019. Other officers re-elected at the Board’s end-of-the-year meeting on December 14 were: Kate Boyle,
No Response Yet from FERC on Stop Work Order Request
A request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue a stop work order for the entirety of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project has yet to receive a response from the agency, as of mid-day December 21. The agency was asked December 13 to revoke the certificate for the ACP by the Southern Environmental Law Center in light of the decision that day by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate the U.S.
4th Circuit Court nixes pipeline permit
- – The Recorder – 12/20/18
Shutdown of pipeline project sought
- – The Recorder – 12/20/18
Atlantic Coast Pipeline sues Nelson County over zoning decision
- – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 12/17/18
Virginia regulators unexpectedly delay decision on controversial gas project
- – The Washington Post – 12/14/18
Nelson native spreads knowledge of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- – The News & Advance – 12/17/18
Administration releases thousands of Atlantic Coast Pipeline documents
- – WRAL News – 12/20/18