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By Don Del Rosso Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Expect something like a courtroom atmosphere.
Those who speak at the State Corporation Commission public hearings cm Dominion Virginia Power's proposed power line will be sworn in, asked to state their names and addresses and may even be questioned by a hearing examiner and lawyers, spokesman Andy Farmer said.
“People need to be aware of this and not be surprised,” he said.
Most questions likely would attempt to “clarify” basic information, such as the proximity of a speaker's land to the proposed and alternative corridors through Rappahannock and six other counties under consideration, Farmer explained.
The format “is not meant to intimidate” speakers, properly called “witnesses,” he said.
Before addressing the hearing examiner, people must sign up to speak, providing their names and addresses.
They will be heard in the coder in which their names appear cm the sign-up list.
The hearing examiner will be accompanied by a bailiff and a court reporter, who will record testimony.
The SCC imposes no time limit cm speakers. But they should keep their remarks brief and avoid redundancy, Farmer suggested.
The commission hearing in Warrenton will be held on today and Friday in Fauquier High School’s auditorium.
No signs or “demonstrations” will be allowed in the auditorium, Farmer said. “The audience will be instructed not to applaud,, etc.”
Photographers will be prohibited from using flashes and restricted to shooting from the back and wings of the auditorium, he said.
“That’s to avoid the distractions and provide some level of decorum.”
During the next two weeks, the hearing will move to Bristow; Winchester and
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