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U.S. Representative Kind and U.S. Senator Baldwin Ask U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Environmental Impact Statement of Planned Rail Expansion
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Ron Kind (D-WI) and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today requesting that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) be conducted ahead of the BNSF Railway’s planned track expansion through the City of La Crosse and along the La Crosse River Marsh.
They write, “A federal EIS is required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for actions that could have significant environmental impacts, and it provides reasonable alternatives which would avoid or minimize adverse effects.”
“We urge you to require an EIS to determine how water quality, vegetation, wildlife, flood drainage, and navigation of the La Crosse River Marsh and Mississippi River wetlands will be affected by the planned railway expansion,” they conclude.
To read the full letter, click here.
