Cumberland County resident Catherine Fleischman signs banner in opposition to the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) outside Jarman Hall at Longwood University before Thursday’s Virginia Department of Environmental Quality public hearing regarding water quality certifications for the ACP (photo by Morgan White).
More than 70 people spoke during a contentious Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) public hearing in Jarman Hall at Longwood University on Thursday held to receive comments on draft water quality certifications “designed to protect water quality” along the route of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP).
During the hearing, about 23 people spoke in favor of the ACP and approving the draft water quality certifications while 51 spoke against the pipeline and in support of denying the certifications.
The ACP — being led by Dominion — is a 600-mile natural gas pipeline that would begin in West
Virginia, span Virginia and end in North Carolina. A 42-inch pipeline would span Buckingham County, and cross Cumberland and Prince Edward counties. The project has been hotly contested in Buckingham County.
The Farmville Herald – Morgan White – 08/15/2017
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