The Virginia State Corporation Commission approved the Chesapeake Compressor Station on March 3 despite environmental justice concerns expressed over the past year.
Virginia Natural Gas plans on building the Chesapeake Compressor Station, which will ensure the company’s northern customers will receive service in case there is a problem on the Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage pipeline. The compressor station would help push gas through that pipeline.
The local community in Chesapeake, VA, is predominantly made up of people of color. Residents are concerned about the health effects of air pollution from natural gas combustion in compressor stations. Commission staff said its analysis and the company’s analysis of the project found that it “may potentially negatively impact several EJ [environmental justice] communities” near the project…