Subscribe A contentious $346 million project to expand natural gas pipelines and infrastructure in Virginia took another hit last week when the State Corporation Commission tossed an application to approve the plan. But the Dec. 1 decision to dismiss a request for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity isn't a knockout blow for the Header Improvement Project, which would impact sites and communities in Prince William County, Charles City County, Caroline County and the city of Chesapeake. The commission said Virginia Natural Gas is free to submit another application under a new docket. Subscribe VNG media relations manager Rick DelaHaya said the company is preparing to do just that.