Due to the Government Shut Down, the deadline to comment to FERC on the Environmental Assessment for natural gas storage expansion on the west side of Seneca Lake has been extended to November 1st. There are several ways you can get involved. 1.) Comment through Thirty Days site, on dates October 12th, 13th, and 14th: please add registration number CP13-83 to the site. thirtydaysoffrackingregs/oct12.php 2.) Sign on to the Earthjustice website petition (see text and link below) 3.) Send a me too letter to FERC, saying you agree with the comments made by Earthjustice. Please go to https://ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You can type your comments in directly and hit submit. The process is fairly straight-forward and FERC walks you through it step-by-step. Heres an example of what you can say- if you want, just cut this and paste it into the FERC comment space, and add your information: Dear Ms. Bose, Earthjustice recently submitted comments on Environmental Assessment for Arlington Storage Company, LLC Gallery 2 Expansion Project, Docket No. CP13-83-000 on behalf of Gas Free Seneca. As _______(your title)_____________ of __________ (your business/ organization)________________ , I would like to include my ____________ (business/ organization) _______ as a signatory to that comment. We ask that you address the deficiencies in the Environmental Assessment as outlined in the Earthjustice comments, and that you complete a full Environmental Impact Statement. Ultimately, please note that we are in opposition to this project, and that we respectfully request that the application be denied. Respectfully Submitted, Your Name Your title Earthjustice Petition site: Keep Fracked Gas Storage Industry From Tunneling Into New York The industry is proposing a host of gas pipeline and storage projects which will hurt local communities and could lay the groundwork for fracking in New York. One such project is on the shores of Seneca Lake, in a region that an out-of-state energy company named Inergy wants to turn into a gas storage hub, starting with a proposal to expand storage of fracked gas in abandoned salt caverns alongside the lake. The people of Seneca Lake have fought hard to protect their beloved lake and local economy: organizing local residents, businesses, and elected officials to oppose these projects. But now they need your help. Will you contact regulators at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission—which is currently accepting public comments on an Inergy proposal—and signal your concerns about the project? The more people who speak up now, the more state leaders will be forced to acknowledge the opposition that is mounting across the state against these latest attempts by the oil and gas industry to force itself into places it’s not wanted. Will you stand in solidarity with the people of Seneca Lake? Today, it’s a gas storage project on the banks of Seneca Lake. Tomorrow it could be a massive project in your community. If you believe that New York needs to invest in sustainable, local economies instead of locking into a fossil-fuel dependent future, take action today!
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:59:30 +0000
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