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Related: About this forumNortham removes 2 members from air board before Buckingham project vote
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With compressor station decision pending, Northam replaces two members of state air board
By Mechelle Hankerson -- November 15, 2018
Gov. Ralph Northam will replace two members of the State Air Pollution Control Board and at least one member of the State Water Control Board more than four months after their terms ended.
Notably, the decision to replace the two members of the air board Rebecca Rubin and Samuel Bleicher, whose terms ended in June comes a week after the board delayed a vote on a permit for a contentious pipeline compressor station for Dominion Energys Atlantic Coast Pipeline. ... The board was scheduled to take up the permit again next month.
Both boards have wrestled with key permits for the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The water board also wrangled with a permit for the separate Mountain Valley Pipeline, which is being developed by EQT Midstream Partners of Pittsburgh.
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The 54,000 horsepower compressor station and the array of emissions that come with it is planned for Union Hill, a largely African-American corner of rural Buckingham County, and it has become one of the most heated environmental justice issues in Virginia.
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By Mechelle Hankerson -- November 15, 2018
Gov. Ralph Northam will replace two members of the State Air Pollution Control Board and at least one member of the State Water Control Board more than four months after their terms ended.
Notably, the decision to replace the two members of the air board Rebecca Rubin and Samuel Bleicher, whose terms ended in June comes a week after the board delayed a vote on a permit for a contentious pipeline compressor station for Dominion Energys Atlantic Coast Pipeline. ... The board was scheduled to take up the permit again next month.
Both boards have wrestled with key permits for the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The water board also wrangled with a permit for the separate Mountain Valley Pipeline, which is being developed by EQT Midstream Partners of Pittsburgh.
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The 54,000 horsepower compressor station and the array of emissions that come with it is planned for Union Hill, a largely African-American corner of rural Buckingham County, and it has become one of the most heated environmental justice issues in Virginia.
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Northam removes 2 members from air board before Buckingham project vote
By PATRICK WILSON Richmond Times-Dispatch 18 hrs ago
Gov. Ralph Northam is removing two members from the State Air Pollution Control Board, a move that comes less than a week after they raised concerns about a natural gas compressor station planned for a historic black community in Buckingham County and ahead of the boards vote on the project.
Seven environmental groups, including the Southern Environmental Law Center and Sierra Club Virginia chapter, slammed Northams decision. On Nov. 9, the board opted to wait a month to decide on whether to approve a permit for a natural gas compressor station to serve the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Some board members and members of the Union Hill community in Buckingham County are concerned about the environmental impact on the community.
Northam on Thursday informed Rebecca Rubin and Samuel Bleicher that they would be removed from the seven-member board. A news release from the environmental groups noted that both Rubin and Bleicher had raised concerns at last weeks meeting about environmental justice and pollution from the compressor station. ... Their terms expired in June, but they were to remain on the board until they either resigned or the governor removed them.
The air board will meet again Dec. 10 to deliberate and vote on a permit for the compressor station.
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pwilson@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6061
Twitter: @patrickmwilson
By PATRICK WILSON Richmond Times-Dispatch 18 hrs ago
Gov. Ralph Northam is removing two members from the State Air Pollution Control Board, a move that comes less than a week after they raised concerns about a natural gas compressor station planned for a historic black community in Buckingham County and ahead of the boards vote on the project.
Seven environmental groups, including the Southern Environmental Law Center and Sierra Club Virginia chapter, slammed Northams decision. On Nov. 9, the board opted to wait a month to decide on whether to approve a permit for a natural gas compressor station to serve the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Some board members and members of the Union Hill community in Buckingham County are concerned about the environmental impact on the community.
Northam on Thursday informed Rebecca Rubin and Samuel Bleicher that they would be removed from the seven-member board. A news release from the environmental groups noted that both Rubin and Bleicher had raised concerns at last weeks meeting about environmental justice and pollution from the compressor station. ... Their terms expired in June, but they were to remain on the board until they either resigned or the governor removed them.
The air board will meet again Dec. 10 to deliberate and vote on a permit for the compressor station.
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pwilson@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6061
Twitter: @patrickmwilson
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Northam removes 2 members from air board before Buckingham project vote (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2018
OP
And some wonder why our new legislators are pushing aggressively for action on climate
Power 2 the People
Nov 2018
#2
underpants
(182,803 posts)1. Damn Gov. Bad move.
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)2. And some wonder why our new legislators are pushing aggressively for action on climate
A news release from the environmental groups noted that both Rubin and Bleicher had raised concerns at last weeks meeting about environmental justice and pollution from the compressor station.