20140957 Ver 2_Public Notice Comments_20170718 (188)

Strickland, Bev
From:Keely Wood <[e-mail]>
Sent:Tuesday, July 18, 2017 8:14 AM
To:SVC_DENR.publiccomments
Subject:ACP
The ACP pipeline permit should not be approved for the following reasons:

 The pipeline would impact rivers known to carry a wide variety of endangered, threatened or species of
concern, further impacting limited habitats of these species ; such as the Carolina Madtom catfish, many species
of mussels, and numerous plants.
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 Two federally endangered mussel species are in streams crossed by the ACP in NC: Tar River spinymussel and
dwarf wedgemussel. The Tar River spinymussel is only found in four streams in North Carolina: Fishing Creek,
Little Fishing Creek, Swift Creek, and Little River. The ACP crosses three of these streams

 Streams and wetlands impacted by the ACP may lose the ability to “support” or reach their best uses or highest
potential to allow for fishing, swimming and health of aquatic species due to sedimentation, loss of forested
buffers and other impacts.

 Streams and wetlands crossed by the ACP also flow into major river basins which are sources for the Pamlico-
Albemarle Estuary, the second largest estuary in the United States. The estuary supports not only NC’s fisheries
but many mid-Atlantic coastal fisheries. Impacting the lively hood of many.

 Impacts to any of these headwaters could negatively impact our fisheries and the economy of the state.

 The pipeline would have a negative impact on areas designated by the state as Primary Nursery Areas that are
important for the early growth and development of a wide range of fish and crustacean species in the Cape Fear,
Roanoke, and Neuse River.

 Given the number of “listed” and “petitioned” endangered freshwater mussels in waterbodies crossed by the
ACP, a far more detailed assessment of impacts on these species must be

Keely Wood
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Central & Eastern Sales Manager
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