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VEPCO has already started to file condemnation proceedings in Fauquier Circuit Court for those lands to be passed by the powerlines in Southern Fauquier. A Vepco spokesman said the power company plans to construct the lines from the proposed Morris - ville sub-station to the North Anna nuclear plant first. These lines, however, also have to be approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Agency, which has plans to hold a public hearing in Washington, D.C., sometime in August.
Vepco filed suit against the Fauquier Supervisors in 1971 when the Supervisors refused to rule on Vepco’s request to permit the powerline construction until the SCC made its ruling. At that time a county with a Master Plan had the right to permit construction of utility routes. Judge Snead also deferred action on the Vepco suit until the SCC took, action.
After three years of hearings and arguments, the SCC ruled in favor of Vepco in May. Butin 1974, the General Assembly and the Governor approved an amendment to Section 15.1-456 of the State Code that took away a county with a Master Plan’s right to permit powerlines, and gave it all to the SCC. The law, however, stipulates that
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