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SAVAGE TOOELE RAILROAD COMPANY — ACQUISITION AND OPERATION EXEMPTION IN TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH — UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

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17 filings, 2 decisions and 48 environmental comments observed here; last checked 10 Oct 2026, 22:36 UTC; last new entry 31 Aug 2026, 20:41 UTC.

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  1. served (printed as 5/26/2022)
    Decision
    51257Director Of Proceedings
    (1) GRANTED SAVAGE TOOELE RAILROAD COMPANY'S MOTION TO WITHDRAW AN ACQUISITION NOTICE OF EXEMPTION AND ALL SUBSEQUENT FILINGS; AND (2) CLOSED THIS PROCEEDING.
  2. (printed as 5/13/2022)
    Motion
    304547Motion To Withdraw
    Savage Tooele Railroad Company
  3. (printed as 5/13/2022)
    Substitution
    304545Substitution/Withdrawal Of Counsel
    Savage Tooele Railroad Company
  4. (printed as 4/5/2022)
    Motion
    304241Motion/Petition/Request
    Savage Tooele Railroad Company and Savage Companies
  5. (printed as 3/28/2022)
    Statement
    304176Support Statement
    The Romney Group
  6. (printed as 3/19/2022)
    Comment
    EI-31886Utah Environmental Caucus
    Monica Hilding · not provided, UT
  7. (printed as 3/18/2022)
    Comment
    EI-31885Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment
    Jonny Vasic · Salt Lake City, UT
  8. (printed as 3/18/2022)
    Comment
    EI-31884Mary Ann Wright
    Salt Lake City, UT
  9. (printed as 3/17/2022)
    Comment
    EI-31883Sierra Club
    Larry Dean · Not Provided, UT
  10. (printed as 3/16/2022)
    Comment
    EI-31879Utah Citizens Advocating Renewable Energy
    Stanley Holmes · Not provided, UT
  11. (printed as 3/8/2022)
    Statement
    304075Support Statement
    Lineage Logistics, LLC
  12. (printed as 2/25/2022)
    Statement
    304000Support Statement
    World Trade Center Utah
  13. (printed as 2/18/2022)
    Letter
    303964Letter
    Surface Transportation Board
  14. (printed as 2/4/2022)
    Comment
    EI-31858Erda Community Association
    Janet Marie Conway · Coalville, UT
  15. (printed as 2/1/2022)
    Letter
    303642Letter
    Surface Transportation Board
  16. (printed as 1/26/2022)
    Statement
    303592Support Statement
    Honorable John Curtis
  17. (printed as 1/26/2022)
    Statement
    303591Support Statement
    The Honorable Chris Stewart
  18. (printed as 1/20/2022)
    Statement
    303561Support Statement
    Victory Unlimited Construction, LLC
  19. (printed as 1/12/2022)
    Statement
    303507Support Statement
    Honorable Spencer J. Cox
  20. (printed as 1/12/2022)
    Statement
    303506Support Statement
    Utah Department of Transportation
  21. (printed as 1/4/2022)
    Comment
    EI-31734USEPA - Region 8
    Philip Strobel · Denver, CO
  22. (printed as 12/27/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31701Heather n May
    There are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12-mile rail line and connecting it to an inland ‘satellite’ port facility. For these reasons, the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment.
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT
  23. (printed as 12/27/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31700JEANNE MACKENZIE
    Savage Tooele Rail should be required by the STB to complete an Environmental Assessment There are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12-mile rail line and connecting it to an inland ‘satellite’ port facility. It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5. It will enable the development of up to 20 million square feet of warehouse space which will be served by thousands of new daily truck and car trips. These will be significant new mobile sources of pollution, and will have other environmental impacts. Switcher engines which are highly polluting will likely be involved in the operation of the rail, also although the applicant says there will be fewer than 8 trains per day, there is no substantiation of this offered in their application, or full explanation of how loading of trains will occur, and the applicant has already acknowledged misrepresenting facts. The majority of this rail line will go through “High functioning wetlands” at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. ·There will be significant noise and light impacts from the rail line, and it, along with the inland port will be disruptive to bird and human populations. For these reasons, the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment.
    Salt Lake City, UT
  24. (printed as 12/23/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31699Bonnie Baxter-Clark
    the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment. I am particularly concerned about the impact on the wetlands of Great Salt Lake and how the 10 million migratory birds may be impacted. In addition, the traffic and air quality concerns are frightening.
    Salt Lake City, UT
  25. (printed as 12/23/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31698Lisa K White
    Savage Tooele Rail should be required by the STB to complete an Environmental Assessment There are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12-mile rail line and connecting it to an inland ‘satellite’ port facility. It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5. It will enable the development of up to 20 million square feet of warehouse space which will be served by thousands of new daily truck and car trips. These will be significant new mobile sources of pollution, and will have other environmental impacts. Switcher engines which are highly polluting will likely be involved in the operation of the rail, also although the applicant says there will be fewer than 8 trains per day, there is no substantiation of this offered in their application, or full explanation of how loading of trains will occur, and the applicant has already acknowledged misrepresenting facts. The majority of this rail line will go through “High functioning wetlands” at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. ·There will be significant noise and light impacts from the rail line, and it, along with the inland port will be disruptive to bird and human populations. For these reasons, the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment.
    Murray, UT
  26. (printed as 12/22/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31697melody a morgan
    We have already lost so many species of birds, please complete a study to see how this will affect their habitat. Respect the Enviroment, Respect science, Respect each other!
    cottonwood heights, UT
  27. (printed as 12/21/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31555Utah Citizens Advocating Renewable Energy (UCARE)
    On behalf of UCARE, I urge the Surface Transportation Board to require Savage Tooele Rail to complete an Environmental Assessment prior to the issuance of any STB permit or other agency authorization to proceed with the proposed rail line project. This project and the larger Utah Inland Port system to which it would be linked potentially threaten the local and regional human and natural environments The project could significantly increase air pollution in the Tooele County airshed, which is upwind of the Salt Lake County airshed that often violates federal air quality standards as it is about to do today. The introduction of hundreds of additional daily truck and automobile trips to the project area would exacerbate the aggregated emissions caused by incoming diesel locomotives and the switcher engines that would move rail cars around the railport facility newly connected by the rail line Savage Tooele Rail project would build. The Savage Tooele project, linked as it would be to an expansive satellite port industrial complex, poses threats to nearby wetlands --and associated wildlife-- bordering the Great Salt Lake. This critical wildlife habitat is already under stress from the climate change related desiccation of the GSL. And with Savage Services already a leading coal haulage and oil/gas/mining logistics corporation in Utah, more needs to be known about long-term plans for the type of freights that would be handled at the railport and on the rail line that the Savage Tooele Rail project would connect to Union Pacific and BNSF rail carriers' lines. For these and other reasons, UCARE feels that an Environmental Assessment of the Savage Tooele Rail project proposal should precede any other action by the Surface Transportation Board. Thank you for your thoughtful attention to this request.
    Stanley Holmes · Salt Lake City, UT
  28. (printed as 12/20/2021)
    Statement
    303436Support Statement
    The Romney Group
  29. (printed as 12/20/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31527Millie Fletcher
    It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5. It will enable the development of up to 20 million square feet of warehouse space which will be served by thousands of new daily truck and car trips. These will be significant new mobile sources of pollution, and will have other environmental impacts. Switcher engines which are highly polluting will likely be involved in the operation of the rail, also although the applicant says there will be fewer than 8 trains per day, there is no substantiation of this offered in their application, or full explanation of how loading of trains will occur, and the applicant has already acknowledged misrepresenting facts. The majority of this rail line will go through “High functioning wetlands” at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. ·There will be significant noise and light impacts from the a
    Salt Lake City, UT
  30. (printed as 12/19/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31551Jane Johnson
    Savage Tooele Rail should be required by the STB to complete an Environmental Assessment There are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12-mile rail line and connecting it to an inland ‘satellite’ port facility. It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5. It will enable the development of up to 20 million square feet of warehouse space which will be served by thousands of new daily truck and car trips. These will be significant new mobile sources of pollution, and will have other environmental impacts. Switcher engines which are highly polluting will likely be involved in the operation of the rail, also although the applicant says there will be fewer than 8 trains per day, there is no substantiation of this offered in their application, or full explanation of how loading of trains will occur, and the applicant has already acknowledged misrepresenting facts. The majority of this rail line will go through “High functioning wetlands” at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. ·The rail line will create significant noise and light impacts and the rail line , along with the inland port will be disruptive to both bird and human populations. For these reasons, the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment.
    Salt Lake City, UT
  31. (printed as 12/18/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31562Robert and Georgene Bond
    The building of this railway through wetlands could contribute to catastrophic effects on wetland wildlife! The Great Salt Lake eco system is already suffering greatly due to climate change. WETLANDS ARE IN URGENT NEED OF BEING MAINTAINED! Savage Tooele Rail should be required by the STB to complete an Environmental Assessment There are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12-mile rail line and connecting it to an inland ‘satellite’ port facility. It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5. It will enable the development of up to 20 million square feet of warehouse space which will be served by thousands of new daily truck and car trips. These will be significant new mobile sources of pollution, and will have other environmental impacts. Switcher engines which are highly polluting will likely be involved in the operation of the rail, also although the applicant says there will be fewer than 8 trains per day, there is no substantiation of this offered in their application, or full explanation of how loading of trains will occur, and the applicant has already acknowledged misrepresenting facts. The majority of this rail line will go through “High functioning wetlands” at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. · There will be significant noise and light impacts from the rail line, and it, along with the inland port will be disruptive to bird and human populations. For these reasons, the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment.
    Salt Lake City, UT
  32. (printed as 12/18/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31556Joyce Green
    https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1/messages/AJ5ajTw-Hp8nYb4Tsw7oaEHUUgo#:~:text=There%20are%20significant,an%20Environmental%20Assessment.
    Salt Lake City, UT
  33. (printed as 12/17/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31558Sierra Club
    There are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12 mile rail line and connecting it to an inland 'satellite' port facility. *It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5. *It will enable the development of up to 20 million square feet of warehouse space which will be served by thousands of new daily truck and car trips. These will be significant sources of pollution, and will have other environmental impacts *Switcher engines which are highly polluting will likely be involved in the operation of the rail, also although the applicant says there will be fewer than 8 trains per day, there is no substantiation of this offered in their application, or full explanation of how loading of trains will occur, and the applicant has already acknowledged misrepresenting facts. *The majority of this rail line will go through "High functioning wetlands" at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. *There will be significant noise and light impacts from the rail line, and it, along with the inland port will be disruptive to bird and human populations. For these reasons the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment.
    Larry Dean · Salt Lake City, UT
  34. (printed as 12/17/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31557Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment
    Savage Tooele Rail should be required by the STB to complete an Environmental Assessment There are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12 mile rail line and connecting it to an inland ‘satellite’ port facility. · It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5. · It will enable the development of up to 20 million square feet of warehouse space which will be served by thousands of new daily truck and car trips. These will be significant new mobile sources of pollution, and will have other environmental impacts. · Switcher engines which are highly polluting will likely be involved in the operation of the rail, also although the applicant says there will be fewer than 8 trains per day, there is no substantiation of this offered in their application, or full explanation of how loading of trains will occur, and the applicant has already acknowledged misrepresenting facts.
    Debra Day Olivier · Salt Lake City, UT
  35. (printed as 12/16/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31561Chris Green
    There is no water for this. There is not enough room on the roads for the current citizens, much less thousands and thousands of trucks.
    Tooele, UT
  36. (printed as 12/16/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31560Sallie Mathews
    It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5.
    Erda, UT
  37. (printed as 12/16/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31559Terry Mathews
    It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5.
    Erda, UT
  38. (printed as 12/16/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31437Stop The Polluting Port
    Savage Tooele Rail should be required by the STB to complete an Environmental Assessment. There are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12 mile rail line and connecting it to an inland ‘satellite’ port facility. · Switcher engines which are highly polluting will likely be involved in the operation of the rail, also although the applicant says there will be fewer than 8 trains per day, there is no substantiation of this offered in their application, or full explanation of how loading of trains will occur, and the applicant has already acknowledged misrepresenting facts. For these reasons the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment.
    Jackson Green · Sandy, UT
  39. (printed as 12/15/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31423Elizabeth Jacobson
    Air quality, traffic and emissions, water contamination and the lack of water.
    Erda, UT
  40. (printed as 12/15/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31414stopthepollutingport.org
    Savage Tooele Rail should be required by the STB to complete an Environmental Assessment. The majority of this rail line will go through “High functioning wetlands” at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. There will be significant pollution, noise and light impacts from the rail line, and it, along with the inland port will be disruptive to bird and human populations. For these reasons the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment!
    Tena Rohr · SLC, UT
  41. (printed as 12/14/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31703Travis Lnudsen
    Erda, UT
  42. (printed as 12/14/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31398Sandra Brenner
    Please put protecting Utah’s unique, natural environment over profits for the ultra rich and politically powerful.
    Grantsville, UT
  43. (printed as 12/14/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31397Jeff Rydalch
    This valley is too polluted already! Have you been up on the bench and looked down on the smog in Erda in the winter time Not Healthy! We already have the biggest polluter in the nation in this county, NO more! Require the Environmental Assessment, Isn't that what you are supposed to do?
    Erda, UT
  44. (printed as 12/14/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31396Stop the Polluting Port Coalition
    Savage Tooele Rail should be required by the STB to complete an Environmental Assessment— There are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12 mile rail line and connecting it to an inland ‘satellite’ port facility. · It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5. · It will enable the development of up to 20 million square feet of warehouse space which will be served by thousands of new daily truck and car trips. These will be significant new mobile sources of pollution, and will have other environmental impacts. · The majority of this rail line will go through “High functioning wetlands” at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. · There will be significant noise and light impacts from the rail line, and it, along with the inland port will be disruptive to bird and human populations. For these reasons the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment.
    Rick Walton · Salt Lake City, UT
  45. (printed as 12/14/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31395Kyle Mathews
    Please require that a environmental study be performed for the Savage Tooele Rail, Tooele County, UT. If allowed, this rail spur could be detrimental to the local environment and the many birds, etc. that rely on this local for habitat, shelter and food.
    Erda, UT
  46. (printed as 12/14/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31394Utah Environmental Caucus
    Savage Tooele Rail should be required by the STB to complete an Environmental Assessment There are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12 mile rail line and connecting it to an inland ‘satellite’ port facility. · It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5. · It will enable the development of up to 20 million square feet of warehouse space which will be served by thousands of new daily truck and car trips. These will be significant new mobile sources of pollution, and will have other environmental impacts. · Switcher engines which are highly polluting will likely be involved in the operation of the rail, also although the applicant says there will be fewer than 8 trains per day, there is no substantiation of this offered in their application, or full explanation of how loading of trains will occur, and the applicant has already acknowledged misrepresenting facts. · The majority of this rail line will go through “High functioning wetlands” at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. · There will be significant noise and light impacts from the rail line, and it, along with the inland port will be disruptive to bird and human populations. For these reasons the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment.
    Monica Hilding · SLC, UT
  47. (printed as 12/14/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31393Adair Kovac
    Savage Tooele Rail should be required by the STB to complete an Environmental Assessment There are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12 mile rail line and connecting it to an inland ‘satellite’ port facility. · It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5. · It will enable the development of up to 20 million square feet of warehouse space which will be served by thousands of new daily truck and car trips. These will be significant new mobile sources of pollution, and will have other environmental impacts. · Switcher engines which are highly polluting will likely be involved in the operation of the rail, also although the applicant says there will be fewer than 8 trains per day, there is no substantiation of this offered in their application, or full explanation of how loading of trains will occur, and the applicant has already acknowledged misrepresenting facts. · The majority of this rail line will go through “High functioning wetlands” at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. · There will be significant noise and light impacts from the rail line, and it, along with the inland port will be disruptive to bird and human populations. For these reasons the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment.
    Salt Lake City, UT
  48. (printed as 12/14/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31390Utah Tar sands Resistance
    There are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12 mile rail line and connecting it to an inland ‘satellite’ port facility. It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5. It will enable the development of up to 20 million square feet of warehouse space which will be served by thousands of new daily truck and car trips. These will be significant new mobile sources of pollution, and will have other environmental impacts. Switcher engines which are highly polluting will likely be involved in the operation of the rail, also although the applicant says there will be fewer than 8 trains per day, there is no substantiation of this offered in their application, or full explanation of how loading of trains will occur, and the applicant has already acknowledged misrepresenting facts. The majority of this rail line will go through “High functioning wetlands” at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. There will be significant noise and light impacts from the rail line, and it, along with the inland port will be disruptive to bird and human populations. For these reasons the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment.
    Cathryn Raphael Cordray · Salt lake city, UT
  49. (printed as 12/13/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31391Ann Florence
    With Utah setting national records for the worst air in the nation, and with the demise of the Great Salt Lake and the threat of more toxic pollution that will result, I expect the Surface Transportation Board to prioritize the health and well-being of its children over commercial profits. Although the rail spur is short, it will pass through a non-attainment area that does not meet federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5 The majority of the rail line will also go through wetlands, further destroying Utah's natural habitat. Savage Tooele Rail should not skirt regulations by misrepresenting its project. The company MUST be required by the STB to complete an Environmental Assessment! The project may seem small, but the amount of damage it will cause must be fairly assessed before it goes forward. Utahans trust you to do the right thing for us and for the next generation!
    Murray, UT
  50. (printed as 12/12/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31704Norma Wills
    Salt Lake City, UT
  51. (printed as 12/12/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31427Polluting Port Coalition and Ban Law Office
    Joel Ban · Salt Lake City, UT
  52. (printed as 12/12/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31426Stop the Polluting Port Coalition
    The Surface Transportation Board must require an Environmental Impact Statement before proceeding to review the request of the Tooele Savage Rail to complete its 12-mile connection to the inland port satellite facility known as Grantsville Business Park. • The rail line itself will cross the wetlands of the Great Salt Lake which are categorized as "high functioning" because they are nesting grounds for millions of migratory birds--as well as local wildlife. These wetlands are already under attack because the warehouse construction at the nearby Utah Inland Port is in violation of best building practices, and because the Great Salt Lake is receding as a result of climate change. • Please be aware that this general area is already out of attainment for ozone and PM 2.5. Nearby Salt Lake County has had sometimes had the distinction of literally having the world's worst air quality on certain days. Further degradation of air quality from this proposed project is inevitable because most of the significant number of trucks that would service the projected 20 million square feet of warehouse space of the planned "park" must be diesel trucks (large scale alternatives are not readily available, and no one has proposed a mandate of any kind) and it is likely that the switcher engines used on the Tooele Savage Rail line would also have diesel engines. • Please be aware that there are geographic factors that contribute to our unhealthy air quality problems--especially our winter inversions. Even if our own emissions generations were low, which they are not, it is simply dangerous to add to our air quality problems • It is reasonable to expect that the rail line would bring problems with noise and light that would disturb both wildlife and humans.
    Liesa Manuel · Salt Lake City, UT
  53. (printed as 12/12/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31425Jan Striefel
    I am extremely concerned about the rail and its impact on the wetlands and wildlife habitat therein. I cannot see how the rail can be built without adversely impacting this sensitive and fragile environment. Please, if you cannot stop it completely, at a minimum require a valid, truthful Environmental Impact Statement that adequately addresses the impacts and long term consequences of this proposal. Thank you.
    Salt Lake City, UT
  54. (printed as 12/12/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31424Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment
    The Tooele rail line would be an integral part of the broader inland port in SL City, and have a profound environmental/public health impact on the Salt Lake Valley and its residents. More specifically, Tooele is part of the Wasatch Front airshed, which is in perpetual non-attainment status for ozone and PM2.5. Not only will the train traffic alone be a significant new source of air pollution (one train's locomotives will produce as much pollution as about 10,000 cars), but the railway will lead to tens of thousands more daily diesel trucks in and out of Tooele and the Salt Lake Valley. For this reason and many others, the STB must require the applicant to complete an environmental assessment on Salt Lake And Tooele Counties.
    Brian Moench · SLC, UT
  55. (printed as 12/11/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31431Ann O'Connell
    An Environmental Assessment is critical for the Savage Tooele Rail project because the rail line runs through Great Salt Lake bird habitat, both feeding and nesting. Although I live in Salt Lake City, I spent a dozen years of my life periodically driving by and watching for birds in this area on the way to my volunteer job with the Raptor Inventory Nest Survey for the BLM.
    Salt Lake City, UT
  56. (printed as 12/11/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31430Helen Moser
    I was very concerned when I read in the Salt Lake Tribune about The Romney Group's push for a 12k satellite port in Tooele. The Savage Tooele Rail should be required by the STB to complete an Environmental Assessment. There are significant environmental impacts associated with building the proposed rail line and connecting it to an inland ‘satellite’ port facility. These include: - It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5. - It will enable the development of up to 20 million square feet of warehouse space which will be served by thousands of new daily truck and car trips. These will be significant new mobile sources of pollution, and will have other environmental impacts. - Switcher engines, which are highly polluting, will likely be involved in the operation of the rail, also although the applicant says there will be fewer than 8 trains per day, there is no substantiation of this offered in their application, or full explanation of how loading of trains will occur, and the applicant has already acknowledged misrepresenting facts. - The majority of this rail line will go through “High functioning wetlands” at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. - There will be significant noise and light impacts from the rail line, and it, along with the inland port will be disruptive to bird and human populations.
    Holladay, UT
  57. (printed as 12/11/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31429Audubon Society
    I speak for myself and many others. This is unacceptable. It is a non-attainment area for PM 2.5 and ozone. The majority of this rail line will go through “High functioning wetlands” at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. There will be significant noise and light impacts from the rail line, and it, along with the inland port will be disruptive to bird and human populations. There are many other problems with this, the switcher engines, the car and truck traffic. These lands need to be protected from this onslaught, or we will lose the birds and wildlife that is part of our valued open spaces. Thank you for considering this.
    Tami Derezotes · Salt Lake City, UT
  58. (printed as 12/11/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31428Resident of Salt Lake City
    There are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12 mile rail line and connecting it to an inland ‘satellite’ port facility. Of particular concern to me are that: · It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5. · The majority of this rail line will go through “High functioning wetlands” at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. For these reasons and more the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment.
    Joan Gregory · Salt Lake City, UT
  59. (printed as 12/10/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31433UPEC
    The majority of this rail line will go through “High Functioning Wetlands” at time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. It will enable the development of up to 20 million square feet of warehouse space which will be served by thousands of new daily truck and car trips plus multiple switcher engines. These switcher engines each produce as much pollution as ten thousand vehicles. For these reasons and more the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment.
    Gary E Hanneman · Millcreek, UT
  60. (printed as 12/10/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31432Katie Pappas
    Savage Tooele Rail should be required by the STB to complete an Environmental Assessment as there are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12 mile rail line and connecting it to an inland "satellite" port facility. It will enable the development of 20 million square feet of warehouse space leading to thousands of new daily car and truck trips adding to the already out of attainment air quality. Most of the line will go through high functioning wetlands further endangering the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. Switcher engines, which are highly polluting will likely be involved in the operation of the rail. For these reasons and more the STB should require a complete Environmental Assessment.
    Salt Lake City, UT
  61. (printed as 11/21/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31436Jan Ellen Burton
    I was taken aback by the suggestion proposed by Savage Tooele Rail that an Environmental Assessment is not necessary prior to developing a "satellite inland port" in Toole. In contrast to the initial filing for the application, Toole county is not only clearly out of compliance with federal air quality standards, but the rail line will go through functioning wetlands at a time when the Great Salt Lake is in crisis. What more could there be to signal that an Environmental Assessment is needed? Environmental assessments should not be reserved for cases in which there is an "easy" pass. They are required for cases such as the development of a Tooele Satellite Inland Port because serious problems are likely to be pending.
    SLC, UT
  62. (printed as 11/19/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31865Kirk Mendenhall
    There are significant environmental impacts associated with building this 12-mile rail line and connecting it to an inland ‘satellite’ port facility. 1. It is being built in an area that is out of attainment of federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5. 2. It will enable the development of up to 20 million square feet of warehouse space which will be served by thousands of new daily truck and car trips. These will be significant new mobile sources of pollution and will have other environmental impacts. 3. Switcher engines which are highly polluting will likely be involved in the operation of the rail, also although the applicant says there will be fewer than 8 trains per day, there is no substantiation of this offered in their application, or full explanation of how loading of trains will occur, and the applicant has already acknowledged misrepresenting facts. 4. Most of this rail line will go through “High functioning wetlands” at a time of climate crisis on the cusp of an ecological catastrophe in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. 5. There will be significant noise and light impacts from the rail line, and it, along with the inland port will be disruptive to bird and human populations. For these reasons the STB should require the applicant, Savage Tooele Rail, to complete an Environmental Assessment.
    Magna, UT
  63. (printed as 11/12/2021)
    Supplement
    303209Modify/Supplement Prior Filing Or The Record
    Savage Tooele Railroad Company
  64. (printed as 10/19/2021)
    Supplement
    303103Modify/Supplement Prior Filing Or The Record
    Savage Tooele Railroad Company and Savage Companies
  65. (printed as 10/14/2021)
    Comment
    EI-31438Leland Brun
    I observed a freight train hauling over 100 oil tank cars rolling thru Henrietta NY (a suburbof Rochester, NY. There was no break in the tank cars like I have seen in the past. Any accident such as a derailment and fire could engulf tje entire train. Are there no restrictions on long oil trains thru populated suburban areas?
    Honeoye Falls, NY
  66. served (printed as 9/30/2021)
    Decision
    50966Director Of Proceedings
    HELD DOCKET NOS. FD 36524 AND FD 36525 ABEYANCE AND POSTPONED THE EFFECTIVE DATES OF CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS UNTIL FURTHER ORDER OF THE BOARD.
  67. (printed as 9/2/2021)
    Notice
    302972Notice Of Exemption
    Savage Tooele Railroad Company and Savage Companies