Update to Schedule of Events on Fracking Pipelines in Virginia & West Virginia

Dear friends,

So it’s time! It’s time for the biggest public protest ever organized against these destructive pipelines.

Won’t you join the “Water is Life Rally and Concert” against the pipelines on Saturday, December 2nd at 1:00 pm in Richmond? Stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a massive, unbroken human chain around the Capitol building and the Governor’s mansion to say “no” to the ACP and MVP pipelines.

We have to be creative and loud on December 2nd because, frankly, time is running out. The State’s Water Control Board will hold final hearings in Richmond on the MVP (Dec 6-7) and the ACP (Dec 11-12). We’ll be in touch soon with information on how to attend and testify at those hearings.

See you on December 2nd.

Sincerely, Mike Tidwell, Executive Director
Chesapeake Climate Action Network

State Water Control Board meeting dates announced

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 3, 2017

Contact: Ann Regn, ann.regn@deq.virginia.gov

RICHMOND, VA. — The State Water Control Board plans to hold two meetings in December to consider additional Section 401 water quality certification conditions for the proposed Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines.

Each meeting is scheduled to last about two days. On the first day of each meeting, those who made oral or written comments during the public comment period will have an opportunity to sign up to speak to the board under the board’s policy for public participation. The official agenda containing more details will be available in early November.

The schedule for the meetings is:

– Mountain Valley Pipeline. 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 6, 2017, and Thursday, December 7, 2017. Location: Trinity Family Life Center, 3601 Dill Road, Richmond, VA 23222.

– Atlantic Coast Pipeline. 9:30 a.m., Monday, December 11, 2017, and Tuesday, December 12, 2017. Location: Trinity Family Life Center, 3601 Dill Road, Richmond, VA 23222.

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will present a summary of the public comments it received and will make its recommendations to the board on the proposed additional conditions at each meeting. Also at each meeting, the board may approve, deny or amend the recommendations.

http://theroanokestar.com/2017/11/20/nearly-1000-wintergreen-property-owners-plan-to-sue-the-atlantic-coast-pipeline/

https://therecorddelta.com/article/pipeline-starting-april-1

COMMENT NOW!!

Public Comments Requested for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (General Water Pollution Permit)

http://bluevirginia.us/2017/11/sierra-club-takes-state-corporation-commission-to-court-over-failure-to-review-atlantic-coast-pipeline-deal

http://wvmetronews.com/2017/11/21/mountain-valley-pipeline-developers-file-federal-suit-against-fayette-county-commission/

A public hearing has been scheduled for Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc, Atlantic Coast Pipeline (WVR310820).

The purpose of the hearing is to take comments on the draft permit that will cover the discharge of stormwater during construction activities.

A hearing has been scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday December 18, 2017 at:

Buckhannon Upshur High School
270 Bu Dr
Buckhannon, WV 26201

And

From 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday December 21, 2017 at:

Pocahontas County High School
271 Warrior Way
Dunmore, WV 24934

Oral and written comments will be accepted at the hearing. After the public hearing, the comment period will be extended until 8 p.m. on Sunday, December 31, 2017.

A copy of the draft permit can be obtained by calling Sharon Mullins, Division of Water & Waste Management, WV – DEP.