Atlantic Coast Pipeline

On July 5, 2020, Dominion announced the end of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The Alliance continues to work with partners in order to make our communities whole again after this invasive project. That includes the restoration of land and historic resources that were damaged, as well as the legal release of the easements that still remain on the properties along the route of the ACP. We are also committed to documenting this fight in a way that can be inspiring and educational to other communities as they face similar threats.

Two founding organizations of the Alliance — Augusta County Alliance and Shenandoah Valley Network — were deeply engaged in the campaign against the unneeded and destructive Atlantic Coast Pipeline since the project was announced in 2014. Dominion Energy’s high-pressure, 42-inch Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) would have been the largest project of its kind ever built through the steep, forested slopes and significant karst of western Virginia and West Virginia. The 600-mile pipeline would have carried natural gas from fracking wells in West Virginia to Virginia and North Carolina, crossing 56-miles through Augusta County.

Communities in Augusta County and the City of Staunton, and beyond, were deeply concerned about impacts of the pipeline and the 125 feet wide construction corridor through headwaters, streams and tributaries, drinking water supplies, forests, neighborhoods, and farmland. The pipeline would have negatively affected public lands — including the George Washington National Forest, the Appalachian Trail, and the Blue Ridge Parkway, and private lands — including working family farms, schools, and homes in Augusta County as well as 10 properties protected by conservation easements in western Virginia.