Comment EI-31029
Received or sent (printed as 1/4/2021)
I am very much against this project. This sentence: "According to the DEIS, an estimated 3.68-10.52 trains per day would traverse the new rail line, and those trains, with approximately 100 oil tankers each, would then travel along the Arkansas River’s 100-mile stretch of Gold Medal trout waters, including Browns Canyon." ABSOLUTELY INSANE! It's not a matter of "if" there will be a spill, but "when". Recreation in Chaffee county completely depends on this river. Fishing completely depends up on this river. Thousands of people depend on the river for clean drinking water in that area, and tens of thousands downriver into Pueblo Reservoir and further East. Colorado Springs Southern Delivery System uses water from the Arkansas River. This river needs to be protected at all costs, and running trains of up to 100 oil tankers is a VERY BAD IDEA.
Submitted by: Nicole Rosa · Colorado Springs, CO
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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