Comment EI-25403
Received or sent (printed as 9/26/2016)
From: julie kokos [mailto:sunsettravel@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 12:33 PM To: David Navecky <David.Navecky@stb.gov>; Alfred Forstall <Alfred.Forstall@stb.gov> Subject: please let me know you have received this and you are passing these on to Victoria Rutson and staff....thank you Dear Dave, this is what was said in the recent report from GLB: Question 6 Were other locations and sizes of the proposed Railport near Manteno considered? If yes, identify the other locations and sizes that were considered and specify why they were dismissed and what criteria were used to conduct this evaluation. Response: Alternate locations for the Manteno Railport along the GLBT route were not considered in detail because GLBT could not locate another area that met the following requirements for this facility: (1) A relatively flat and unobstructed site requiring minimal grading and drainage 9 mitigation; (2) A site lying between two potentially significant connecting railroads; (3) A site offering the operational flexibility to handle 15,000-foot long trains efficiently (4) A site large enough to provide railroad operating and mechanical services to GLBT’s target customers; (5) A site with ready access to the Interstate Highway system. GLBT recognizes that many commenters were concerned about the proposed size of the Manteno facility. The layout described in GLBT’s March 7, 2016 submission was the maximum potential extent of the facility, which GLBT offered in an effort to conservatively estimate potential environmental effects. GLBT does not anticipate that the Manteno facility would operate at the size described in its March 7 submission in the foreseeable future. And on Appendix where they have listed all the towns and the populations, they have Sollit, IL listed as NA!!!!! Sollit, IL most certainly has people living there! How dare they act as if Sumner Township, Sollit, IL and Grant Park, IL are so insignificant????? Julie Kokos 8454 E 11000 N RD Grant Park IL 60940 Kankakee County
Submitted by: Julie Kokos
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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