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Resources for Pipeline Information and Action
Quick Info and How You Can Help
Background Information on Proposed Pipeline Through Monroe County – printable PDF file
Pipeline Facts from the Mid-Atlantic Responsible Energy Project (MARE)
Why We Say “No Pipeline” – Why Monroe County Landowners are Saying “No” – printable PDF file
What You Can Do – Suggestions for how you can spread the word and be heard
FERC: What It Is. Why (and how) to send comments
Contact the County Commission and Government Officials
Display “No Pipeline” Signs – printable sign (8½” x 11″ paper)
Display “No Survey” Signs – printable sign (8½” x 11″ paper) or order ahead from PostNet (wv102@postnet.com) for laminated copy ($1.78 including tax)
More Background Information
Pipeline Impacts – printable PDF file
MYTH vs. FACT about the proposed interstate gas pipelines through Monroe County
Copies of 5 posters for you to print and share with your friends and neighbors (Preserve Monroe posters that have been reduced to print in PDF on letter size paper):
“An Interstate Natural Gas [Pipeline or other] Facility on My Land? What Do I Need to Know?” A FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) brochure.
Landowner Rights (From WVSORO, the West Virginia Surface Owner Rights Organization)
- What Land/Surface Owners Should Know When a Landman Shows Up And Wants an Easement/Right of Way To Put a Pipeline Across Your Land
- Eminent Domain: Can a Gas Company Put a Pipeline Across My Land If I Do Not Agree? (updated 10/19/2014)
- Who Regulates Which Pipelines About What? (8/27/2014)
Fact Sheets From BREDL – Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
- Pipeline Fact Sheet
- Gas Pipeline Terms
- Natural Gas Compressor Stations
- Economic Issues Surrounding Pipelines
- Landowner Rights
- Opportunities for Action
Information Provided by EQT/NextEra (the Corporation that is Proposing to Build the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project):
Detailed Mountain Valley Pipeline Draft Resource Report, 12-1-14
What Your Neighbors and Officials Are Saying (selected documents)
WV Voter, letter to the editor (The Monroe Watchman, 1-8-15)
Michael Biggs, letter to the editor (The Monroe Watchman, 12-25-14)
Dana O. Olson, M.D., letter to the editor (The Monroe Watchman, 12-25-14)
Mark Blumenstein, letter to the editor (The Monroe Watchman, 12-18-14)
Dr. Stephen Miller, letter to the editor (The Monroe Watchman, 12-18-14)
Dana O. Olson, M.D., letter to the editor (The Monroe Watchman, 12-18-14)
Red Sulphur Public Service District statement to the Monroe County Commission, 12-3-14
Dr. Stephen Miller’s letter to the editor (Monroe Watchman, 11-20-2014)
Selected Comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Letter to FERC by Paul E. Washburn – examines statements by MVP and challenges the necessity of this proposed pipeline.
Links to Organizations:
Organizations -Groups working to educate people about the pipelines