WV Volunteer Pipeline Visual Assessment Program: Webinar Watching Party at OVEC Office
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- Aug 28, 2018
As pipeline construction is underway across our state, several citizen groups have teams of people out watching and reporting violations to the understaffed West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. For instance, OVEC has several trained teams out monitoring location where the Mountaineer Xpress Pipeline is crossing streams in five counties.
But, how can you report violations if you don’t know what they look like? Never fear, a webinar training is near, either online or in the OVEC office!
If you plan to attend the webinar viewing party at the OVEC office, please let [email protected] know by 5 p.m. on September 12.
During the webinar, you will learn how to detect and report water quality impacts from fracked gas pipelines through the Volunteer Pipeline Visual Assessment Program! Developed by Trout Unlimited and West Virginia Rivers Coalition, the program supports and trains volunteer citizen observers to identify, document and report pollution incidents associated with large-scale pipeline development. To learn more, visit the program webpage.
Through this free video training, volunteers will learn about erosion control best management practices used in pipeline development, specific examples of pollution to look for, and how to best document those problems.
For OVEC volunteers, pollution reports submitted to us are sent along to TU and WV Rivers for an internal review. For significant incidents, TU and WV Rivers will submit information to the responsible regulatory agency and work with our volunteers and partners to collect additional water quality and visual information as needed. We will track agency response and relay that information to our volunteer network.
To participate in the program, please register to watch the free video training. Register here. Or, come to the OVEC office by 6:20 p.m. on September 13, where several of us will take the webinar together.
If you do register to watch online (not at the OVEC office), After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Can’t make the live webinar? All webinar registrants will receive a recording of the webinar to view at their convenience. Register here.
The live webinar on September 13 is limited to 100 participants. If you register after we reach the live webinar limit, we’ll send you a recording.
For more information, please contact [email protected].
