20140957 Ver 2_Too many risks with Atlantic Coast Pipeline_20170818

Strickland, Bev
From:Kathryn Charles <[e-mail]>
Sent:Friday, August 18, 2017 9:08 AM
To:SVC_DENR.publiccomments
Subject:ACP - Too many risks with Atlantic Coast Pipeline
NCDENR:

Duke Energy plans to build the fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline across more than 500 North Carolina
waterways from West Virginia through North Carolina, cutting through many communities, family farms and
reservoirs. We all know that pipelines burst or leak and contaminate affected land and water.
Similar pipelines in other states have seen these problems. Recently, the Rover Pipeline, another fracked gas
project, has faced one disaster after another, and the states of West Virginia and Ohio have ordered part of its
construction to stop. In just one accident, 2 million gallons of drilling fluid were leaked into Ohio’s
wetlands.This is a health risk for our citizens as well as the environment!
Here in North Carolina, we know far too well the dangers fossil fuel projects can pose to our waterways. We’re
still dealing with the Duke Energy coal ash spill of 2014. We worry about chemicals contaminating our water,
too – like the GenX that flowed from the Fayetteville area down the Cape Fear River into the drinking water of
Wilmington.
I strongly encourage you to REJECT the proposal to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and move the state
forward, progressively and intelligently, to clean energy technologies like wind and solar power!
A very concerned citizen of North Carolina,

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article166580092.html#storylink=cpy
Kathryn Charles
2715 Old Highway 60
Purlear, N.C. 28665
336-818-1795
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