This may seem like diverse subjects.
Bear with me.
There is a sort of theme here.
I am anti-pipeline in Addison County, Vermont, USA
I am part of a group that is anti pipeline.
We own a piece of swamp.
Like a lightbulb, my thoughts illuminated.
If you mess with one part of the swamp, it's all connected,
you mess with the whole swamp.
So the first section is a little correspondence I exchanged with the town fathers.
What follows is more about reasons we are anti pipeline, and ways you can get involved.
I had hopes of posting all the recent press releases, and it became overwhelming.
This took precedent,
So much of the legal motions are expensive distractions.
Citizens suffer.
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Me: On 12/14/2015 6:03 AM, Mary E. Gerdt wrote the town:
I read the minutes. What parcel is the Nature Conservancy conveying? Costs, impact on town? Did you discuss? I am also concerned we may not have been notified officially about the proposed pipeline impact on our swamp lot. Mary Gerdt P.s. while I don't expect to see my name mentioned as "public comment", I don't appreciate being ignored or not counted. Mary Gerdt
Thank you for your interest.
Regards,
Stephen
-- Stephen Pilcher
Selectboard Chair
Town of Monkton, VT
Notice - Under Vermont's Open Records law, all e-mail and e-mail attachments received or prepared for use in matters concerning Town business or containing information relating to Town business are likely to be regarded as public records which may be inspected by any person upon request, unless otherwise made confidential by law.
Selectboard Chair
Town of Monkton, VT
Notice - Under Vermont's Open Records law, all e-mail and e-mail attachments received or prepared for use in matters concerning Town business or containing information relating to Town business are likely to be regarded as public records which may be inspected by any person upon request, unless otherwise made confidential by law.
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News About Vermont Gas Pipeline Project
Many
of you might be wondering what's up with the pipeline project Vermont Gas has
been planning for the last three years. Although Michels Corporation, the latest
pipeline contractor VGS has hired to build this project has been installing
pipeline under Route 116 north of Hinesburg at the Rocky Ridge Golf Course, the
Certificate of Public Good (CPG) from the VT Public Service Board that VGS needs
in order to finish this project, is still in jeopardy and VGS is doing so at
their own risk. It may end up being a pipeline to nowhere.
I
am attaching a video made by Ivor Hughes, a Monkton resident, who is among many
who are concerned about the Monkton Swamp...an area where VGS plans to HDD under
in order to avoid having to trench it through the sensitive wetlands. (if they
retain their CPG) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usrZ68I_E6o&sns=em
You
may have heard that VGS has agreed to reroute the pipeline around our farm. We
believe this change of heart by VGS is not only because of our own resistance,
(although we would love to believe they are finally taking no for an answer,
they obviously are not doing so with other landowners and are in the process of
condemning their land) but more because of an order from the PSB they would have
had to HDD under our entire property which was included in the Board's order of
December 2013. Now, with the bad experiences VGS has had wth HDD in the first
section of pipe, it would seem that the new contractor has instructed VGS to
find other ways through areas that have previously required HDD in order to save
money and time. What will happen at the Monkton Swamp?
Many
of you may have seen a group of people blockading a driveway on the Monkton Road
near the end of Pond Road last Wednesday. A bunch of concerned citizens
disrupted the first hearing the PSB held to condemn the Peysers land so VGS can
build their pipeline (all this without having permission to finish the project!)
We then prevented a site visit from happening by blocking the PSB and DPS access
to the Peyser's land.
It
has come to this folks. Time to put our bodies on the line and fight for what is
right.
For
more information about the hearing disruption, go to http://www.risingtidevermont.org/
There
is much you can do even if you don't want to put your body on the line. You can
sign a letter to the governor here: http://action.vpirg.org/site/R?i=bPt2d5hoJgzlYXVYMEkrhQ
You can donate money to Rising Tide or 350VT. But for heaven's sake...do SOMETHING!!! It's time.
You can donate money to Rising Tide or 350VT. But for heaven's sake...do SOMETHING!!! It's time.
Thanks.
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