20140957 Ver 2_ACP- Deny the permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline_20170810

Strickland, Bev
From:Julie Thomson <[e-mail]>
Sent:Thursday, August 10, 2017 1:34 PM
To:SVC_DENR.publiccomments
Subject:ACP- Deny the permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Dear NCDEQ,

Regarding NCDEQ water quality certification and riparian buffer authorization, I write to ask that you deny a
permit to Duke and Dominion to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Federal documents suggest that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline could further harm North Carolina’s water quality
and quantity as contractors drill below or trench riverbeds, flush the pipeline segments with municipal water.
This could also change the flow of groundwater to private drinking water wells, via blasting and digging. Water
is essential for human and animal life and the success of communities and businesses in them. Any threat to
water quality and quantity in exchange for natural gas, the need for which is not even proven, is irresponsible.

The extraction of natural gas through fracking also involves a number of contaminants and threats to water, so
allowing that to occur is also irresponsible. Spills, leaks, or damage from the pipeline could affect all of the
rivers in eastern North Carolina. That is not worth any kind of project, especially the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

I request that you to deny these permits.

Sincerely,
Julie Thomson
910 N. Mangum St, Apt B
Durham, NC 27701

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