Comment EI-32135
Received or sent (printed as 8/9/2022)
This merger will allow more oil trains to pass through White Earth Reservation and the tribe's ceded territoriesof Minnesota. This is unjust as they were forced to have a new tar sands oil pipeline constructed through their territories last year. It was built on the primise that fewer oil trains would be needed. Many fought hard against the oil pipeline that threatens the water and wild rice Indigenous people rely on for survival. If oil was to spill from these oil trains it could damage their ability to exercise their rights to fully use and enjoy their ceded territories. I oppose this merger. However, if it is ultimately approved, then given the danger it poses to The Native people and their land, CP/KCS should pay some kind of fee or set aside funds to pay for any damage that their trains may cause.
Submitted by: Jean Ross · Minneapolis, MN
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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