Comment EI-19910
Received or sent (printed as 1/11/2013)
The environmental impact statement for the proposed Tongue River Railroad should analyze the following: 1. Wildlife: The Tongue River Valley is home to large elk, deer and upland bird populations and the industrial degradation of the valley would seriously impact the ability for these animals to survive. 2. Environmental Impacts: Railroads have a history of causing fires, spreading weeds, impeding migratory animals and splitting ranch lands and farm lands which makes these businesses more expensive to operate. 3. Flooding and water pollution: The railroad bed will act as an earthen dam and contribute to existing local flooding and water pollution in and around Miles City. 4. Power of eminent domain and condemnation authority: The proposed railroad is not for public convenience or necessary. It serves only one small railroad and enriches one large coal company. 5. Climate Change: On a larger scale, when this coal is burned in China and other Asian countries, it will emit huge quantities of carbon dioxide gas which will increase global warming in the United States and around world. leading to evermore widespread destruction of property and loss of life. 6. First Nation Peoples: Exploitation of the environment as well as native people and their cultures for the sake of financial gain is immoral. It is possible to have both a thriving economy and environmental ethics without threatening the existence of life on our planet. Sincerely yours, Arthur C. Hathaway
Submitted by: Arthur Hathaway · Coalition of Retired National Park Service Employees · Cheney, 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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