Post by Logan on Feb 17, 2016 1:01:15 GMT -6
Natural gas pipeline opponents asked the Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday to accept their case to determine whether a state law that allows surveyors onto private property without permission runs afoul of Virginia’s constitution.
The case stems from eight Giles County landowners who declined to allow surveyors on their property for work related to the planned 300-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline that would run from West Virginia to southern Virginia.
But its outcome could affect other proposed natural gas pipelines that would cut through the Virginia mountains, including Dominion Resources’ $5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Lawyers from Appalachian Mountain Advocates, representing the Giles County landowners, argue that the surveys violate the state’s constitution in the wake of a property rights amendment approved by voters in 2012.
Read more: www.roanoke.com/news/virginia/pipeline-surveyor-case-goes-before-virginia-supreme-court/article_c3a90869-2bbc-559b-858a-d037c524effd.html
The case stems from eight Giles County landowners who declined to allow surveyors on their property for work related to the planned 300-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline that would run from West Virginia to southern Virginia.
But its outcome could affect other proposed natural gas pipelines that would cut through the Virginia mountains, including Dominion Resources’ $5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Lawyers from Appalachian Mountain Advocates, representing the Giles County landowners, argue that the surveys violate the state’s constitution in the wake of a property rights amendment approved by voters in 2012.
Read more: www.roanoke.com/news/virginia/pipeline-surveyor-case-goes-before-virginia-supreme-court/article_c3a90869-2bbc-559b-858a-d037c524effd.html