RICHMOND, Va. – The developers of the now-canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline have laid out plans for how they want to go about unwinding the work that was done for the multistate natural gas project and restoring disturbed land.
But in other cases, in which sometimes vociferously opposed landowners fought the project, the easements were obtained through eminent domain proceedings.
Plans for the 600-mile (965-kilometer) Atlantic Coast Pipeline were first announced with great fanfare in 2014, but it was running years behind schedule.
For the first category, Atlantic plans to complete full restoration of the project right-of-way, Ruby said.
In October, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission asked the pipeline to provide specific details about its planned restoration activities.