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Related: About this forumWater board stops short of revoking pipeline water permits, orders stronger enforcement
Water board stops short of revoking pipeline water permits, orders stronger enforcement
By MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch 13 hrs ago
The State Water Control Board, alarmed by a flood of mud from partial construction of a natural gas pipeline in Southwest Virginia, on Tuesday ordered state regulators to step up enforcement of state water quality standards but stopped short of revoking permits for the project and another pipeline planned through the heart of Virginia.
The water board narrowly defeated, 4-3, a motion to modify or revoke the states certification of a nationwide permit to oversee more than 1,000 water crossings by the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines, but agreed unanimously to require more rigorous enforcement of state standards to protect water quality. ... I think the enforcement needs to be as aggressive as it can possibly be, said Timothy G. Hayes, a retired environmental attorney who made the final motion.
The water boards action still dismayed a capacity crowd of pipeline opponents who expressed their distrust of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality throughout a tense, nearly four-hour meeting that they interrupted repeatedly to challenge statements by regulatory staff.
Its not working! someone shouted after a DEQ enforcement official acknowledged that a photo of the muddy overflow from work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline at Boones Mill in Franklin County was taken after actions to correct the problem.
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mmartz@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6964
By MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch 13 hrs ago
The State Water Control Board, alarmed by a flood of mud from partial construction of a natural gas pipeline in Southwest Virginia, on Tuesday ordered state regulators to step up enforcement of state water quality standards but stopped short of revoking permits for the project and another pipeline planned through the heart of Virginia.
The water board narrowly defeated, 4-3, a motion to modify or revoke the states certification of a nationwide permit to oversee more than 1,000 water crossings by the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines, but agreed unanimously to require more rigorous enforcement of state standards to protect water quality. ... I think the enforcement needs to be as aggressive as it can possibly be, said Timothy G. Hayes, a retired environmental attorney who made the final motion.
The water boards action still dismayed a capacity crowd of pipeline opponents who expressed their distrust of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality throughout a tense, nearly four-hour meeting that they interrupted repeatedly to challenge statements by regulatory staff.
Its not working! someone shouted after a DEQ enforcement official acknowledged that a photo of the muddy overflow from work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline at Boones Mill in Franklin County was taken after actions to correct the problem.
....
mmartz@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6964
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Water board stops short of revoking pipeline water permits, orders stronger enforcement (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2018
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underpants
(182,823 posts)1. Oh s__t. Franklin County?
That's where the moonshine is made. If this gets to the water table....
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,464 posts)2. A long, long, longtime friend lives in Rocky Mount.
I prefer to think of them as "entrepreneurial distillers." Let's use that in a sentence:
"Have you read the book about Franklin County's entrepreneurial distillers?"
Franklin County, Virginia
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Notable people
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Bondurant Brothers; Howard, Forrest and Jack, were bootlegging brothers during the Prohibition Era. They are the main characters in Matt Bondurant's historical novel, The Wettest County in the World (2008), and in the film adapted from it, Lawless (2012).
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Notable people
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Bondurant Brothers; Howard, Forrest and Jack, were bootlegging brothers during the Prohibition Era. They are the main characters in Matt Bondurant's historical novel, The Wettest County in the World (2008), and in the film adapted from it, Lawless (2012).
And good morning to you.
underpants
(182,823 posts)3. Lived there for 2 years
Remember about 18 months of it.
phylny
(8,380 posts)4. I live one county over, in Bedford.
Red, red, red.