20140957 Ver 2_Deny v2 the ACP's WQ Cert w Comments_20170814 (373)

Strickland, Bev
From:Rebecca Dresser <[e-mail]>
Sent:Monday, August 14, 2017 9:30 AM
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 most likely would cause massive erosion and spell disaster for
threatened wildlife. And given Duke Energy's track record on environmental concern, safety, and cleanup in North
Carolina, they should never be allowed to put our waters and environment and communities at risk again. The citizens of
North Carolina are not willing to allow this to happen to us another time!

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. These things are simply NOT acceptable!

The current application for 401 Water Quality Certification doesn't include enough information about which streams
would be subject to trenching, cofferdams or in-stream blasting. Without site-specific details, it's impossible to know
what the water quality impacts would be. How can anyone think this is a good idea?

There is not a demand for more electricity; there is not a need to cause such risk to our environment and the health of
our citizens. The combined threat to wetlands, forests, people and wildlife 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.

Rebecca Dresser

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