20140957 Ver 2_Public Notice Comments_20170818 (165)

Strickland, Bev
From:Greg Yost <[e-mail]>
Sent:Friday, August 18, 2017 11:20 PM
To:SVC_DENR.publiccomments
Subject:ACP
I ask that DEQ deny the ACP permit. Streams and wetlands impacted by the ACP may be impaired and no
longer capable of reaching their highest potential to allow for fishing, swimming, and the health of aquatic
species due to sedimentation, loss of forested buffers and other impacts. Streams and wetlands crossed by the
ACP also flow into major river basins which are sources for the Pamlico-Albemarle Estuary, the second largest
estuary in the United States. The estuary supports not only NC’s fisheries but many mid-Atlantic coastal
fisheries. Impacts to any of these headwaters could negatively impact our fisheries and the economy of the state.
The pipeline would have a negative impact on areas designated by the state as Primary Nursery Areas that are
important for the early growth and development of a wide range of fish and crustacean species in the Cape Fear,
Roanoke, and Neuse River.
Frankly, the ACP is just not worth these risks (and more). Compared to similar investments in clean energy,
conservation, and energy storage, the pipeline and the gas plants it will supply will not help the people of North
Carolina. The degradation of NC waters is too high a price to pay when we have better alternatives available.
And the contribution of new gas infrastructure to climate change through fugitive methane emissions makes this
decision very simple (unless, perhaps, you are part of the management of Duke Energy and Dominion Energy).
The ACP should not be built.
Sincerely,
Greg Yost
1314 Puncheon Fork Road
Mars Hill, NC 28754

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