Gas Free Seneca Believes

 

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Gas Free Seneca Believes

1. We believe in protecting the water and the beauty of Seneca Lake

The Crestwood project puts our Lake at risk

The Industry Record is not good

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Risk of Accidents at Crestwood site on Seneca Lake:

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Crestwood has a history of accidents

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 Spike in Seneca Lake drinking water’s salinity:

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 Unstable Geology:

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Negative Impacts to the Community Character of our region:

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2. We believe in a sustainable economy and good jobs for our region

Gas companies come and go. The wine and tourist industry are here to stay.

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Reduced Property Values:

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Will there be financial gain for Schuyler County and the Town of Reading?

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3. We believe in Renewable Energy

The world is moving away from fossil fuels. Solar power, wind power and other renewable energy is the future. We should do the same. The beauty and fresh water of Seneca Lake is our future.

There is enough gas storage already in the region

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Will home heating costs go down if the propane storage facility is constructed?

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The DEC has not approved the gas storage facility

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We are on the hook for Crestwood if anything happens

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The Crestwood project must be stopped. We ask you to join us.

For the reasons outlined above, there are 31 municipalities in the Finger Lakes, representing 1.2 million people in the region, who have officially registered opposition to this ill-conceived plan (See Map under Government Resolutions).

These are Towns, Counties and Cities like Syracuse and Rochester who voted mostly unanimously and across party lines.

 

There are nearly 500 businesses on the Gas Free Seneca Business Coalition and the Finger Lakes Wine Business Coalition (FLXWBC) who are opposed to this project.

The 1199 United Health Care Workers Union unanimously passed a resolution opposing the plan, as have Schuyler County health care professionals.

Sen. Mike Nozzolio, Assemblyman Brian Kolb and Senators Avella, Krueger, Tkaczyk and Latimer have all written letters of concern to Governor Cuomo regarding the project.

Two Schuyler County Legislators, Michael Lausell and Van Harp, filed for party status last February with Gas Free Seneca, citing safety issues related to the proposed project.

Finger Lakes State Parks Regional Commission drafted a resolution citing their concerns regarding possible accidents that could result in harm to both the park and the patrons using the facility with increased rail traffic which would cross the 80 year old trestle above the gorge.  Watkins Glen State Park is a highly visited park and in 2015 was voted third in the USA Today poll of the ten best parks in the country.

Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association, regional municipalities and the FLXWBC also participated in an issues conference in February opposing the project.

The New York Federation of Lakes has opposed the plan, as has the famed conservation organization, the Izaak Walton League of America. 

The New York State Sustainable Business Council and the American Sustainable Business Council which represents more than 200,000 businesses and more than 325,000 entrepreneurs, executives, managers and investors sent Governor Cuomo a letter on the anniversary of the NY fracking ban requesting that the LPG project’s permits be denied.  Additional signatories to the letter include Chefs for the Marcellus, Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, and Green America.

Businesses downstate realize that the Finger Lakes is their breadbasket, providing many restaurants with the food they use to serve their patrons, and of course the fine wine that accompanies their dishes.

We trust that Governor Cuomo will determine that the risks of this gas storage and transport facility are far too great, and will listen to the overwhelming majority of businesses, constituents and elected officials throughout the state who are asking that Crestwood permits be denied.

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