Comment EI-19629
Received or sent (printed as 1/8/2013)
This is a VERY bad idea. [Docket No. FD 30186] The proposed Tongue River Railroad and Otter Creek Mine are dependent on each other. If coal is dug up and hauled off, the inevitable burning of the coal will result in over 2.6 billion tons of greenhouse gases going into an already overloaded atmosphere. This last minute bait and switch should not be tolerated. That because of the new route, it should reopen the public comment period and hold a hearing in Colstrip. WE need to analyze what the devastating effects climate change will have on Montana and the nation, and analyze harm to existing agricultural operations and livelihoods along the new route.
Submitted by: M Hutchins · Missoula, Montana
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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