20140957 Ver 2_ACP Comments_20170820

Strickland, Bev
From:ROBIE GOINS <[e-mail]>
Sent:Sunday, August 20, 2017 9:41 AM
To:SVC_DENR.publiccomments
Subject:ACP Comments - 401 Permit
I want to submit the following comments for consideration on the application for the 401 Water Quality Permit
Application and Buffer Authorization that Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC's has submitted to the NC Department of
Environmental Quality for review and evaluation.

My family has land that is adjacent to the terminus of the pipeline. A roadway separates the properties and I assume
that is why it is not being considered as directly adjacent. My family's home and land are considered to be partially in
the blast zone an evacuation zone. The companies wanting to build this pipeline hasn't tried to contact them and let
them know they could be affected. The company for some reason hasn't contacted many people on this route who
could be affected. They are only contacting landowners who they want to buy property from and they are threatening
those people with eminent domain and telling them they have to sell or they have to let people survey their land. I
know this personally because they haven't contacted my family that live on the land still today and they haven't
contacted me personally. I too live in what is called the evacuation plan. I have not received any information from these
companies by no means.

My family at one time had a well on the property. There was a huge bay (low area that could collect water) behind my
family's land. The county has come and put a huge water tower on property adjacent to our land. Our well has run dry.
Now our county is wanting to allow a methane pipe bomb to be beside my family's land. The county and state officials
haven't even did studies to prove that ACP LLC biased reports are accurate.

Our waterways (swamps, creeks, bays) are being affected by this project. The pipeline itself is estimated to affect 474
acres along the route in Robeson County. The water in some of these waterways will find itself to the Lumber River. If
we have another event like Hurricane Matthew contaminated water from this proposed project could make its way to
the Lumber River. In their reports and application they have failed to mention or evaluate these bodies of water
separately.

I am Native American and my ancestors have used the Lumber River in this area for thousands of years. My people have
roamed these lands and used these waters for traveling, hunting and fishing. We have swam in the Lumber River and
used the swamps and other water bodies as a source of life. This project looks to destroy that legacy and that tradition.
These companies have segmented this project and they aren't explaining that they plan to do with the terminus and
future projects. These companies will add this to their pipelines that run to Hamlet and Wilmington. So this new ACP
segment will eventually endanger the Lumber River in one way or the other.

I oppose approval of Project #2014-0957 v2, and the construction of this methane gas pipeline would cause massive
disruption to ecosystems and waterways in North Carolina and in Robeson County especially. All this for the purpose of
advancing the private interests of the partners who make up ACP LLC. ACP LLC's applications fails to acknowledge and
address the likely impacts of the construction and operation of the pipeline on our streams, rivers and wetlands.
Additionally, studies have shown that this pipeline is NOT necessary to meet future energy demands. We need
sustainable renewable energy alternatives such as wind and solar.

Thank you,
Robie Goins
2326 Philadelphus Rd
Pembroke, NC 28372
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910-734-2814
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