Comment EI-31181
Received or sent (printed as 1/22/2021)
In reading through the draft EIS, it notes large swaths of disturbance of previously undisturbed lands. It notes acres and acres of virgin territory of wildlife habitat. It denotes obliteration of some of the last remaining leks for sage grouse as well as impacts to waters and watersheds that are irreversible. This railway is not sustainable in the any terms, monetary or ecological. The NO Action alternative, is the only one to choose. This proposed project is an insult to our lands, our wildlife and our way of life in Utah in proposing to rip up vast tracts that will never be restored in our lifetime for some shortsighted, very questionable gain. There is already a way to get the crude to processing. This is a capitalistic ploy to bring pricing down that only benefits a few already wealthy promoters. Choose the NO ACTION alternative.
Submitted by: MaryAnn Wright · Salt Lake City, 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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