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Federal court revokes gas project permit in win for historic African American community in Va.
Virginia Politics
Federal court revokes gas project permit in win for historic African American community in Va.
By Gregory S. Schneider
Jan. 7, 2020 at 4:40 p.m. EST
RICHMOND — A panel of federal judges has thrown out the permit for a natural gas pumping station in the historic African American community of Union Hill in Buckingham County, saying state regulators failed to consider whether the facility would disproportionately affect a vulnerable population.
The ruling is another setback for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a controversial 600-mile, $7.5 billion project being led by Dominion Energy.
Issued Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, the decision faulted Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Board for an action that it said was “arbitrary, capricious, and unsupported by substantial evidence in the record.”
The panel — Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory, Judge Stephanie D. Thacker and Judge James A. Wynn Jr. — said the board glossed over concerns that the project was unduly harmful to a minority community.
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Gregory S. Schneider
Greg Schneider covers Virginia from the Richmond bureau. He was The Washington Post's business editor for more than seven years, and before that served stints as deputy business editor, national security editor and technology editor. He has also covered aviation security, the auto industry and the defense industry for The Post. Follow https://twitter.com/SchneiderG
Federal court revokes gas project permit in win for historic African American community in Va.
By Gregory S. Schneider
Jan. 7, 2020 at 4:40 p.m. EST
RICHMOND — A panel of federal judges has thrown out the permit for a natural gas pumping station in the historic African American community of Union Hill in Buckingham County, saying state regulators failed to consider whether the facility would disproportionately affect a vulnerable population.
The ruling is another setback for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a controversial 600-mile, $7.5 billion project being led by Dominion Energy.
Issued Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, the decision faulted Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Board for an action that it said was “arbitrary, capricious, and unsupported by substantial evidence in the record.”
The panel — Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory, Judge Stephanie D. Thacker and Judge James A. Wynn Jr. — said the board glossed over concerns that the project was unduly harmful to a minority community.
....
Gregory S. Schneider
Greg Schneider covers Virginia from the Richmond bureau. He was The Washington Post's business editor for more than seven years, and before that served stints as deputy business editor, national security editor and technology editor. He has also covered aviation security, the auto industry and the defense industry for The Post. Follow https://twitter.com/SchneiderG