how to make your voice heard

  You need not cover all of these considerations; they simply are a guide:

· Does the DEIS adequately describe the property and the landscape, including its relevant elements, such as existing structures, plant communities, wildlife, adjoining properties/resources?

· Does the DEIS adequately describe the project and how it will be constructed?

· Does the DEIS accurately describe the adverse environmental impacts of the project, during and post-construction? Consider direct impacts (such as removals), secondary impacts (reasonably foreseen results from direct impacts), and cumulative impacts.

· Does the DEIS offer adequate mitigation for adverse environmental impacts? 

· Does the DEIS adequately describe loss of irretrievable resources?

· Does the document provide accurate, useful information to the lead agency on the extent of adverse impacts on the environment? Is it readable and easily understood as to the descriptions of the land, project, adverse impacts, and mitigation?

· Can the lead agency make a rational decision on the acceptability of adverse impacts of this project and the mitigation offered that is based on the information in the DEIS?

· Do the public benefits of this project outweigh the adverse environmental impacts?

· Should the lead agency prepare its own FEIS (Final EIS) using an independent contractor?

Dear Southold Town Planning Board,

I am opposed to the Strong’s Marine Development Project on Mattituck Inlet. I believe that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) does not adequately address [your concern(s) here] .  The DEIS does not offer sufficient mitigation as it relates to my concerns [why you believe it does not].

Further, I have additional concerns about the significant increase in truck traffic and the dangerous impact it will have on our local roads.  

I support the Planning Board rejecting this project and finding a better alternative.

Sincerely,
Jane Doe
P.S. I would like my email to be part of the public record