Comment EI-22874
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I AM CONCERNED ABOUT POLLUTION 1) AIR POLLUTION CAUSED BY ROUTINE EMISSIONS FROM THE TRAINS AND TRUCKS BOTH DURING CONSTRUCTION AND DURING OPERATING OF THE RAIL SYSTEM. 2) NOISE POLLUTION WILL DESTROY THE QUIET ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH ALL NATURE THRIVES 3)WATER POLLUTION. WATER IS THREATENED BY THE RISK OF CONTAMINATION FROM SPILLS INTO OUR GROUND WATER, WELLS AND THE KANKAKEE RIVER SYSTEM. ALSO, ONCE THE NATURAL GRADE OF THE LAND IS ALTERED, WE FACE THE DISRUPTION OF THE NATURAL FLOW OF SURFACE WATER CONTRIBUTING TO THE POTENTIAL RISK OF MOSQITO ISSUES IN STAGNANT WATER. I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOSS OF FARM SOIL. IT IS A NATURAL RESOURCE IMPORTANT TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. IT IS A NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE THAT ONCE DEVELOPED FOR USE OTHER THAN FARMING, IS GONE FOREVER. THIS PROPOSED RAILROAD HAS NOT PROVEN IT'S MERIT AS SOMETHING NECESSARY FOR THE GREATER GOOD AND I AM ASKING THAT IT BE STOPPED FOR THESE REASONS BEFORE IT CAUSES IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR COMUNNITY. RESPECTFULLY, JUDITH S MAU
Submitted by: JUDITH S. MAU · BONFIELD, IL
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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