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All Virginians interested in preserving the vital scenic resources of their countryside can take heart in the action of Circuit Court Judge Rayner V. Snead in der laying a Vepco demand for a court order authorizing its new high-tension power lines until after the public hearing by the State Corporation Commission in Richmond, in accord with the state’s new Environmental Protection Act.
The staging for this latest judicial encounter was in Fauquier County, where county counsel and a large group of citizen intervenors, through their attorney, strongly opposed the contention of Randolph Church, an attorney for Vepco, that impending electric shortages require almost instant approval of the 500,000 kv project.
Although the Fauquier Planning Commission has denied Vepco’s application for a permit, and the County’s Board of Supervisors has refused to take action on it pending a study of its environmental impact by the Atomic Energy Commission, Vepco obviously
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