Comment EI-30275
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MY COMMENT IS SIMPLY ABOUT FAMILY HERITAGE. I HAVE BEEN IN INDIAN CANYON MY WHOLE LIFE. MY GRANDPARENTS LIVED IN THE CANYON FULL TIME, FOR MANY YEARS PRIOR TO MY BIRTH UNTIL I WAS 20 YRS OLD WHEN MY GRANDFATHER DIED. I DONT OWN THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT MY GRANDPARENTS DID, IM JUST DOWN THE ROAD. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER NIELS EYNER NIELSEN STARTED IN INDIAN CANYON IN THE EARLY 1900S. MOST OF ALL OF THE PROPERTY MY GREAT GRANDFATHER ACCUMULATED IS STILL OWNED BY SEVERAL OF HIS DECENDENTS, INCLUDING ME. THESE PROPERTIES HAVE MANY MEMORIES FOR ALL US. MY COUSINS AND I STILL FARM OUR OWN PROPERTIES IN THE CANYON BECAUSE OUR HERITAGE IS THERE. BELIEVE ME THERE ARE FAR EASIER PLACES TO FARM AND RANCH THAN OUR CANYON, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE. THE CANYON IS VERY NARROW, THE WIDEST SPOT OF MY ALFALFA FIELD IS ONLY 450 FT WIDE, THE RAIL WILL TAKE OUT 100 FT THIS MAKES A HARD FARM INTO EVEN A HARDER FARM. LEAVING ME TO WONDER IF I SHOULD EVEN CONTINUE? LOSING MY FAMILY HERITAGE. I BELIEVE THE RAIL COULD STAY ON COTTONWOOD RIDGE AND STAY ON THAT RIDGE UNTIL IT IS PAST ALL OF THE PRIVATE LAND IN INDIAN CANYON. THE UTE TRIBE OWNS MOST THE THAT RIDGE, I UNDERSTAND THEY WANT THIS RAIL SO IM SURE THEY WOULDNT MIND. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS ROUTE OVER INDIAN CANYON AND WELLS DRAW. I WOULD LOVE TO DISCUSS THIS OPTION WITH ANYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN. MY CELL NUMBER IS 435-823-5508 THANK YOU.
Submitted by: MARK NIELSEN · DUCHESNE, UT
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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