If built, the nearly-200-mile Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline would tear through ten Pennsylvania counties, send fracked gas for export at the Cove Point facility in Maryland, and impact 2,000 acres of forested land and cross hundreds of wetlands and waterbodies -- many of which are designated high quality or exceptional value.
In Lancaster County alone, this pipeline would permanently create a 35-mile long, 100-ft corridor through the heart of our forests and farmlands and cut through more than fifty preserved farms and disrupting forty scenic waterways.
Not only will this pipeline worsen the impacts of fracking in the Marcellus, it has the potential to be much worse. The fracked gas slated for export at the Cove Point facility in Maryland could also worsen the overbuilding of fracked gas plants in the Southeast, especially in North Carolina and Florida.
There's so much at stake. Please take action and read on below to learn more about this issue.
Resources
Interactive Map: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Route (Shalefield Organizing Committee)
Easement to Industry: Mapping the Proposed Path of the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
Talking points for PA DEP Environmental Justice Listening Sessions
Talking points for Economic Impact of Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
Talking points for Atlantic Sunrise Ch. 102/105 permit applications
Talking points for Atlantic Sunrise and Pennsylvania’s Investment in Chesapeake Bay
Sample letter to FERC for public officials regarding the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
Updates and filings
2017-08-21 Sierra Club, et al Comments to Atlantic Sunrise Air Quality Plan Approval
2017-08-14 Staff report from DEP Air Quality Plan Hearing
2017-06-12 Residents Demand PA DEP Deny Water Quality Permits for the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
2017-05-15 Remarks delivered at PA DEP's Environmental Justice Listening Session in Lancaster
2017-03-27 Property in pipeline’s path disputed
2017-03-24 Joint Petition for Review of FERC Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Decision.pdf
2017-03-22 No public benefit in pipeline project
2017-03-06 FERC’s Approval Based on an Incomplete Picture of Economic Impacts (Report)
2017-03-06 Report Exposes True Cost of Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
2017-02-03 FERC Rushes Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Approval Despite Widespread Opposition
2016-12-05 Joint Comments to General Conformity Decision
2016-10-22 Statement at Lancaster Against Pipelines Press Event
2016-08-15 Joint Comments to Susquehanna River Basin Committee Regarding Water Withdrawal Permits
2016-08-01 Second Joint Comment to DEP Regarding Ch. 105 Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit
2016-08-01 Joint Comments to Army Corps of Engineers Regarding Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit
2016-07-01 Joint Comments to DEP Regarding Ch. 105 Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit
2016-07-01 Joint Letter to Army Corps of Engineers Regarding Defective Public Notice
2016-06-27 Second Joint Comment to Draft Environmental Impact Statement
2016-06-27 First Joint Comment to Draft Environmental Impact Statement
2016-06-18 OP ED: Pipeline assessment won't protect PA communities
2016-06-13 Staff report from Lancaster FERC Hearing
2016-06-01 Draft Environmental Impact Statement extension request
2016-05-26 Letter from Lancaster community member to Sierra Club members
2016-05-12 Sierra Club Appeal of 401 Water Quality Certification
Related documents
2017-03-17 Transco Notification of Commencement of Construction
2017-03-06 Request for Rehearing by PPL Electric Utilities
2017-02-16 US Fish and Wildlife Service Letter to FERC
2017-02-10 Joint Request for Rehearing and Motion to Stay
2017-02-06 Letter From EPA Region 3 to FERC
2017-02-03 FERC Order Issuing Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
2017-02-02 Lancaster Farmland Trust Letter Regarding Transco's Request for Expedited Approval
2017-01-27 Transco Request for Expedited Approval
2017-01-18 Final General Conformity Determination
2016-12-30 Final Environmental Impact Statement
2016-12-05 Letter from DEP to Draft General Conformity Determination
2016-08-01 Final Guidance on Climate Change in NEPA from the Council on Environmental Quality
2016-07-08 Letter from Pennsylvania DCNR to FERC
2016-07-08 Letter from Department of Interior to FERC
2016-07-06 Letter from EPA Region 3 to FERC