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Residents press county over alleged permit violations at Riverstone Solar and nearby logging sites
Summary
Residents near Riverstone Solar and Mountain Pine pressed the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors to enforce special‑use permit conditions and ensure DEQ‑reviewed stormwater plans after continued land disturbance and timber clearing.
Residents near two large energy and timber sites told the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors that ongoing work appears to violate special-use permit conditions and state environmental permitting requirements.
Laura Keaton, a resident of Arvonia (District 6), told the board the developer’s submitted building permit is based on incomplete, conceptual plans and “includes significant changes to where the project components will be built.” Keaton said those changes do not match the approved land‑disturbance permit and that, to her knowledge, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has not received revised plans for stormwater and erosion control review. “These conditions are not suggestions. They are binding requirements agreed to by the developer and approved by this board,” Keaton said.
Why it matters: DEQ approval of updated stormwater and erosion plans is…
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