[Green] Virtual Public Meeting Follow up

[gbanz42 at suddenlink.net]

Thanks Vic. duly noted.

The USACE should know that the waters of the Ohio River  up to the Ohio riverbank  is part of WV.



---- Vic Elam via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote: 
> George,
> 
> It appears that perhaps only the Ohio DNR was consulted about this project
> and also I happen to know that the Ohio office of U.S. Fish and Wildlife
> Service, Ecological Services office was consulted.  Since the USACE
> responsibility lies primarily within the river channel which is in W.
> Virginia, makes me wonder why Ohio was even involved (perhaps Deep Rock
> requested that consultation knowing that Ohio would be easier to deal
> with).  I would suggest that W. Virginia DNR be consulted and the U.S. Fish
> and Wildlife Service Field Office (Ecological Services) recently relocated
> from Elkins to be co-located with Canaan Valley NWR near Davis, WV.
> 
> Vic
> 
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 1:35 PM gbanz42--- via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:
> 
> > GSC Colleagues:
> >
> >    I have attached a list of questions/comments as follow-up to the
> > virtual pubic meeting we had on August 7. These comments are due to  the
> > USACE by August 17. Please give me your edits/additions/deletions/comments
> > by this Friday, August 14. I'll make changes. We can finalize the document
> > and decide if we want to delegate these questions/comments at our meeting
> > on the 16th. I'll send it on the evening of the 16th.
> >
> >     I think we need to give the USACE a face-saving way to hold another
> > meeting. Perhaps we can suggest that they tell Deep Rock that there were so
> > many technical problems with the August 7 meeting that they need to
> > schedule another meeting.
> >
> >
> >      Academic types are people who question rules & regulations.
> > Scientists are people who make changes in rules and regulations in the face
> > of empirical evidence. Elected officials are sensitive to
> > public/constituent perspectives in setting rules & regulations....And
> > military people are types who rigidly apply rules and regulations in an
> > authoritative way. We saw the latter vividly demonstrated at the virtual
> > meeting on Friday.
> >
> >
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