Comments on: Updated Environmental Review Requested for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in WV & VA https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2020/06/06/updated-environmental-review-requested-for-the-atlantic-coast-pipeline-in-wv-va/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Friends of Nelson, VA https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2020/06/06/updated-environmental-review-requested-for-the-atlantic-coast-pipeline-in-wv-va/#comment-296306 Friends of Nelson, VA Mon, 08 Jun 2020 18:03:30 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=32803#comment-296306 <strong>Friends of Nelson</strong>, Nelson County, Blue Ridge Mountains, VA, June 8, 2020 <strong>SELC Files Request with FERC for Supplemental EIS for ACP</strong> On June 1, 2020, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline “to address significant new information bearing on the ACP’s environmental impacts.” SELC filed the motion asking for the EIS supplement on behalf of 16 organizations, including Friends of Nelson. The motion lists areas in which new information has arisen since FERC issued the EIS for the ACP in July 2017, and says that new information “presents a seriously different picture of the project’s available alternatives and environmental impacts than the one considered by the Commission.” <strong>Issues considered in the motion include</strong>: Alternatives. The region’s energy future has undergone a dramatic shift away from gas-fired power generation while the ACP’s projected cost has ballooned and its timeline has been pushed back, compelling the Commission to revisit its consideration of alternatives. <strong>Read more here</strong>: http://friendsofnelson.com/selc-files-request-with-ferc-for-supplemental-eis-for-acp/ Friends of Nelson, Nelson County, Blue Ridge Mountains, VA, June 8, 2020

SELC Files Request with FERC for Supplemental EIS for ACP

On June 1, 2020, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline “to address significant new information bearing on the ACP’s environmental impacts.” SELC filed the motion asking for the EIS supplement on behalf of 16 organizations, including Friends of Nelson.

The motion lists areas in which new information has arisen since FERC issued the EIS for the ACP in July 2017, and says that new information “presents a seriously different picture of the project’s available alternatives and environmental impacts than the one considered by the Commission.”

Issues considered in the motion include:

Alternatives. The region’s energy future has undergone a dramatic shift away from gas-fired power generation while the ACP’s projected cost has ballooned and its timeline has been pushed back, compelling the Commission to revisit its consideration of alternatives.

Read more here:

http://friendsofnelson.com/selc-files-request-with-ferc-for-supplemental-eis-for-acp/

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