The Tongue River Railroad Company (TRRC) proposed the construction of a 130-mile railroad line in Southeastern Montana. TRRC received the approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission. However, the Northern Plains Resource Council argued that the approval was given without a full analysis of the impact of the line on aquatic life, wildlife, and sensitive plants. What are Northern Plains Resource Council's options? a. The best option is an MACT challenge. b. There are no options because TRRC is a private entity. c. One option is to challenge the adequacy of the EIS for the line. d. There are no options because a government agency is not taking any action, TRRC is.

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River Love

6 January, 06:13

The Tongue River Railroad Company (TRRC) proposed the construction of a 130-mile railroad line in Southeastern Montana. TRRC received the approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission. However, the Northern Plains Resource Council argued that the approval was given without a full analysis of the impact of the line on aquatic life, wildlife, and sensitive plants. What are Northern Plains Resource Council's options? a. The best option is an MACT challenge. b. There are no options because TRRC is a private entity. c. One option is to challenge the adequacy of the EIS for the line. d. There are no options because a government agency is not taking any action, TRRC is.

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Kiera Reynolds · Answer 1

c. One option is to challenge the adequacy of the EIS for the line.

Explanation:

Tongue River Railroad is an organization which proposed to construct rail line in the Southeastern Montana which would connect the areas of Montana and Ashland. It received the approval from the Interstate Commerce Commission.

But the approval of the project was argued by the Northern Plains Resource Council (NPRC) that it might harm the wildlife, aquatic life and the sensitive plants near the line. Thus NPRC can challenge the EIS's adequacy for the construction of the line.

An EIS is an information system that is used in decision making process. Thus NPRC can challenge the correctness of the EIS given the approval without considering the ill effects to its surrounding bu the construction of the rail line.