20140957 Ver 2_ACP (Atlantic Coast Pipeline) vs UN Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples_20170808

Strickland, Bev
From:Marsh Hardy ARA/RISK <[e-mail]>
Sent:Tuesday, August 08, 2017 12:52 AM
To:SVC_DENR.publiccomments
Subject:ACP (Atlantic Coast Pipeline) vs. UN Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
Dear Sir or Madam:

As members of Amnesty International, Raleigh Chapter, we consider the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) fraught
with potential human rights violations. We are greatly concerned about the forced loss of land and sacred grounds for
many Native American and other families through the use of eminent domain, and for the benefit of for-profit
companies. The ACP appears to violate Articles 7 and 13-19 of Convention 169, UN International Labour Organization:
The Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989.

http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C169

Native American communities in counties expected to be most impacted by the APC construction were not ever
consulted by Dominion-Duke. Even though landowners affluent enough to hire good attorneys may be able to make
good deals with the companies, many in the impacted communities are low-income and may lack the substantial
financial resources needed to ensure adequate compensation and defend their basic human right to their land and
water.

The potential for severe human rights violations for populations in these communities, should the ACP become
approved, is unacceptable. Therefore, we stand against the ACP.

Respectfully,

Amnesty International - Group 213 - Raleigh, NC

c/o M. B. Hardy, member since 1981
1020 W. South St. / Raleigh, NC 27603-2162
[phone]

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