20140957 Ver 2_Emailed - Deny v2 the ACP's WQ Certification_20170814 (36)

Strickland, Bev
From:Janet Nagel <[e-mail]>
Sent:Monday, August 14, 2017 12:37 PM
To:SVC_DENR.publiccomments
Subject:Deny the ACP's Water Quality Certification

Dear North Carolina DEQ Officials,

I am writing to urge you to reject the Water Quality Certification for the disastrous Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Duke Energy
hasn't shown that the pipeline won't harm North Carolina's waters, yet the company wants to dynamite and dig deep
trenches through our creeks and wetlands, which could cause massive erosion and spell disaster for threatened wildlife.

The pipeline will cross more than 560 streams, rivers and wetlands in the state. It will put our waters at risk of pollution
and long-term damage. And harms to any of these waters could also contaminate drinking water and hurt fisheries and
the economy.

The era of fossil fuels is ending. North Carolina and Duke Energy should be availing ourselves of clean solar and wind
power and new developments in unobtrusive hydropower which are available NOW. There is no need to sacrifice our
remaining natural environment to the economically wasteful and destructive technologies of fossil fuels.

The combined threat to wetlands, forests, people and wildlife -- not to mention the lack of demand for more electricity -
- is more than enough to justify the rejection of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. I urge you to exercise the state's authority
under the Clean Water Act to protect our waters and reject the pipeline's 401 permit.

Thank you.

Janet Nagel

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