Comment EI-19379
Received or sent (printed as 1/6/2013)
This proposed rail line should be treated as a connected action with the mining, shipping, and burning of coal. The coal would not be mined, shipped, or burned but for" this rail line. Therefore, the EIS should also consider the environmental impact of coal mining, effects of shipping the coal (including effects on marine flora and fauna, and the potential impacts of a shipping accident or spill), and the impact of burning the coal. The examination of the burning of the coal should consider wind currents that could potentially carry particulates from Asia back to the Northwestern United States. It should also include the impacts of burning this coal on global warming and any endangered species whose habitat is affected by global warming."
Submitted by: John Bosche
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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