71 to the landhold ers and the other sta kehold ers involv ed and who w ould be affect ed by the b uilding of this pip eline. 4 So for starters , I th ink that the public comment p eriod should be ext ended for a minimum of another 45 days, be cause it has not allow ed for enou gh time for pe ople t o bring in independent surveyors and other relevant information to submit to the DEP about their environme nt a l concerns. And that is rea lly ala rming. And I think that whe n that informat ion comes in, when w e hav e independent sources coming in and looking at the w ork that the pi peline companies hav e done on the environm ent a l impa ct assessments, we' ll see that , in fact , the envir onment al impa cts, regar dless of safety ---. B ecaus e when you cut down lots of trees and when you cross streams, you get sediment at ion and you get fragment at ion of land. And you affect endang ered species which are pr otect ed by the federal and state government s. That this pipeline could not be built safely and could not be built in a way that did not hav e negativ e envir onment al impacts on the land that it is going thr ou gh. And so from th at p er spective I think 2 3 that ther e should be more t ime allow ed for this proce And at the end of the da y I think that the se ss.
71 to the landhold ers and the other sta kehold ers involv ed and who w ould be affect ed by the b uilding of this pip eline. 4 So for starters , I th ink that the public comment p eriod should be ext ended for a minimum of another 45 days, be cause it has not allow ed for enou gh time for pe ople t o bring in independent surveyors and other relevant information to submit to the DEP about their environme nt a l concerns. And that is rea lly ala rming. And I think that whe n that informat ion comes in, when w e hav e independent sources coming in and looking at the w ork that the pi peline companies hav e done on the environm ent a l impa ct assessments, we' ll see that , in fact , the envir onment al impa cts, regar dless of safety ---. B ecaus e when you cut down lots of trees and when you cross streams, you get sediment at ion and you get fragment at ion of land. And you affect endang ered species which are pr otect ed by the federal and state government s. That this pipeline could not be built safely and could not be built in a way that did not hav e negativ e envir onment al impacts on the land that it is going thr ou gh. 2 3 And so from th at p er spective I think that ther e should be more t ime allow ed for this proce ss. And at the end of the da y I think that the se