Comment EI-31436
Received or sent (printed as 11/21/2021)
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.
Submitted by: Jan Ellen Burton · SLC, 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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