I am writing to express my opposition to Williams Transco’s proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project. I am concerned about the project’s negative impacts to community health, environmental harms and impeding the region’s transition to clean, renewable energy.

The project could result in 60 million metric tons of carbon emissions per year, equivalent to 13 million cars and would add significantly to the climate crisis. This profit-driven overbuilding of fossil fuel infrastructure locks us into more harmful air pollution and ignores the widespread availability of safer, cheaper and more energy-efficient options, like solar and wind. The size of the pipe and required right-of-way will impact many rural landowners and farms, as well as water resources along the route, disturbing critical habitat and degrading sacred cultural sites.

Many nearby communities are unaware of the project, as evidenced by the low public participation at the June 2024 scoping meetings. This makes a full Environmental Impact Statement even more important, which should have a lengthy and easily accessible public comment period. It is crucial that communities within the project evacuation or blast zone–not just directly impacted landowners–are made aware of the SSEP, its potential impacts and the means by which the public can participate in FERC’s review process.

The Southeast Supply Enhancement Project is an unneeded burden on local communities that poses a multitude of avoidable harms and should not be allowed to move forward.

Thank you for your consideration of my comments.