Comments on: 4th Circuit Court Suspends Atlantic Coast Pipeline at Blue Ridge Parkway

By: Philip Khnopp

Philip Khnopp — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:48:51 +0000

If for no other reason than public safety and for a clean environment, it is imperative that all construction activity on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline – ACP and the Mountain Valley Pipeline – MVP, gas transmission projects be halted until such safety studies are properly conducted.

When such a comprehensive study is completed, it will be quite clear that these projects pose a true state of danger to the environment and all of those who are dependent upon clean air, water and soil, for their existence.

The previously issued Draft Environmental Impact Study (DEIS) for the intended pipeline projects, was woefully inadequate. FERC and the Virginia DEQ, have not done their proper job of protecting the rights of the citizens and the environment.

When the proper public safety studies are completed along the proposed pipeline route, it will be self evident that these projects WILL bring harm to us and our immediate landscape, for many years forward. These projects must not be allowed.

By: Virginia Mercury

Virginia Mercury — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 12:12:03 +0000

DOMINION: NO PERMIT, NO PROBLEM

From the Virginia Mercury, August 8, 2018

Dominion Energy, the lead partner in the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline, says Monday’s decision by a federal appeals court stripping its authority to drill under the Blue Ridge Parkway isn’t that big a deal.

The company expects that the National Park Service “will promptly re-issue the permit” and doesn’t think the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should halt all construction, as it did when another pipeline project lost a key federal approval last week.

That’s despite some pretty clear language from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which said that if Atlantic went ahead with construction, it would “violate FERC’s certificate of public convenience and necessity,” the authorization that underpins the entire project.