20140957 Ver 2_Public Notice Comments_20170718 (263)

Strickland, Bev
From:Erin R. Eldridge <[e-mail]>
Sent:Tuesday, July 18, 2017 4:10 PM
To:SVC_DENR.publiccomments
Subject:ACP
Greetings,

My name is Erin Eldridge and I am a resident and employee in Cumberland County, North Carolina. I am writing to voice
my concern about the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the potential threats that it poses to communities, including the
Cumberland County community. Broadly speaking, the ACP, by equipping companies with eminent domain, will cut
through land holdings and waterways from the Appalachian region through eastern North Carolina, causing localized
problems all along the way – from breaking up family lands to destroying unique wetlands to polluting water sources for
communities. Speaking more specifically about Cumberland County, the Cape Fear River is already struggling with a
variety of contaminants, such as hog waste, industrial chemicals, and coal ash and the ACP would put greater stress on
this drinking water source. The proclaimed benefits of this project are vague, but the risks are very clear. If the NCDEQ is
truly concerned about North Carolina residents and the ecosystems that we rely upon, it will adopt the precautionary
principle in its permitting process and consider the full environmental and social impacts, based on real empirical
evidence, of proposed projects. For the reasons cited above, I do not support the ACP and I hope the NCDEQ will make
the right choice for North Carolina citizens, waterways, and natural resources by blocking this pipeline. Thank you for your
consideration.

Sincerely,
Erin Eldridge
Fayetteville, North Carolina
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