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Don't Repeal the Stream Buffer Zone Rule

Target: EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson
Sponsored by: Sierra Club

For the past 30 years, the Stream Buffer Zone Rule has prohibited mining activities within 100 feet of perennial or intermittent streams, which serve as habitats to a vast array of aquatic life and provide drinking water to local communities.

The Office of Surface Mining (OSM) is proposing to rewrite this rule to eliminate the buffer, giving mining companies access to mine through streams across the Appalachian region.

We cannot let our environmental protections be dismantled. Please tell EPA Administrator Johnson to reject this proposal.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 10,000

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Dear [Decision Maker],

I am writing to express my concern about the Office of Surface Mining's (OSM) proposal to effectively repeal the Stream Buffer Zone Rule. For the past 30 years this rule has prohibited mining activities within 100 feet of perennial or intermittent streams, which serve as habitats to a vast array of aquatic life and provide drinking water to local communities.

OSM's proposed rewrite of this rule eliminates the buffer, giving mining companies the green light to mine through streams across the Appalachian region. This blatant dismantling of environmental protection cannot go forward without Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval. As administrator of the EPA, it is your responsibility to protect our nation's waters. I urge you to reject OSM's proposal to destroy additional streams.

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We took action on “Don't Repeal the Stream Buffer Zone Rule”!

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9:03 pm PST, Dec 2, Janis Kuhn, Ohio

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8:55 pm PST, Dec 2, Dilek Seren, California

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8:47 pm PST, Dec 2, Brittany Krogstad, Canada

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8:31 pm PST, Dec 2, Denise Madonna, Minnesota

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8:29 pm PST, Dec 2, Rie Touma, Indonesia

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8:14 pm PST, Dec 2, Gina Strafford-Ahmed, Illinois

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8:12 pm PST, Dec 2, Heidi Davison, Georgia
Nature does what NO engineer can do nearly so well or so cheaply. Trees and ground cover are the perfect cleaning solvent to ensure drinkable water - our most precious life-giving resource. Here in Athens, GA. we have a 75 foot countywide stream buffer for nearly all of our perennial streams, the river, etc. In some cases the buffer is 100ft+. We understand the value of allowing nature to be our housekeeper - it cleans pollutants out of run-off before it hits our most valuable resource - water. You are responsible for ensuring, in collaboration with local communities, the ability to deliver water that is clean and abundant. Please do not abandon what you are charged to do.

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8:07 pm PST, Dec 2, Name not displayed, California
Endangering this buffer zone can pollute streams or other bodies of water that can effect local wildlife, plant life, and yes, even human life. These areas can even flow into other and more important bodies of water and effect more than ever planned, leaving everyone worse off. We need to protect our beautiful stream environments, animals, and even people from this threat.

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7:58 pm PST, Dec 2, Julie Grandstaff, Virginia

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7:50 pm PST, Dec 2, Karen O'Brien, Indiana

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7:50 pm PST, Dec 2, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

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7:25 pm PST, Dec 2, Shonda Hannah, Georgia

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7:24 pm PST, Dec 2, Paul OOO, Antarctica

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7:18 pm PST, Dec 2, Brian K. Sutton, Kentucky
Clean Water=Better World!!!

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7:12 pm PST, Dec 2, Jeanne Moskal, New York

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6:53 pm PST, Dec 2, Holly Dietschwright, Colorado

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6:45 pm PST, Dec 2, Name not displayed, Georgia

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6:35 pm PST, Dec 2, Britt Binion, Arizona
Plese don"t pollute our streams again. They will hurt our drinking water and destroy precious wildlife. This is poor legislation. Don"t cave in to special interest groups on this one.

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6:33 pm PST, Dec 2, Bill & Marilyn Voorhies, Maine

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6:20 pm PST, Dec 2, Bryan Lancaster, Michigan

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6:14 pm PST, Dec 2, Christina Cogan, Russian Federation

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6:07 pm PST, Dec 2, Anna White, Connecticut

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6:07 pm PST, Dec 2, Eileen Peterson, California
Our water, our land, our environment is not for sale. The damage continues to pile up. Please, stop this -you do have the power and the responsibility!

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6:04 pm PST, Dec 2, Meg Fullam, Georgia
There is a very important reason for this rule, both in the past, in the present and in the future. Please keep it in place. Our communities deserve clean drinking water and aquatic life is important to us and our environment as well.

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5:58 pm PST, Dec 2, Mitsy Silva, California

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5:51 pm PST, Dec 2, Antonio D., Brazil

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5:35 pm PST, Dec 2, Elena Kulikova, New York

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5:30 pm PST, Dec 2, Cynthia Lee, Missouri

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5:24 pm PST, Dec 2, Fleur Palau, New Hampshire
Please reject this proposal. Damage to the environment can happen so quickly and take many years to rectify.

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5:06 pm PST, Dec 2, Tamara Tungate, Ohio

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5:00 pm PST, Dec 2, Taylor Patton, Texas

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4:57 pm PST, Dec 2, Theresa Yagiello, New Jersey

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4:48 pm PST, Dec 2, Matthew King, Massachusetts
We must protect our environment. It is for our own survival as well as economic welfare. We must protect every last drop of water.

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4:40 pm PST, Dec 2, Tina L'Heureux, Canada
Why turn to clock to endanger the eco system of this special protected area. It benefits people with safe drinking water.

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4:31 pm PST, Dec 2, Robyn McFadden, Texas

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4:30 pm PST, Dec 2, Lori Werner, California

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4:16 pm PST, Dec 2, Name not displayed, Ohio

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3:49 pm PST, Dec 2, Amylee Winfield, United Kingdom

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3:42 pm PST, Dec 2, Maggie De Leon, Illinois

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3:41 pm PST, Dec 2, Yolanda Leaird, California
Can't you leave something for an ordinary citizen? Must you ruin everything for just the sake of money? How much do you need?

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3:36 pm PST, Dec 2, Jess Galchutt, New York

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3:27 pm PST, Dec 2, Selina Schecroun, Virginia

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3:06 pm PST, Dec 2, Rose Bellamy, United Kingdom

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2:15 pm PST, Dec 2, Maryke Brown, Australia

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2:11 pm PST, Dec 2, Jessica Alred, Georgia

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2:03 pm PST, Dec 2, DAVID SELLERS, Pennsylvania
CAN THEY PROVE THAT THIS BUFFER ZONE WILL NOT DAMAGE THE WATER SUPPY AND THAT IT IS ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE WITH THIS NEW METHOD??

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2:02 pm PST, Dec 2, Michelle Salisbury, Ohio

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1:51 pm PST, Dec 2, GAyle McKane, Tennessee

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1:51 pm PST, Dec 2, Laurel Steinberg, Oregon

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1:48 pm PST, Dec 2, Laura Moore, United Kingdom

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1:41 pm PST, Dec 2, Jennifer Kadro, New York
Deliberately poisoning our land has gone on for a long time...when will we see that we are poisoning ourselves?

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1:32 pm PST, Dec 2, Leah Bonnell-Chu, Michigan

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1:31 pm PST, Dec 2, Bill Riley, Florida
Your time is up; please try not to break anything on the way out.

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1:12 pm PST, Dec 2, Teresa Villareal, Texas

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1:09 pm PST, Dec 2, Adriana Faria, Washington

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12:40 pm PST, Dec 2, Sonia Braz, Portugal

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