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Dear Friends of the Middle River,
The Staunton
City Council will hear
from Dominion Power about the pipeline
through Augusta County on Thursday, August
28, at 7:30 pm at Robert E. Lee High
School, 1200 North Coalter Street.
Show the
Strong Opposition to the Pipeline by
turning out with your neighbors in Staunton
and the surrounding communities this
Thursday.
Also, make plans to attend the Saturday,
September 6, Augusta County community
meeting on the pipeline called by
Augusta County Supervisor Tracy Pyles.
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Your Voices Are Being Heard! Public opposition to the Dominion Power
pipeline is growing rapidly.
About 150 residents turned out for
Transition Staunton-Augusta's June 25
community meeting in Middlebrook. More than
500 residents signed a petition asking the
Augusta Board of Supervisors to ask Dominion
to discuss the pipeline. More than 400
residents attended the Board’s meeting with
Dominion August 13.
We believe strong opposition from
residents like you will convince Dominion
this is no place to build a pipeline!
Dominion announced plans in June for a huge,
42-inch gas pipeline through 43 miles of
southern Augusta County near Middlebrook. We
believe public opposition was one reason
Dominion proposed a new pipeline route in
early August, generally following Route 250
from Highland County.
Either route through Augusta County could
lead to a 200-foot wide construction
corridor bulldozed through our community’s
headwaters, streams and tributaries, private
forest and farmland. The pipeline threatens
landowners, communities, drinking water
supplies and other resources.
The pipeline would impact remote and
pristine public lands, including the George
Washington National Forest. One route would
cross the Goshen – Little North Mountain
Wildlife Management Area and Big Levels
special biological areas, while the second
would cross Shenandoah Mountain and an
important source (drinking) water protection
area.
Dominion has confirmed it needs a permanent
75-foot pipeline maintenance corridor,
larger than the original 50-foot estimate.
Dominion has not yet filed an application
for federal approval of any pipeline route.
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Mark your
calendars for the Saturday,
September 6, Community Meeting in at the Government Center in Verona.
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