If you are an Augusta County landowner with land in the footprint of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline or any access roads, please join us this Thursday, December 15, 2016, at 6:30 pm at the Augusta County Government Center. Come learn your rights as a landowner, and how you can join together as a community to stand strong against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Despite what you might have heard, this pipeline is not a done deal. You have rights as a landowner. We want to help you understand those rights.

Dominion does not have the right to an easement through your property UNLESS the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) grants it the power of eminent domain. That has not happened. Even if FERC ultimately grants Dominion the right of eminent domain (still far from certain), landowners have significant rights to protect their property and ensure that they are paid the true value of the highest and best use of their property.

There will be plenty of time for questions and answers. Part of the evening will be devoted to an exploration of how Augusta County landowners can organize and gather strength in numbers in a united effort to resist this pipeline.

Please note that this meeting is specifically focused on landowners. We appreciate the strong community involvement throughout our region, and encourage non-landowners to focus their energy on other meetings that will continue to happen throughout the coming months.

This meeting is co-hosted by the Augusta County Alliance and Appalachian Mountain Advocates. Both are non-profit organizations which are focused on protecting this unique region. Neither group is seeking payment from anyone who attends this meeting.