Comment EI-19889
Received or sent (printed as 1/11/2013)
Dear Members of the Surface Transportation Board: As a 12 year resident of Bozeman, MT, I write to request additional attention to 3 aspects of the proposed coal railroad that would affect my community, and others like it in Montana, Idaho and Washington. I am concerned that the increase in railroad traffic would be a detriment to our community, where the railroad already affects the ability to cross town in key locations for emergency vehicles and others needing access to no longer 'remote' parts of town throughout the day. Second, I have misgivings about the maintaining the environmental integrity of the transportation route, which includes agricultural lands, wildlife habitat, and water resources on which we all depend. Third, given that the majority of the coal is projected to be burned in countries where strict environmental controls are known to be lacking, the greenhouse gas and potential climate impacts are those whose burden will be shared by present and future generations around the world alike. I hope you will take the time to investigate and debate my concerns. I would appreciate the courtesy of a response. Thank you.
Submitted by: Abigail Breuer · Bozeman, 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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