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(Readers: Don’t lose your opportunity to send your own email to the Supervisors: Vote Yes ZTA A) Supervisors, Last August, you unanimously declared your intent to “initiate zoning text amendments to incorporate appropriate zoning requirements for Data Centers.” Your rationale was sound – data centers
The SCC sent new interrogatories to Dominion on May 6, 2016. In it they are exploring additional route possibilities (Wheeler, New Rd.), besides the 5 routes Dominion proposed in their application. The interrogatory contains many other hard-hitting questions, some referencing citizen testimony presented on May 2, 2016. READ
The SCC obviously didn’t make proper arrangements and believe us when we told them that the May 2 hearing would have significant (~500 people) citizen attendance, coming to testify into the wee hours of the night! And that they needed to make sure that the
Jeremy and Annie heard each other’s testimony the night of the May 2 SCC local hearing at the Haymarket Battlefield High School. Jeremy is a friend of Karen Sheehan, who came with his guide dog, Legion, to give his eloquent and extemporaneous testimony on this
DON’T FORGET – FINAL LOCAL SCC hearing for the Haymarket transmission and substation project: TONIGHT – MAY 2 7 PM BATTLEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL – AUDITORIUM 15000 Graduation Drive – Haymarket Show Our Unity – WEAR RED! UNPRECEDENTED: One of the 3 SCC Commissioners who will decide this case will be at this local hearing!
To: All elected officials, all media outlets Coalition to Protect Prince William County PO Box 382 | Haymarket, VA 20168 Sometimes, constituents and other citizens ask for your vote. Today, I am asking you for your voice. Next Monday, May 2, is the last
Our county Planning Commissioners unanimously approved Alternative A for the Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) on April 20! You, the people, spoke – and they listened! This couldn’t have happened without the phenomenal collaboration led by Planning Director, Chris Price, and his staff; as well as
When citizens pushed to have the Board of Supervisors’ resolution passed in August of last year, that resolution directed county Planning Staff to look at zoning which allowed data centers into Haymarket without any oversight. It has become clear that county zoning ordinances need to be
BOCS REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO HELP UNPLUG AMAZON EXTENSION CORD Executive director says: ”Supervisors stayed the course and kept their commitment to progress, over plunder.” (The April 12 resolution was approved by County Board of Supervisors! See final resolution here: April 12 Resolution) Haymarket, Virginia (April
MOTION: LAWSON April 12, 2016 Regular Meeting SECOND: CANDLAND Res. No. 16 – RE: AFFIRM INTENT TO PARTICIPATE AS A PUBLIC WITNESS IN THE HAYMARKET 230 kV TRANSMISSION LINE AND SUBSTATION PROJECT AND COMMITMENT TO I-66 HYBRID OPTION; DIRECT COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO IDENTIFY AND
The County Board of Supervisors will vote next Tuesday, April 12 in a 2 PM session on a resolution being put forward by Supervisors Lawson and Candland (see below), outlining multiple actions for the Board to take as a Public Witness in the SCC proceedings
We recently figured out that there have only been 105 comments submitted online since 12/11/15, when the SCC established the on-line site for the Haymarket transmission and substation project. Surely we can do better than this! This project impacts thousands of us across the Haymarket,
By Terri L. Erwin-Fitz (Observer staff) The State Corporation Commission held its second day of hearings on Dominion Power’s Haymarket Substation and 230kV project on March 14 at 4:30 and 7:00. At 5:30, there had been approximately 50 people who signed up to testify, many
As you may have heard by now, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors (BOCS) has chosen to withdraw as a respondent from the SCC process for the Haymarket transmission line and substation project. What does this mean for the community? It means that now, more
Documented testimony from the February 24th and March 14th SCC Local Hearings can be found at the SCC Haymarket project site: SCC Haymarket project Documents
Kudos to Somerset Crossing and Heritage Hunt for their outstanding advocacy on adamantly insisting that the SCC process for the Haymarket transmission line and substation project be held in a fair and transparent manner! Their interventions have persuaded SCC Hearing Examiner Glenn Richardson to allow
By Terri L. Erwin-Fitz – Observer Staff The State Corporation Commission is holding hearings on the proposed Dominion (Virginia Power) Haymarket Substation and 230kV project. The first hearing was held on Feb. 24 at Battlefield High School. Residents were given the opportunity (to) testify in
Testimony from Feb. 24th local hearing is now posted to the SCC project site: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/DocketSearch#caseDocs/135114
By: Terri L. Erwin-Fitz Heavy rains and tornado warnings did not keep concerned citizens away from the State Corporation Commission’s local hearings on Dominion Power’s Haymarket 230kV and Substation project. The first hearing began at 4:30 p.m. and rolled over into the 7 p.m. session.
The following is the statement of Delegate Bob Marshall who is in Richmond for the General Assembly Session and unable to attend this hearing in person. “Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they