Nationwide Permits are not appropriate

From the Notice of  Lew Freeman, Allegheny – Blue Ridge Alliance, June 4, 2018

The website of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, which has been down since May 22, is once again operational.  In a notice on the site’s home page (http://www.deq.virginia.gov/) , it indicates that the new deadline for submitting comments on the adequacy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NWP 12 program for stream crossings of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Mountain Valley Pipeline is Friday, June 15.

Written comments may be submitted via hand-delivery to VA-DEQ, 1111 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219; via postal mail toVA-DEQ, P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218; or via e-mail at the following email address(es) ONLY – emails and attachments sent to other email addresses or internet sites will not be considered:

>>> NWP12InfoOnMVP@deq.virginia. gov

>>>  NWP12InfoOnACP@deq.virginia. gov

All ABRA members are urged to file their own comments and encourage their members and constituencies to do so as well.  Wild Virginia has prepared an excellent guide to provide assistance: “Suggestions for Comments to DEQ Public Notice Impacts from Waterbody Crossings and Water Quality Standards.” This is available at:
https://www.abralliance.org/ wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ Comments-in-Response-to-DEQ- Public-Notice-corrected.pdf.

Another helpful resource is an impact table of waters potentially affected by the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.  The document is published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Norfolk District and is available at:
https://www.abralliance.org/ wp-content/uploads/2018/05/VA- waters-impacted-by-ACP-U.S.- Corps-of-Engineers-11-30-17. pdf.

​—- Thank you very much, Lew Freeman,

Executive Director, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance

P. O. Box 685, Monterey, VA 24465

www.abralliance.org