VISIT THE NEW PIPELINE CSI WEBSITE

The DPMC team is redirecting its time and resources to the Pipeline Compliance Surveillance Initiative (CSI), a program of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA). If the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is allowed to proceed despite flawed regulatory review and permitting, the ABRA-CSI program will work to limit the inevitable environmental damage Continue Reading →

A CASE STUDY IN REGULATORY DYSFUNCTION

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) provides a bleak example of environmental agency failure to provide objective review and effective oversight of pipeline projects. A new presentation prepared for ABRA’s CSI program compares the empty assurances provided by elected officials, regulatory agencies, and Dominion Energy with the realities of incomplete plans, Continue Reading →

SURVEILLANCE REPORT

The Pipeline Air Force conducted three ACP surveillance flights over the 200-mile CSI focus area in November and December of 2018. Based on analysis of the November and December 2018 flight photos by CSI Aerial Image Reviewers, 22 separate complaints concerning regulatory non-compliance were submitted by the West Virginia Rivers Continue Reading →

ABRA-CSI SEEKS HELP WITH AERIAL PHOTO REVIEW

ABRA’s Pipeline Compliance Surveillance (CSI) program is seeking assistance from knowledgeable individuals who can participate as CSI Aerial Photo Reviewers. Although we especially seek the help of professionals with erosion and sediment control, stormwater management, and other water-resource backgrounds, the involvement of others is welcomed and encouraged. Aerial Photo Reviewers will Continue Reading →

CROWDSOURCING OVERSIGHT OF ACP CONSTRUCTION

The Pipeline Compliance Surveillance Initiative (CSI), a program of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA), is working to crowdsource oversight of Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction. In support of this effort, ABRA has published the CSI Mapping System 4.0, a unique online geographic information system that includes user-selectable environmental layers and provides Continue Reading →

INDUSTRY-STANDARD NONCOMPLIANCE

The Pipeline Air Force, a component of the Pipeline Compliance Surveillance Initiative (CSI), has conducted multiple surveillance flights over Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) construction areas in West Virginia in recent months. This report includes a small subset of the thousands of aerial photos of ACP construction obtained by the CSI. Continue Reading →

INITIAL SUMMARY OF COMMENTS ON NATIONWIDE 12 PERMITTING FOR ACP AND MVP STREAM CROSSINGS

The Virginia Conservation Network (VCN) has collected  comments submitted in response to the State Water Control Board’s request for public input concerning the Army Corps of Engineers’ Nationwide Permit 12 and where it falls short in upholding state water quality standards and where stream-by-stream reviews are needed for the Atlantic Coast Continue Reading →

The SCIENCE IS MISSING

DEQ’s waterbody crossing conclusions are without valid support. The Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition has issued a new report entitled The Agency Has No Records . . . DEQ’s Failure to Use Sound Science to Protect Virginian’s from Pipeline Threats.  The report describes Virginia DEQ’s responses to a series of records Continue Reading →

ONLINE RESOURCES: AN UPDATE

The following online resources are available to citizens who are contending with the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and other major pipelines in the central Appalachian region: 1) Pipeline Incident Report form An online submission form is available for citizen reports concerning stream impacts and noncompliance with environmental requirements for pipeline construction. The Continue Reading →