Re Comments in Opposition to Arrakis Oil Recovery 404 Permit英文资料.pdfVIP

March 26, 2015 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District ATTN: Mr. George DeLancey, CELRL-OPF-W P.O. Box 489 Newburgh, Indiana 47629-2678 lrl.regulatorypubliccomment@ George.J.Delancey@ Re: Comments in Opposition to Arrakis Oil Recovery 404 Permit Application for Tar Sand Mining; Public Notice No. LRL-2014-947--gjd. Dear Staff of the Army Corps, On behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity (the “Center”), we respectfully submit the following comments (w/ attachments) urging your agency to reject the Clean Water Act 404 permit application for Arrakis Oil Recovery (the “Applicant”) to relocate streams and wetlands to facilitate the recovery of tar sands in the vicinity of Motts Creek and Mud River in Logan county, Kentucky (the “Project”). The tremendous environmental and climate impacts, as well as the risks to the area ’s waterways, wetlands and wildlife posed by the Project, are simply unjustifiable and warrant denial of the requested permit for this Project. The Center is a national non-profit conservation organization with more than 825,000 members and online activists, including members and supporters in Kentucky. Our organization and members are concerned about the survival of imperiled plants and animals, and the waterways of Kentucky and the species they support, which hold scientific, moral, aesthetic, and other value to our members and staff. The Center also herein incorporates by reference the comments submitted by the Kentucky Waterways Alliance, which discuss additional concerns regarding water quality impacts from the Project, and provide further reasons for the Corps to deny this permit. As discussed below, there are numerous reasons why this Project should not be allowed to proceed and we ask the Corps to deny the necessary Clean Water Act permits for the Project. If the 404 permit will not be immediately denied outright based on these concerns, the Center urges the Corps to complete an en