See below for video, courtesy of the Virginia Sierra Club, of the State Air Pollution Control Board meeting on Dominion’s proposed fracked-gas compressor station in historically African-American Union Hill. For some background on this issue, see 100 People, Including Karenna Gore, Send Letter to Virginia Air Pollution Control Board Urging Rejection of Proposed Compressor Station in Union Hill On His Air Pollution Control Board Scandal, Ralph Northam Apparently Has Never Heard of Occam’s Razor. Unfortunately for Northam, the Rest of Us Have. Dominion Energy Tried to Use the Virginia NAACP as a Pawn. We’re Not Having It. NAACP President Kevin Chandler Reaffirms Opposition to Mountain Valley & Atlantic Coast Pipelines, Union Hill Compressor Station, Southside Connector, BREAKING: Just Days Before Vote on Crucial Fracked-Gas-Pipeline Compressor Station in Union Hill, Dominion Energy Busy Buying Off Opposition, Spreading NAACP Letter, Creating “Fear and Confusion”, Who Are Ralph Northam’s New Appointees to the State Water and Air Pollution Control Boards?, Virginia State Air Pollution Board Defers Action on Proposed Air Permit for Union Hill Compressor Station, Video, Photos: Speakers Explain Why Dominion’s Massive Atlantic Coast Pipeline Compressor Station Should NOT Be Built in Union Hill (or at all!), Echoes of a Dark Past at Virginia’s Standing Rock: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline, etc. Also see below the video for some tweets and other updates about today’s meeting…
At Air Pollution Control Board, as @VirginiaDEQ staff presents their “findings” on suitability of Union Hill as a site for pipeline compressor, actual residents who will live with the toxic risks demonstrate their disagreement with staff report. #WeAreAllUnionHill pic.twitter.com/Y08amB6Gy2
— Mark L. Keam (@MarkKeam) December 19, 2018
Appears that state air board will not vote today on Union Hill permit – though st these meetings anything can happen
— Greg Schneider (@SchneiderG) December 19, 2018
Union Hill community members Richard Walker and Ruby Laury and others in the air board meeting turn their backs in disagreement with DEQ’s characterization of the environmental justice issues in their community. #WeAreAllUnionHill #noACP @GovernorVA pic.twitter.com/tFRniQbMFa
— Appalachian Voices (@AppVoices) December 19, 2018
Protesters turn backs on DEQ statement that review found little sign of African American historic resources evident in Union Hill pic.twitter.com/nY5PhjDVAl
— Greg Schneider (@SchneiderG) December 19, 2018
Next on agenda of Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board meeting: @VirginiaDEQ staff describes the permit application for Atlantic Coat Pipeline compressor station. pic.twitter.com/xumgA7vZfE
— Mark L. Keam (@MarkKeam) December 19, 2018
“I, for one, do not see the advantage of holding (public comment),” air board chairman Richard Langford said. But he’s outnumbered, and the board will hold a public comment period to hear about documents shared after the board’s last meeting
— mechelle hankerson (@mechelleh) December 19, 2018
Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board moves (on a vote of 3-1) to accept additional public comments on permit application for compressor station to support Atlantic Coat Pipeline; @VirginiaDEQ received new information since last meeting so they want to consider it first.
— Mark L. Keam (@MarkKeam) December 19, 2018
UPDATE: The board has returned. The room is silent.
— Sara McCloskey (@Sara8News) December 19, 2018
Lots of confusion about why Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board moves to go into close meeting. Are they discussing whether public can provide comments today as requested by stakeholders? Board chair was very unclear about their motion. #WeAreAllUnionHill pic.twitter.com/Yt7DEKYLzJ
— Mark L. Keam (@MarkKeam) December 19, 2018
Long-awaited Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board begins meeting to consider permit application for compressor station to support Atlantic Coat Pipeline; 1st action: board goes into close meeting to discuss sensitive issues that touch live litigation. pic.twitter.com/sDw4wuzxta
— Mark L. Keam (@MarkKeam) December 19, 2018
Board member Ignacia Moreno makes the motion to go into a closed session, to discuss “consultation with legal council and staff members about probable or potential legal filings.”
— mechelle hankerson (@mechelleh) December 19, 2018
First thing the Air Board did is make a motion to go into a closed meeting and now the audience is chanting no, as are people outside waiting to get into the meeting room
— mechelle hankerson (@mechelleh) December 19, 2018
The air board is meeting today to consider a permit for the Buckingham compressor station that’s part of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Protestors are out in full force. pic.twitter.com/qrExRYXkXS
— mechelle hankerson (@mechelleh) December 19, 2018
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