20140957 Ver 2_My Comment Against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline_20170718

Strickland, Bev
From:Anne Schrader <[e-mail]>
Sent:Tuesday, July 18, 2017 3:11 PM
To:SVC_DENR.publiccomments
Subject:My Comment Against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Attachments:DEQ Public Hearing against the ACP.docx
Sir or Madam,

Please see attached comment against the propposed Duke Energy Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Anne M. Schrader
[phone]
[e-mail]

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July 18, 2017
DEQ Public Hearing: Against Duke Energy's Proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline specific to water quality

Intro:
My name is Anne Schrader. I'm a small business owner and resident of Fayetteville. I'm thankful for
this opportunity to speak against Duke Energy's proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline and especially grateful
to be surrounded by so many concerned citizens who oppose it as well.
Despite this, the majority of citizens of our beautiful state are either not aware of this proposed pipeline
or have not been given their right to full disclosure by being fully informed about the detrimental impact
it will have on citizen and environmental health and well being.

The Problem (s) as I see it are:
First, At a time when we are collectively faced with the real facts of global warming and man-made
environmental degradation caused in many ways by an aggressive and money driven fossil fuel industry,
our beloved state of North Carolina does not need one of our nations's most expensive and longest
piplelines to traverse and clear cut its way through 600 acreas of air purifying Blue Ridge forests;
decimate our wildlife and their precious habitat ; dynamite and suffocate our 650 wetlands and streams;
irrevocably poison our rivers and drinking water, and seismic blast, drill, and destroy our precious
Atlantic Ocean already filled with plastic, garbage, and acidification caused by manmade global
warming.
Second, Duke has not demonstrated that its unnecessary toxic pipeline will not harm, pollute, and
further destroy the water quality of 650 streams, rivers, and wetlands in our beloved state. Duke HAS
NOT BECAUSE Duke CANNOT as the very nature of these pipelines leak toxic methane into the
atmosphere, explode and damage lives and property; and leak toxic chemicals into waterways.
However, Duke CAN and HAS ALREADY demonstrated that they HARM waterways used for public use
and survival buy knowingly dumping coal ash (HEXA VALENT CHROMIUM known to cause cancer) into
our beloved state's historical Cape Fear River. And a legal indication of a person or entity's future
behavior is their past behavior.
Third, North Carolina does NOT NEED MORE TOXIC FOSSIL FUEL pipelines to lock our state into global
warming infrastructure for the next 30 years (if our planet survives that long) when we are already
leaders in the nation, along side California, in renewable energy boasting over 200 solar energy
businesses and growing.

The Solution:
We are ALREADY proud leaders in renewable energy NOW. We are ALREADy blessed with free and
abundant solar, wind, and tidal energy NOW. WE must move swiftly to renewable, healthy, sustainable
resources NOW. WE HAVE THE MEANS. WE HAVE THE FACTS. WE HAVE THE TALENT. WE HAVE THE
RESOURCES. WE HAVE THE JOBS.
WHY WAIT UNTIL We've POLUTED OUR AIR, WATER, AND SOIL ALL USED FOR HUMAN SURVIVAL! IF
NOT NOW, WHEN? IF NOT YOU, THE POLICY MAKERS, WHO?

Request:
The citizens of this state request and look to YOU, the Department of Environmental Quality, the policy
makers, affecting our safe well being, to use the full extent of the law to protect North Carolina's life
providing waterways AND to demonstrate:
One: SOUND DECISION AND POLICY MAKING that is fully researched and fact based;
Two: VISION for the long -term sustainability and survival of our state and future generations; and
Three: COURAGE to go against the power and money hungry corporations and lobbyists to make
HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE, AND COMMON SENSE decisions for North Carolina so clearly right in front of
you.

FINALLY, I urge you, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, to keep the citizens and
waterways of our precious state of North Carolina SAFE and to fully REJECT A KNOWN POLLUTER-DUKE
ENERGY'S UNNECESSARY AND TOXIC ATLANTIC COAST PIPELINE.

Thank You.
Anne Schrader
Fayetteville, NC