20140957 Ver 2_Public Notice Comments_20170808 (318)

Strickland, Bev
From:MALINDA MAYNOR-LOWERY <[e-mail]>
Sent:Tuesday, August 08, 2017 6:11 PM
To:SVC_DENR.publiccomments
Subject:ACP
Dear officials,
Please deny the 401 permit for the ACP. The ACP is described as a pipeline to “serve the growing energy needs
of multiple public utilities and local distribution companies in Virginia and North Carolina.” The energy needs
are not growing, and new needs can be addressed by smart renewable energy sources. ACP’s statements
misleadingly include only estimates of growth in gas fired power demand, while failing to show that overall
electric demand for the region during this period has been essentially flat. Studies have shown that the pipeline is
not necessary to meet future demands, as projected demand is expected to stay static through 2030. As the renewables
market increases, the pipeline becomes even less relevant in future energy generation mixes.
In the past 30 years, FERC has granted “certificates” to all but two U.S. pipeline projects, with no credible
assessment of actual need project need. The Commission can’t be relied upon to protect the health and
environment of North Carolina. The Div. of Water Resources’ permit review must conscientiously require
measures to protect the waters and existing uses of water resources. Believing it will be impossible to
construct the ACP without adverse impacts to streams, rivers, wetlands, groundwater, aquatic life, human
health and Environmental Justice, we ask the Div. of Water Resources not to grant a 401 permit for the
Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
I am a lifelong North Carolinian and a member of the Lumbee tribe who's cultural lands and resources will be
destroyed by the construction of this pipeline. Please do not approve the permit. You have the power to
protect NC--please use it.

Thank you,
Malinda Lowery

Sent from my not-always-so-smart phone. Apologies for errors and other confusion.
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