Calvert Citizens for Safe Energy are deeply concerned with the prospect of Pepco, in the name of MAPP, erecting huge power lines and placing the largest power conversion plant in the US and Europe in ecologically and socially sensitive portions of rural Calvert County.
Charles and Prince George's counties face serious impacts to their wetlands. We support their efforts to encourage Pepco to reroute MAPP in order to avoid devastating their fragile wetlands. An underground solution sounds possible and perhaps even economical. Please insist the Pepco really look at alternatives. We have attended public meetings where Robert Jubic, Pepco project manager, has led us to believe that there are no possible alternative routes and that there is a mandate to break ground almost immediately and be finished by 2015. Please, let's slow down and do this right if necessary, and not at all if unnecessary.
Calvert County is next up for negative impacts,including a proposed 34 acre power conversion plant and a 64 foot high building in our farm and forest zone and in the headwaters of Parker's Creek, thought to be perhaps the only pristine watershed running into the Chesapeake Bay today.
We concur with comments made by Richard Klein of CEDS, which we have reviewed.
Please take Mr. Klein's comments seriously. He has done the research and presents intelligent arguments and suggestions.
Whatever is done now is forever.
Marcia Tripp
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