April 1, 2024, marked the last day for the public to submit comments to FERC. Over 1,100 comments from people from all walks of life opposing the project. Hikers, trail runners, cyclists, boaters, bird watchers, kayakers, and many other groups of individuals who cherish the recreational areas around Cuffs Run spoke up in opposition and voiced a myriad of concerns to the Commission. Most importantly, the families who would lose not just their homes, but their life’s work had the opportunity to ring the real alarm bells.
“Meanwhile, yesterday (April 1, 2024) the Safe Harbor and Holtwood Dam owners weighed in and provided additional reasons why the application should be denied,” Robin White, Attorney of Gibbel, Kraybill & Hess stated in a joint press release put out by LSRA and our partner organizations on April 2, 2024. READ FULL PRESS RELEASE