Comment EI-33331
Received or sent (printed as 2/5/2024)
To the STB: Please consider this information when making your decision. Please do not allow the Rail Terminal to be built. Don’t destroy our neighborhood and make us live in fear. We have to deal with enough noise and pollution from Covanta, The Lilco Plant, the fires burning trash in the “light” industrial center, the fuel from the many trucks stored there, the noise from the sand blasting industry owned by carlson corp, the noise and vibration of trains and all the different work going on there can cause mental problems The diesal fuel, the chemicals put on the tracks, etc., will be hard to live with. People with asthma, copd, chemical sensitivities, etc. will have to move away or people without that illness, may get it. Please don’t put our safety and health at risk. Thank you. “ Something in the air Trains are generally thought to be a green alternative to fossil fuel-heavy modes of transportation, such as cars and airplanes, but many types still burn diesel fuel. And those emissions can build up, particularly in enclosed areas. (Watch how people are trying to break their fossil fuel habit.) One study at the U.K.’s London Paddington Railway Station found that its trains contributed to nitrogen dioxide emissions that exceeded the European Union’s limits for outdoor air quality. And those levels remained high on the street, where measurements of particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide were all elevated. Railyards—places for storing and repairing rail vehicles—add another layer of community risk, because of the concentration of diesel-burning vehicles, including trucks, cranes, switch locomotives, and line-haul locomotives. In one study conducted at the BNSF Railway Hobart Railyard in Los Angeles, the California Environmental Protection Agency estimated that residents living near a railyard experienced a higher risk of carcinogen exposure. That means increased cancer risk rose between a hundred and 3,000 times compared with surrounding areas.”
Submitted by: Dorothy Bosco · Northport, NY
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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