by Nelson Bailey | Oct 31, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Natural Gas, Pipelines
Though planners took no action on a special use permit request for Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC (ACP) to construct a proposed 53,515 horsepower natural gas fired compressor station on Route 56 between Shelton Store and Union Hill roads, the Buckingham County Planning...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Events, Pipelines
At last month’s planning commission meeting in Buckingham County, so many people signed up to speak about the Atlantic Coast Pipeline that a second meeting was created just to continue the public comments. WMRA’s Jordy Yager was there. On an unseasonably warm October...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 22, 2016 | Politics of energy
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Basil Gooden are set to make “an important economic development announcement” Thursday at Rock Wood Products north of Dillwyn. Media outlets received invitations Friday afternoon from the...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 20, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety, Pipelines
Though Buckingham County Planning Commission members completed its hours-long, two-part public hearing — split because of the volume of people who signed up to speak — they most likely will not vote during its regular Monday meeting on a permit request for a 53,515...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 19, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Natural Gas, Pipelines
Published 2:06 pm Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Twenty-one of 23 people who spoke during a continued public hearing Monday night regarding the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project and a connected compressor station opposed the issuance of a special use permit....