Today, Dominion Resources submitted a request to begin the pre-filing process with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), thus taking the first step to get federal approval to construct and operate the 550-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The proposed pipeline route extends from Harrison County, WV to southern North Carolina with a spur to the Virginia Coast at Chesapeake. Read Dominion's press release.
Friends of Shenandoah Mountain opposes the pipeline and has joined the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance and the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition. The pipeline route passes through the proposed Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area near Braley Pond and the Chestnut Oak Knob Ruffed Grouse Management Area on Hankey Mountain. It also slices through some of the least fragmented tracts of national forest in the Eastern United States and intrudes on habitat for special species, like the Cow Knob Salamander, that are found no where else on earth. If approved, the pipeline would have harmful impacts on wildlife and plant habitat, recreation, water quality, and our local tourism-based economy.
Friends of Shenandoah Mountain opposes the pipeline and has joined the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance and the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition. The pipeline route passes through the proposed Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area near Braley Pond and the Chestnut Oak Knob Ruffed Grouse Management Area on Hankey Mountain. It also slices through some of the least fragmented tracts of national forest in the Eastern United States and intrudes on habitat for special species, like the Cow Knob Salamander, that are found no where else on earth. If approved, the pipeline would have harmful impacts on wildlife and plant habitat, recreation, water quality, and our local tourism-based economy.
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