Comment EI-16907
Received or sent (printed as 4/6/2009)
Please authorize an Environmental Impact Statement before abandonment causes severe adverse effects to Jersey City historic districts, landmarks, neighborhoods, and families. Abandonment will lead directly to demolition (Conrail and partner are seeking permits now) Effects of demolition of massive structure on air quality heavy truck traffic through fragile historic districts removal of a cultural resource flooding (no half-mile of fill to absorb stormwater in flood plain) habitat destruction for wildlife, including migratory birds and monarch butterflies, and local species cultural loss for Holy Rosary historic festival and Italian community loss of grade-separated transportation structure, ideal for urban area’s heavy traffic loss of light rail linking Secaucus to waterfront Inadequate studies done of contaminants Failure of Conrail’s developer partner to submit environmental sampling study to STB Need for federal agency to enforce federal laws rather than burdening local governments and citizens Conrail’s neglect of site over decades and continuing bad faith seeking demolition permits
Submitted by: Joe Giglio · Jersey City, NJ
The Board publishes this comment in its environmental-comment table for this proceeding. It is quoted here as printed; nothing is inferred from it, and it states the commenter's own position in their own words, not this record's.
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