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We Need Your Help - Comments due by April 10

3/7/2017

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PictureCerulean warbler is one of many species that need large core forest areas. Photo © David Wendelken
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released their Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and public comments relating to the ACP and our National Forests are due April 10, 2017.
The proposed ACP route would cut a 21-mile permanent swath through the George Washington and Monongahela National Forests. The Draft EIS prepared by FERC for the project does not provide the information needed for Forest Service decisions.
Please send in your comments to FERC and request that the Forest Service OPPOSE ANY Special Use Permit for the ACP and reject forest plan amendments. Emphasize that the DEIS is incomplete, inconsistent, and incorrect, and it does not provide adequate information for Forest Service decisions.
This story map on the 7 major Issues of the ACP route through our National Forests provides excellent background information, suggested talking points, and contact information for your comments.  Check it out here: http://dpmc-gis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=bc1aadc65a6d47ae85fb01326a648673

Submit comments through FERC's online system, http://www.ferc.gov/. (Click on Documents and Filings and use the eComment feature), or send written comments to:

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street NE, Room 1A
Washington, DC 20426
Be sure to reference docket number CP15-554.  
Please send a copy of your letter to VWC, too.  Thank you!

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