Comment EI-31428
Received or sent (printed as 12/11/2021)
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.
Submitted by: Joan Gregory · Resident of Salt Lake City · 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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