Day 28

30 Days to Stop the Pipeline

Call Governor Cuomo at 518-474-8390

Day 28

With the DEC potentially on the brink of deciding whether or not to grant permits for this fracked-gas pipeline project, we’ve been told that we have just one more week to comment on information we have never seen. Read on to get the details, then email Governor Cuomo and the DEC to demand that New Yorkers have access to this information and sufficient time to review and comment on it.

Today’s Topic: The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) should share all new information with the public regarding the proposed “Constitution” pipeline, and reopen the comment period once the joint application is complete.

Suggested Talking Points:

    • On April 29, 2015, the DEC announced a new fifteen-day public comment period (which will end on May 14, 2015), stating the Constitution Pipeline Company (Company) had withdrawn and resubmitted the same application for the 401 water quality certificate. No new information was provided to the public.

 

    • However, the Company has been conducting surveys since the application was last updated, in August 2014, and has been sharing information with the DEC. In addition, the Company recently gained access to over one hundred parcels of land, and is now gathering even more information about the streams, wetlands and species on those parcels.

 

    • All of this new information should be included in a revised or supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), and integrated into a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), but so far that has not occurred.

 

    • The People of New York State are entitled to have access to all information being exchanged between the Company and the DEC. How can we make meaningful comments on an application if vital information is not shared with the public?

 

    • I ask the DEC to ensure there is a complete DEIS and FEIS, and an updated application, with all of the information needed to make findings under SEQR (State Environmental Quality Review Act).

 

  • I also ask the DEC to reopen the public comment period for an additional sixty days once it has obtained all of the required information from the Company and shared it with the public.

Call today, call tomorrow!

Call, call, CALL. Governor Cuomo: 518-474-8390. Press #3 to speak with a representative.

If you are extremely shy or have already called and want to double the impact of your message…cut and paste the topic and bullet points above and email the Governor: gov.cuomo@chamber.state.ny.us

Last request: SHARE this email with everyone you know. Together, we will stop this pipeline AND the spread of fracked-gas infrastructure in New York State.


Make a Donation to help Stop The Pipeline

Call Governor Cuomo right now at 518-474-8390. Press #3 to speak with a representative. If you leave a voice message, be sure to spell your name and include your zip code.
 
Double your impact by sending today’s topic and bullet points to the governor

gov.cuomo@chamber.state.ny.us

 
AND to these decision-makers:

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

212-416-8000;

eric.schneiderman@ag.ny.gov

 
DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens:

518-402-8545;

joe.martens@dec.ny.gov

Dr. Howard Zucker, Acting Commissioner of Health:

518-474-2011

dohweb@health.ny.gov

Each weekday, from now until May 11th, Stop the Pipeline will focus on a different reason why the Constitution Pipeline would be harmful to New York’s land, water, air and people.

YOUR phone calls are what helped us win a ban on fracking in New York. YOUR phone calls will help us stop the Constitution Pipeline, too.

A Quick Snapshot

This 30-inch-diameter, 124-mile-long high-pressure pipeline would carry fracked gas from Pennsylvania, through the forests, farms, fields and front yards of New York residents, and on to Canada for export.

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) can stop this Un-Constitutional Pipeline by DENYING the necessary permits.

How can you help?

Use the talking points in this email to tell Governor Cuomo and others why this project should be stopped.

Feel free to elaborate on how the pipeline would adversely affect you, your home, business, family, friends and neighbors.

Call Governor Cuomo right now at 518-474-8390. Press #3 to speak with a representative.


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