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Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Map of Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWV, VA, NC
General directionNorth-south
FromHarrison County, WV
ToRobeson County, NC
General information
TypeNatural gas
OwnerAtlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC
PartnersDominion Resources, Duke Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas, Southern Company Gas
Technical information
Length600 mi (970 km)
Diameter42 in (1,067 mm)

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is a proposed 42 inch natural gas pipeline that will run about 600 miles (970 km) between West Virginia and eastern North Carolina.[1][2]

The pipeline was announced in September 2014, and the developers began the application process for regulatory approval the following month.[3] The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the project on December 30, 2016, with a final EIS expected in June after a period of public comment on the draft.[4] Contingent on federal approval, construction will begin in late 2017[4]—a construction contract was signed in September 2016 in preparation—and gas transport will begin in late 2019.[5] The cost of building the pipeline is estimated at $5.1 billion.[4]

Plans for the pipeline led protests from landowners in its path, largely in Virginia.[6] An anti-pipeline group, "All Pain No Gain," raised money to run radio and television advertising in opposition of the pipeline, and dozens of landowners attempted to block surveyors from their property, though the pipeline's developers filed lawsuits against them,[6] and Virginia law permits surveying on private property, as well as the use of eminent domain in construction.[3] Environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, Southern Environmental Law Center (a Charlottesville, Virginia-based non-profit), and Appalachian Voices, have also expressed opposition.[4] After the issuance of the draft EIS, a Sierra Club official said that the developers had not proven the demand for the gas transported by the pipeline, as well as criticizing the EIS for not addressing the risks of building a pipeline through unstable karst terrain prone to sinkholes and landslides.[4] An official at Dominion Resources, one of the developers, said that the pipeline route had been adjusted 300 times, for a total of 250 miles (400 km) of rerouting, since its original draft in order to accommodate "environmentally sensitive areas" and other concerns.[4]

Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC is the developer and eventual operator of the pipeline; the company is a joint venture between Dominion Resources, Duke Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas, and Southern Company Gas,[5] with Dominion serving as the lead stakeholder.[7] It will start in Harrison County, West Virginia, drawing gas from wells in the Utica and Marcellus gas fields, and travel southeast through eastern Virginia and North Carolina to its terminus in Robeson County, North Carolina.[5] A branch will run east to Chesapeake, Virginia, bringing the total length to about 600 miles (970 km).[5] The pipeline will have a 42 inches (110 cm) diameter for much of its length, with the southern end in North Carolina measuring 36 inches (91 cm) wide.[3] It will have a capacity of about 1,500,000,000 cubic feet (42,000,000 m3) of gas daily.[4]

Social Justice Issues Related to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

If the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is built, it will impact Northampton, Halifax, Nash, Wilson, Johnston, Sampson, Cumberland and Robeson Counties. [8]

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is proposed to go through some of NC's most racially diverse counties including Northampton, Halifax and Robeson Counties. [9] Northampton County has an African American percentage population of 58.3% [10], and Halifax County has an African American percentage population of 53.1% [11], both in comparison to the North Carolina African American percentage population of 22.1%. [12] Halifax County also has a Native American percentage population of 4%, and Robeson County a Native American percentage population of 39.9%, in comparison to the North Carolina Native American percentage population of 1.6%. [13]

Northampton, Halifax and Robeson Counties also high percentages of residents living in poverty in comparison to the North Carolina average. In Northampton County 26.8% of the population lives in poverty, 27.9% in Halifax County, and 30.6% in Robeson County; the North Carolina percentage population of residents living in poverty is 16.4%. [14] In Northampton County the per capita income in 2015 was $18,180, $19,709 in Halifax County, $15,559 in Robeson County, all in comparison to a North Carolina per capita income average of $25,920. [15]

References

  1. ^ "Project overview map" (PDF). Dominion. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "Atlantic Coast Pipeline" (PDF). Dominion. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Appalachia gathers dissent to gas pipeline bound for eastern N.C." McClatchy DC. November 11, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Long-awaited draft environmental statement on Dominion's Atlantic Coast Pipeline released". Richmond Times-Dispatch. December 30, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d "Atlantic Coast Pipeline hires main construction contractor". Oil and Gas Journal. September 22, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Battle heats up over controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline". McClatchy DC. June 15, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  7. ^ "McAuliffe doubles down on pipeline support, hints at economic prospects". Richmond Times-Dispatch. December 15, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  8. ^ https://ecorobeson.wordpress.com/
  9. ^ http://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2017/05/05/local-state/activists-take-duke-energy-to-task-over-fossil-fuels-policy/
  10. ^ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/37131,37155,37083,37
  11. ^ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/37083,37131,37155,37
  12. ^ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/37,37083,37131,37155
  13. ^ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/37155,37083,37131,37
  14. ^ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/37,37155,37083,37131
  15. ^ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/37,37155,37083,37131
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