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Pocahontas group opposes Dominion pipeline plan
The Charleston GazetteSunday, June 29, 2014
Pocahontas group opposes Dominion pipeline plan
By Paul J. Nyden
Dominion Resources is considering building two pipelines, each 42 inches in diameter, to transport natural gas about 450 miles through the wilderness areas of Randolph and Pocahontas counties and down through Virginia to Lumberton, N.C.
The pipeline would pass through the Monongahela Natural Forest.
An environmental group opposing the plans – “WV Wilderness Lovers vs. Proposed Pipelines” – will explain its opposition to the project when the Pocahontas County Commission meets at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the county courthouse in Marlinton.
Lauren Ragland, a spokesperson for WV Wilderness Lovers, said on Saturday that compressor stations for the proposed pipeline “would be built every 10 to 40 miles because of the terrain. Normally, compressors are built every 40 to 100 miles. The noise levels and pollution levels will be terrible. The Snowshoe Mountain area is so gorgeous. I believe people will want to stop this,” Ragland said....
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