Property owners living along the Atlantic Coast Pipeline route will get an opportunity to comment on the project once again in early 2017, according to Dominion Resources.
Dominion spokesman Aaron Ruby said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will set a comment period once the project’s draft environmental impact statement is complete. FERC released an environmental review timeline for the controversial pipeline on Friday, which details a December date for the draft’s release.
According to the timeline, construction of the pipeline could begin as early as September of next year if the project is approved. Opponents have vowed to fight the pipeline at every step, which could mean legal action could push the start of construction to 2018 or later depending on the success of pipeline opponents in nixing the pipeline, or at least its current route.
