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Sample Comments to Send to FERC
Click the topic below to find several options for sample comments to submit to FERC after (1) you are an Intervenor with FERC (click here for a .pdf with directions)
Please read what you have chosen, and make it your own. You can add information about the topic, add your personal issues about it, reword parts, etc.
Suggestion: Copy & Paste the chosen letter to a new Word document that you can then edit & personalize. Save that & use it as both the copy/paste eComment to FERC & the attachment you send to NJDEP.
Once you send your comment to FERC, forward a copy to NJDEP with the attached statement to use in your email text area (click here for sample email introduction for sending comment to NJDEP & NJDEP email contacts )
There are several versions of comments for your choosing. Please review the one that you choose and personalize your concerns &/or requests before sending it to FERC as an eComment.
For eComment, all you need to do is copy & paste the chosen comment and then (1) type in your name & town at bottom, and (2) make it your own by adding personal related concerns or requests
If you have questions about the sample comments, feel free to contact us at stopFTcompressor@yahoo.com.
Remember: eComment only allows 6,000 characters (including spaces).
Click here for PDF of directions for sending comments to FERC.
Send one topic letter at a time.
Comment Samples – Check here often for updates
Click numbers to open word documents with sample comments.
| 1a | INADEQUATE DEIS FOR THE NESE PROJECT, CP17-101 (DATA GAPS, CONCERNS NOT ALL ADDRESSED, NEED NEW DEIS WITH MISSING INFO/ANALYSES + MORE TIME) |
| 1b | |
| 2a | HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT IS NEEDED NEAR PROPOSED COMPRESSOR STATION 206
DEIS IGNORES REQUESTED ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS OF TEMPERATURE AND VELOCITY OF EMISSIONS |
| 2b | |
| 3a | DEIS BASED ON ESTIMATES WHEN ACTUAL MEASUREMENT DATA IS POSSIBLE (EMISSIONS + METHANE LEAKS) |
| 3b | |
| 4a | DEIS IGNORES REQUESTED ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS OF TEMPERATURE AND VELOCITY OF EMISSIONS FROM TWO 50-FOOT SMOKESTACKS FOR PROPOSED COMPRESSOR STATION 206 |
| 4b | |
| 5a | SAFETY – PROXIMITY OF TRAP ROCK QUARRY BLASTING AND THE PROPOSED COMPRESSOR STATION 206 |
| 5b | |
| 6a | PIPELINE SAFETY – INCREASED SPEED OF CORROSION WITH INCREASED COMPRESSION |
| 6b | |
| 7a | CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER AND SOIL IN PROXIMITY TO THE PROPOSED COMPRESSOR STATION 206 |
| 7b | |
| 8a | CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER AND SOIL IN PROXIMITY TO THE PROPOSED MADISON LOOP & RARITAN BAY LOOP |
| 8b | |
| 9a | OUTREACH EFFORTS & PUBLIC PARTICIPATION DID NOT JUSTIFY DEIS CONCLUSIONS |
| 9b | |
| 10a | IMPACTS OF FOSSIL FUEL USE ON WEATHER & SEA LEVEL RISE (coming soon) |
| 10b |