Ordinance

A proposal adopt an ordinance to temporarily suspend natural gas drilling permits in Flower Mound, TX, which is in the Barnett Shale region, was denied Thursday night by the town council in a 3-2 vote.

Draft energy policy legislation under review in Virginia would direct the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) to identify not more than three sites in the state as “optimal” locations for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, three for nuclear power plants and other sites for wind energy facilities. However, the measure could stir controversy since it would exempt such sites from provisions of land use plans or zoning ordinances that would otherwise apply to the projects.