FERC finally backed down and accepted the demand for a programmatic review of these pipeline projects. This victory proves that when we refuse to let them cut corners on our environment, they have no choice but to listen. Keep your eyes open because we are not finished holding these regulators …
January 3, 2016
Nelson County Board of Supervisors: Petition FERC and Officials for a PEIS for the ACP
Final supporters
Dear Nelson County Board of Supervisors:
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline proposed to go through Nelson County threatens our property rights, property values, rural heritage, economy and environment. The least we, as unwilling citizens of a directly impacted community deserve, is the assurance that the federal regulatory process responsible for approving and siting the ACP is fair and thorough. Yet, so far, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) intends to analyze the need for and impacts of the ACP in isolation from the three other high-pressure,
large-diameter pipelines proposed for the Blue Ridge and Appalachian
Mountain region of Virginia: the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the
Appalachian Connector, and the WB Express.
Given the scale, regional proximity, and similar purpose of these projects, the only way to accurately assess the impacts and alternatives—and the fundamental need for so many, is to evaluate them together in a single, Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS).
Separate analyses of these pipelines is analogous to a transportation “planning" process that allowed private turnpike companies to build large highways through our region with no entrance or exit ramps and no overall sense of which highways are most needed—with private companies taking property from local residents and businesses and reaping all the profit.
This common sense reality is recognized by the National Environmental Policy Act and affirmed by the courts: the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) must evaluate the impacts of related projects with cumulative impacts proposed or reasonably foreseeable in the same geographic region in a single comprehensive EIS.
Please advocate for a just process by petitioning FERC to conduct a PEIS, as well as petitioning our Governor, U.S. Senators and Representative, and the Virginia General Assembly to ask FERC for a PEIS for the ACP. This Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) must comprehensively evaluate the need for these four pipelines; assess the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of overall pipeline development in this region; and fully consider all reasonable, less-damaging alternatives in a single document.
Updates
October 21, 2015
The momentum behind this push is finally forcing the board to pay attention. FERC cannot keep hiding behind their pathetic piecemeal review process while we expose their total disregard for our land.
Reached 100 supporters
October 21, 2015
55 Comments
It just seems like common sense to coordinate such projects. And it seems like the government's job to do so. Private companies have no incentive to do so and no authority to do so. Our government has the authority and the responsibility. Please petition our federal and state agencies to do their job by doing the PEIS required.
The US Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Outlook 2015, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the US Department of Energy say new pipelines are not necessary.
As a Nelson County landowner since 1970 - I care deeply about this county, it's beauty, its people, its economy - I strongly urge you to protect our property rights, our community heritage and our land by demanding a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Building four high pressure pipelines in a relatively small area dominated by poor rural communities smacks of a land grab. I am hoping you , our representatives on the Nelson County BOS, will insist that FERC study and explain why all three are needed.
Because the Government has given the federal powers of eminent domain to multiple pipeline companies, it is like dealing with multiple governments. If they will not cooperate with each other, they should at least be evaluated together. They should not be allowed to divide the government.
Please press FERC for a PEIS for the ACP
Once this precious land is altered, the scars are FOREVER. NO PIPELINE SHOULD EVER BE CONSIDERED ON National Park sites. It is a travesty, what has happened, should never have !!!
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FERC finally backed down and accepted the demand for a programmatic review of these pipeline projects. This victory proves that when we refuse to let them cut corners on our environment, they have no choice but to listen. Keep your eyes open because we are not finished holding these regulators …
January 3, 2016
Nelson County Board of Supervisors: Petition FERC and Officials for a PEIS for the ACP
Final supporters
Dear Nelson County Board of Supervisors:
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline proposed to go through Nelson County threatens our property rights, property values, rural heritage, economy and environment. The least we, as unwilling citizens of a directly impacted community deserve, is the assurance that the federal regulatory process responsible for approving and siting the ACP is fair and thorough. Yet, so far, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) intends to analyze the need for and impacts of the ACP in isolation from the three other high-pressure,
large-diameter pipelines proposed for the Blue Ridge and Appalachian
Mountain region of Virginia: the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the
Appalachian Connector, and the WB Express.
Given the scale, regional proximity, and similar purpose of these projects, the only way to accurately assess the impacts and alternatives—and the fundamental need for so many, is to evaluate them together in a single, Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS).
Separate analyses of these pipelines is analogous to a transportation “planning" process that allowed private turnpike companies to build large highways through our region with no entrance or exit ramps and no overall sense of which highways are most needed—with private companies taking property from local residents and businesses and reaping all the profit.
This common sense reality is recognized by the National Environmental Policy Act and affirmed by the courts: the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) must evaluate the impacts of related projects with cumulative impacts proposed or reasonably foreseeable in the same geographic region in a single comprehensive EIS.
Please advocate for a just process by petitioning FERC to conduct a PEIS, as well as petitioning our Governor, U.S. Senators and Representative, and the Virginia General Assembly to ask FERC for a PEIS for the ACP. This Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) must comprehensively evaluate the need for these four pipelines; assess the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of overall pipeline development in this region; and fully consider all reasonable, less-damaging alternatives in a single document.
Updates
October 21, 2015
The momentum behind this push is finally forcing the board to pay attention. FERC cannot keep hiding behind their pathetic piecemeal review process while we expose their total disregard for our land.
Reached 100 supporters
October 21, 2015
55 Comments
If a new highway is needed in VA, we don't build four parallel roads and wait to see which ones work. I am concerned that VA will get stuck with more fossil fuel infrastructure than is needed. Our land and citizens will pay a heavy price to support that glut, and the fuel will be exported abroad.
It just seems like common sense to coordinate such projects. And it seems like the government's job to do so. Private companies have no incentive to do so and no authority to do so. Our government has the authority and the responsibility. Please petition our federal and state agencies to do their job by doing the PEIS required.
The US Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Outlook 2015, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the US Department of Energy say new pipelines are not necessary.
As a Nelson County landowner since 1970 - I care deeply about this county, it's beauty, its people, its economy - I strongly urge you to protect our property rights, our community heritage and our land by demanding a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Building four high pressure pipelines in a relatively small area dominated by poor rural communities smacks of a land grab. I am hoping you , our representatives on the Nelson County BOS, will insist that FERC study and explain why all three are needed.
Because the Government has given the federal powers of eminent domain to multiple pipeline companies, it is like dealing with multiple governments. If they will not cooperate with each other, they should at least be evaluated together. They should not be allowed to divide the government.
Please press FERC for a PEIS for the ACP
Once this precious land is altered, the scars are FOREVER. NO PIPELINE SHOULD EVER BE CONSIDERED ON National Park sites. It is a travesty, what has happened, should never have !!!
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If a new highway is needed in VA, we don't build four parallel roads and wait to see which ones work. I am concerned that VA will get stuck with more fossil fuel infrastructure than is needed. Our land and citizens will pay a heavy price to support that glut, and the fuel will be exported abroad.