Comment EI-33142
Received or sent (printed as 10/30/2023)
I am a Salt Lake City resident. I wish to add my voice in opposition to this outrageous plan to add further injury to the wetlands surrounding the Great Salt Lake. The EPA should consider the cumulative effects of the development projects, both existing, and planned, surrounding the Lake. I defer to the expertise of the Center for Biological Diversity, and Physicians for a Healthy Environment et al, in their assertion that "The Draft EA fails to acknowledge that the true purpose of this rail line is to incentivize development of over 35 million square feet of industrial development on land that is currently open space, uplands, playa and wetlands and in some places less than a mile from Great Salt Lake, a critical water body on the verge of ecological collapse." The need for additional warehouse space is questionable in itself, but the need to cite huge projects in such sensitive areas does not exist. (The economic benefit to the community has not been explained.) Please note the proximity of the Utah Inland Port in Salt Lake City and a proposed project in in nearby Grantsville. The obvious harm is first to wildlife habitat, either by loss of land area or from toxic storm water run-off. However, the harm to air quality and quiet enjoyment of life caused by probably thousands of diesel trucks traveling daily on inadequate rural roads would degrade entire human communities. Please deny this application.
Submitted by: Liesa Manuel · 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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