Comment EI-33084
Received or sent (printed as 10/11/2023)
I’m deeply concerned with the way the impacts of this project are being presented. While the report may follow your criteria and show minimal environmental impact of this project, it doesn’t tell the whole story. Rehabilitation and expansion of this short rail line will not occur in a vacuum. It will enable and support increased industrial development, warehousing and diesel traffic with resulting environmental and human impacts. The projects it enables will not receive the same scrutiny and oversight and they are occurring in an area already facing huge development pressure and water scarcity, The nearby GSL and its wetlands will be further impacted by the development this will inevitably lead to. With the climate change crisis upon us, we can no longer afford to look at these projects in isolation. We must consider the big picture and the long-term consequences of their approval. Thank you
Submitted by: Katie Pappas · 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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