Comment EI-19472
Received or sent (printed as 1/7/2013)
Dear Staff: I am very concerned about the impact of very large, frequent coal trains through the Tongue River Valley. This project which deeply affects residents in the valley as well as people all along the route and eventually does global damage. This project degrades ranch land, air quality, water quality and the well being of people, domestic animals and wild life all along the route. Animals include insect and aquatic invertebrates upon which fish and birds depend. Vegetation and all living things along the route are affected by coal dust, coal liquid drippings and diesel pollution including heavy metals. Increased weight, vibration and frequency of trains further stress the rail road beds, bridges and overpasses. The trains will delay all transportation at level crossings including emergency vehicles. The mental health of people in the Tongue River Valley and all along the route will be affected by pollution including noise pollution, air and water pollution and disruption to their way of life. I urge you to cancel this project which ships coal to China and when burned will come back in the form of world wide air pollution.
Submitted by: Delll Goldsmith · Portland, Oregon
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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