Mary Colleen McKinney, Unadilla, NY.
My husband and I live on 48 acres adjacent to the proposed pipeline route. We have invested our life's savings and nearly 20 years in our hillside acreage and 1865 house. Much of our food comes from our organic garden. We've planted fruit, nut, maple and evergreen trees. We love this land. Our neighbors have similar financial and emotional ties to their properties. Like us, they hope to preserve and enjoy the land their whole lives and leave it in better condition for future generations.
 
If built, the proposed Constitution Pipeline (CP) will permanently degrade the land and landscape, cutting a gash through hillsides, waterways, farmlands, front yards and mature forests. 
 
Please address the effect the project will have on appraised property values within one mile of the proposed pipeline route.
 
Many homes and outbuildings, including those of my neighbors, will be in the “high consequence zone" if there is a rupture or explosion of the completed pipeline. This is said to be 800 feet on either side of CP. Please explain how it is possible to “mitigate” this.
 
Please also study and determine how our local first responders, many of whom are volunteers, will be fully trained, funded and equipped to deal with leaks, explosions and other pipeline-related emergencies.
 
Adding insult to injury, if CP is built, a major piece of infrastructure will be in place for high-volume hydraulic fracturing. Fracking is currently banned in New York State; however, a lawsuit filed in April 2026, Woodward v Lefton, threatens to overturn that ban. Please address the environmental impacts that fracking would have on towns and villages within ten miles of the proposed pipeline.
 
Sincerely,
 
Mary Colleen McKinney
Town of Sidney