For Immediate Release:
Friday, March 16, 2018
Contact:
Lee Francis | Communications Manager
Virginia League of Conservation Voters
(804) 225-1902 | lfrancis@valcv.org
RICHMOND – Today, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality issued a Notice of Violation to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline for violating State Water Control Law by clear-cutting trees near streams and wetlands.
In response to today’s action, Lee Francis, communications manager for the Virginia League of Conservation Voters, issued the following statement:
“Only days into preliminary construction, this unnecessary and destructive pipeline is already on the wrong side of state laws designed to safeguard our water resources. We are grateful Governor Northam is standing up for Virginians’ clean water and urge his administration to continue the strongest possible oversight of this project to protect clean water for citizens in its path as well as those who live downstream.”
About us:
The Virginia League of Conservation Voters serves as the political voice of the state’s conservation community, working to make sure Virginia’s elected officials recognize that our natural heritage is an environmental and economic treasure for all. Virginia LCV works with conservation leaders across Virginia and strives for a conservation majority in state government. We secure good public policies on the state level and hold public officials accountable for their positions on environmental issues. For more information, visit www.valcv.org.
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