by Nelson Bailey | Oct 4, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality plans to disclose in December its recommendations to the State Water Control Board regarding water quality certification for two deeply controversial natural gas pipelines. DEQ said it will recommend conditions that the...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 4, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
Dominion Power says they’ve made no decision to expand the Atlantic Coast Pipeline into South Carolina. Last week the AP obtained a recording of Dominion executive Dan Weekly telling people at an energy conference that “everybody knows” the pipeline won’t stop in...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 29, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines, Politics of energy
The two joint ventures planning to route 42-inch diameter natural gas pipelines through forests and fields long to hear the whining roar and chatter of chainsaws felling trees. Both the Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline hope to start clearing...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 27, 2017 | Accidents, Fracking, Health & Safety
Notice of Violation #13 for Rover Ohio EPA cited Rover Pipeline, LLC again this week for spilling contaminants into a stream: soap wastewater and soil/sediment into a tributary of Irish Creek, Loudon Township, Carroll County. The Notice of Violation comes only three...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 27, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
Federal regulators are poised to approve the hotly contested Atlantic Coast Pipeline that would stretch for 600 miles from West Virginia, through Virginia and on to North Carolina. The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has completed a generally...
