Comment EI-19531
Received or sent (printed as 1/8/2013)
This project proposes to cut the valley in half, jeopardizing local farm and ranch operations, disrupting wildlife movements, devaluing property, and increasing flooding potential in Montana. In my home region of western Washington, we would suffer increased pollution from coal dust, diesel fumes and noise. Taxpayers would have to pay the costs associated with safety infra-structure to prevent rail car accidents as well as injuries and deaths at crossings. This is a huge investment in a dirty, unsustainable business. Dirty fuel being sent to other countries with lower air quality standards is still dirty…and the planet is getting smaller all the time. Big Coal stands to make a lot of money on a limited resource, and when it’s gone, all we will have is rusted and obsolete equipment. Yet the social and environmental costs of this backward step would be with us for generations to come. It’s an irresponsible use of resources. Please do NOT approve this project
Submitted by: Susan Rolfe · Seattle, Washington
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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