by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 12, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
The Transco Pipeline cuts through the forests of Buckingham County and crosses Route 56 in the foreground. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline will pass through Buckingham and connect to this pipeline, and a compressor station will be built at the intersection. Timothy...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 10, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
The State Air Pollution Control Board heard public comments all day Thursday November 8 at the Convention Center, Richmond on the proposed Buckingham compressor station. Friday morning the DEQ presented, and then Dominion presented, with air board members asking...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 2, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
We now have a summary of all the public comments to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for the proposed Buckingham Compressor Station air permit, made during the public comment period in August and September, thanks to the incredibly hard work of folks...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 1, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board (APCB) is about to consider a permit for a natural gas compressor station for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The site being considered for this compressor station is inappropriate, yet the Virginia Department of Environmental...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 27, 2018 | Regulatory Permit Process
“Based on the information available at the time of this review, the requirements established in this draft permit make BCS the most stringently controlled compressor station in Virginia and in the United States. The pollutant limits and monitoring requirements...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 25, 2018 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
It can’t be said enough, and it’s something that’s easy to lose sight of amid the labyrinthine legal and permitting debates around the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which could be getting federal approval to start full construction in Virginia any minute now. The need for...
