Action Item: Urge FERC to Shut Down Construction

Action Item: Urge FERC to Shut Down Construction

With the spread of COVID-19, we are urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to suspend construction of the Weymouth compressor station, in an effort to help slow the spread of the virus. Earlier this week, Mayor Marty Walsh announced that construction in the city of Boston would be shut down for some time. We think the same needs to happen at the compressor station construction site. This isn’t just about the compressor station, it’s about protecting the community and workers from an ongoing public health crisis. The construction site does not have access to proper sanitation stations, like soap and water, and workers can’t consistently work 6 feet apart. We call on FERC, OSHA, and related agencies to do the right thing by suspending construction in order to protect the public’s health.



What can you do?

Submit a comment to FERC. Use this instruction guide (or see image below) for steps on how to submit a comment online. Don’t know what to say? Use this sample letter! (PDF | Word Doc)

AND EMAIL YOUR COMMENT TO FERC’s NEW CORONAVIRUS LIASION: Caroline Wozniak - pandemicliaison@ferc.gov

Then send your comment via email to the following recipients:

sweatt.loren@dol.gov

pwn3@cdc.gov

olx1@cdc.gov

constituent.services@state.ma.us

Patrick.OConnor@masenate.gov

James.Murphy@mahouse.gov

nocompressor@weymouth.ma.us

Send your comment to the following people through their online submission forms:

Senator Markey: submit your comment through his online email form here

Senator Warren: submit your comment through her online email form here

Congressman Stephen Lynch: submit your comment through his online email form here

Congressman Joe Kennedy III: submit your comment through his online email form here