Extreme proposal to drill though Shenandoah Mountain
Dominion has responded to concerns about impacts to the rare Cow Knob salamander with an extreme proposal to drill though Shenandoah Mountain. The so-called horizontal directional drilling would involve two separate sections of 1.3 and 1.1 miles. Damage to Cow Knob salamander habitat would not be completely avoided, a native brook trout stream would be unavoidably damaged, and a critical karst system would be placed at unacceptable risk.
This map is an approximation of the proposed route modification and drilling locations, based on a narrative description submitted to FERC by Dominion. The public does not have access to detailed mapping or details of the proposal, which Dominion has designated “privileged.”
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