20140957 Ver 2_Abandon Atlantic Coast Pipeline_20170713

Strickland, Bev
From:Lewis Patrie <[e-mail]>
Sent:Thursday, July 13, 2017 12:43 PM
To:SVC_DENR.publiccomments
Subject:Abandon Atlantic Coast Pipeline
North Carolina Division of Water Resources

Greetings,

I am writing regarding the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the upcoming "401" hearings.

Preliminary information provides inadequate justification for this project. It lacks assurances about protections of
wetlands, aquifers and many species of native flora and fauna, some of which are endangered.

Furthermore, there is considerable doubt as to whether the project is actually needed to meet questionable future
demands despite projected population increases. Greater energy efficiency, increasing feasibility and lowering costs of
renewable sources of energy seem well suited to accommodate any projected need.

Considering this and the threats to continued survival of the human species on earth due to projected rising sea levels
and other adverse effects from global climate change, planners must be extraordinarily cautious to avoid unnecessary
assaults on our ecosystems that further risk a future sustainable environment.

Therefore I recommend that this proposed project be abandoned.

Lewis E. Patrie, M. D.
26 Wesley Drive, Apt H
Asheville, N. C. 28803
828 285-2599
[e-mail]

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