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potentially dangerous iact tnat us plant is being built over a known geological fault. It is this dubious Louisa nuclear plant that gives Vepco its very dubious case for an environment-destroying new powerline across our countryside.
Under new state law, environmental impact must be given priority consideration in the location of new high-tension powerlines, if indeed the need for such a new line is proven to the commission. The proposed new Vepco line clearly would do irreparable injury to a large section of the most beautiful, scenic and historic lands of Virginia, and therefore this is every Virginian’s preservation battle. In my humble opinion there is no way, under the new state guidelines, that the SCC could justifiably grant Vepco a permit to desecrate these lands. Yet we stand in great danger that it may still "do so. Moreover, there is no way, repeat, no way, that such a monstrous new line can be justified in view of the sharp downward trend here and nationally in electric usage.
For all these compelling reasons, Vepco should, in good conscience, withdraw its application. If it fails to do so, the application for the new line should be turned down by the State Corporation Commission. The commission should, it must be responsive to
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