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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 34992]
Itasca County Regional Rail
Authority—Petition for Exemption—
Construction of a Line of Railroad in
Itasca County, MN
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Lead Agency: Surface Transportation
Board.
Cooperating Agency: U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, St. Paul District.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of
Environmental Assessment and Request
for Public Review and Comment.
SUMMARY: On March 9, 2007, the Itasca
County Regional Rail Authority (ICRRA)
filed a petition with the Surface
Transportation Board (Board) seeking
authority to construct and operate a new
rail line in Itasca County, Minnesota.
The Board, through its Section of
Environmental Analysis (SEA) and in
cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers (USACE), is the lead
agency responsible for the preparation
of the Environmental Assessment (EA).
The proposed line would extend
approximately nine miles, starting at the
connection with an existing rail line at
Taconite and continuing to the site of a
new steel mill to be built by Minnesota
Steel Industries, LLC (Minnesota Steel)
at the end of the line at Nashwauk,
Minnesota. Principal commodities to be
handled include miscellaneous
chemicals, outbound steel slabs, and
taconite pellets. The proposed rail line
would initially serve the Minnesota
Steel facility, but would also handle any
additional traffic that future customers
that may locate along the right-of-way
generate. The proposed rail line would
accommodate one round trip per day,
seven days per week.
Based on the information provided
from all sources to date and its
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independent analysis, SEA
preliminarily concludes that
construction and operation of the
proposed rail line would not have
significant environmental impacts if the
Board imposes and ICRRA implements
the recommended mitigation measures
set forth in the EA.
Copies of the EA have been served on
all interested parties and will be made
available to additional parties upon
request. The entire EA is also available
for review on the Board’s Web site
(https://www.stb.dot.gov) by clicking on
the ‘‘Decisions and Notices’’ link, then
‘‘E–LIBRARY’’ and searching by the
Service Date (March 28, 2008) or Docket
Number (FD 34992). SEA, working with
USACE, will consider all comments
received in making its final
recommendations to the Board. The
Board will then consider SEA’s final
recommendations and the complete
environmental record in making its final
decision in this proceeding.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth Blodgett, SEA Project Manager,
at (202) 245–0305; e-mail:
blodgettk@stb.dot.gov. Federal
Information Relay Service for the
hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339.
DATES: The EA is available for public
review and comment. All faxed and
electronic comments must be submitted
by May 2, 2008; comments sent by mail
must be post-marked by May 2, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:
Kenneth Blodgett, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20423, Attn: Docket
No. FD 34992.
Please reference STB Docket No.
34992 in all correspondence.
Comments on the EA may also be
filed electronically on the Board’s Web
site, https://www.stb.dot.gov, by clicking
on the ‘‘E–FILING’’ link.
By the Board, Victoria Rutson, Chief,
Section of Environmental Analysis.
Anne K. Quinlan,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 34992]
Itasca County Regional Rail Authority--Petition for Exemption--
Construction of a Line of Railroad in Itasca County, MN
Lead Agency: Surface Transportation Board.
Cooperating Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul
District.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Request
for Public Review and Comment.
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SUMMARY: On March 9, 2007, the Itasca County Regional Rail Authority
(ICRRA) filed a petition with the Surface Transportation Board (Board)
seeking authority to construct and operate a new rail line in Itasca
County, Minnesota. The Board, through its Section of Environmental
Analysis (SEA) and in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE), is the lead agency responsible for the preparation of the
Environmental Assessment (EA).
The proposed line would extend approximately nine miles, starting
at the connection with an existing rail line at Taconite and continuing
to the site of a new steel mill to be built by Minnesota Steel
Industries, LLC (Minnesota Steel) at the end of the line at Nashwauk,
Minnesota. Principal commodities to be handled include miscellaneous
chemicals, outbound steel slabs, and taconite pellets. The proposed
rail line would initially serve the Minnesota Steel facility, but would
also handle any additional traffic that future customers that may
locate along the right-of-way generate. The proposed rail line would
accommodate one round trip per day, seven days per week.
Based on the information provided from all sources to date and its
independent analysis, SEA preliminarily concludes that construction and
operation of the proposed rail line would not have significant
environmental impacts if the Board imposes and ICRRA implements the
recommended mitigation measures set forth in the EA.
Copies of the EA have been served on all interested parties and
will be made available to additional parties upon request. The entire
EA is also available for review on the Board's Web site (https://
www.stb.dot.gov) by clicking on the ``Decisions and Notices'' link,
then ``E-LIBRARY'' and searching by the Service Date (March 28, 2008)
or Docket Number (FD 34992). SEA, working with USACE, will consider all
comments received in making its final recommendations to the Board. The
Board will then consider SEA's final recommendations and the complete
environmental record in making its final decision in this proceeding.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Blodgett, SEA Project Manager,
at (202) 245-0305; e-mail: blodgettk@stb.dot.gov. Federal Information
Relay Service for the hearing impaired: 1-800-877-8339.
DATES: The EA is available for public review and comment. All faxed and
electronic comments must be submitted by May 2, 2008; comments sent by
mail must be post-marked by May 2, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: Kenneth Blodgett, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423, Attn:
Docket No. FD 34992.
Please reference STB Docket No. 34992 in all correspondence.
Comments on the EA may also be filed electronically on the Board's
Web site, https://www.stb.dot.gov, by clicking on the ``E-FILING'' link.
By the Board, Victoria Rutson, Chief, Section of Environmental
Analysis.
Anne K. Quinlan,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-6542 Filed 3-31-08; 8:45 am]
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