Urgent Action Needed!!!! March 31, 2017 is the deadline for requesting the Department of Environmental Quality [DEQ] to hold a public hearing on this issue. Please read the Kayanite Public Notice, posted in Farmville Herald here: Kyanite Public Notice 3.2017
KMC is requesting a change to allow them to be a non-major source of pollution, meanwhile they are adding natural gas and LPG as fuels. We need to understand how this relates to the ACP.
Please read the following letter and send in your request for a public hearing ASAP. You are welcome to copy or download this letter and amend as you see fit. The DEQ wants to see 50 letters requesting a public hearing. Would you please let us know that you have sent in a letter, by copying to: info@friendsofbuckinghamva.org so that we know if we have reached the required amount. Download letter here: Kyanite Hearing Letter 3.17
March 21, 2017
Allen Armistead
Department of Environmental Quality
7705 Timberlake Rd.
Blue Ridge Regional Office
Lynchburg, VA 24502
Allen.Armistead@deq.virginia.gov
Telephone [434]-582-6202
RE: Kyanite Mining Corporation Request for Amended State Operating Permit
Dear Sir,
I am writing to you in regard to the above matter as a concerned citizen of the Commonwealth
of Virginia. The published notice in the Farmville Herald newspaper stated that the permit regards the addition of equipment related to the transmission of natural gas and PPG in the area of the Willis Mountain complex. The address is noted as Kyanite Mining Corporation, 30 Willis Mt. Plant Lane, Dillwyn, VA 23936.
I believe that it is imperative to hold a Public Hearing in that the introduction of a gas line to the Kyanite facility was not part of the original proposal made to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as required by law. The unusual nature of this request and its late inclusion to the flawed Atlantic Coast Pipeline [ACP] project suggests that it is being rushed into plan of the ACP to avoid full review and scrutiny of their attempt. The many hazards of this unneeded project have already been raised in several counties in the Commonwealth. It is of particular concern to the residents of Buckingham County which is proposed to be impacted by the major damage that will result from any attempt to build this pipeline.
A Public Hearing, or several such hearings, will allow for citizens to comment and question what is being planned and on what terms. It is vital that the highest level of environmental protection be part of any permit being considered.
I look forward to the announcement of the Public Hearing so that the rights of all citizens in this area are not further degraded by Dominion Resources and the backers of this dangerous undertaking.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
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Allen Armistead
Department of Environmental Quality
7705 Timberlake Rd.
Blue Ridge Regional Office
Lynchburg, VA 24502
Allen.Armistead@deq.virginia.gov
Telephone [434]-582-6202
RE: Kyanite Mining Corporation Request for Amended State Operating Permit
Dear Mr. Armistead,
I write to request a public hearing regarding the addition of equipment related to the transmission of natural gas and PPG in the area of the Willis Mountain complex for the Kyanite Mining Corporation.
We need a Public Hearing since the introduction of a gas line to the Kyanite facility was not part of the original proposal made to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as required by law.
Public hearings are an important aspect of our democracy and should not be short changed.
The many hazards of this unneeded project have already been raised in several counties in the Commonwealth and are of particular concern to the residents of Buckingham County and Central Virginia.
A public hearing will allow citizens to comment and question what is being planned and on what terms. It is vital that the highest level of environmental protection be part of any permit being considered.
I look forward to the announcement of the Public Hearing so that the rights of all citizens in this area are not further degraded by Dominion Resources and the backers of this dangerous undertaking.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.