Notice of National Grain Car Council Meeting, 15592-15593 [E9-7647]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 34836]
Arizona Eastern Railway—
Construction and Operation—Graham
County, AZ
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AGENCIES: Lead: Surface Transportation
Board. Cooperating: Federal Railroad
Administration.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Post
Environmental Assessment.
SUMMARY: On August 4, 2006, the
Arizona Eastern Railway (AZER) filed a
petition with the Surface Transportation
Board (Board) seeking an exemption
under 49 United States Code (U.S.C.)
10502 from prior approval requirements
of 49 U.S.C. 10901 for authority to
construct and operate 12 miles of new
rail line in Graham County, Arizona
(AZ). The Board, pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
10901, is the agency responsible for
granting authority for the construction
and operation of new rail line facilities.
On February 25, 2008, the Board’s
Section of Environmental Analysis
(SEA) and the Federal Railroad
Administration, a cooperating agency,
issued an Environmental Assessment
(EA) in this proceeding. The EA was
made available to agencies, the public,
and interested parties for a 36-day
public comment period. The Board
extended the comment period by
another 30 days to May 1, 2008 in
response to stakeholders’ requests. SEA
received 25 comments on the EA. The
Post EA responds to those comments
and makes final environmental
recommendations to the Board.
Based on its independent analysis of
all information available to date, SEA
concludes that the Applicant’s Proposed
Action would not result in any
significant environmental impacts if the
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mitigation measures recommended in
this Post EA are imposed and
implemented. Accordingly, SEA
recommends that any decision by the
Board approving the proposed
construction and operation of the
Proposed Action should be contingent
upon AZER complying with the
mitigation set forth in Chapter 1 of the
Post EA. SEA recommends 40
mitigation measures in the Post EA that
are either new mitigation measures
based on SEA’s additional analysis or
modifications of the 39 mitigation
measures previously proposed in the
EA. These conditions, which SEA
developed in response to comments and
additional analysis, address a broad
range of issues including traffic safety,
flooding impacts, and the transportation
and handling of hazardous materials.
Because the Proposed Action, as
mitigated, would not have the potential
for significant environmental effects,
preparation of an EA for this case is
appropriate and the full Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) process is
unnecessary.
The Board will now consider the
entire environmental record, including
SEA’s final recommended mitigation
measures and all environmental
comments received in this proceeding,
in making its final decision as to
whether to approve the Proposed
Action, and if so, what mitigation to
impose.
Copies of the Post 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 (February 25, 2008 and
April 6, 2009) or Docket Number (FD
34836).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana Wood, SEA Project Manager, at
(202) 245–0302; e-mail:
woodd@stb.dot.gov. Federal Information
Relay Service for the hearing impaired:
1–800–877–8339.
Decided: April 6, 2009.
By the Board, Victoria Rutson, Chief,
Section of Environmental Analysis.
Kulunie L. Cannon,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Ex Parte No. 519 (Sub-No. 4)]
Notice of National Grain Car Council
Meeting
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice of National Grain Car
Council meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a
meeting of the National Grain Car
Council (NGCC), pursuant to section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Public Law No. 92–463,
as amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, June 2, 2009, beginning at 10
a.m. and is expected to conclude at 3
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Headquarters of Bunge North
America, Inc., 11701 Borman Drive—
2nd Floor, St. Louis, MO 63146.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom
Brugman at (202) 245–0281. [Assistance
for the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at: (800) 877–8339].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NGCC
arose from a proceeding instituted by
the Surface Transportation Board’s
(Board) predecessor agency, the
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC),
in National Grain Car Supply—
Conference of Interested Parties, Ex
Parte No. 519. The NGCC was formed as
a working group to facilitate privatesector solutions and recommendations
to the ICC (and now the Board) on
matters affecting grain transportation.
The general purpose of this meeting is
to discuss rail carrier preparedness to
transport the 2009 Fall grain harvest.
Agenda items include the following:
Remarks by Board Chairman Frank
Mulvey and Vice-Chairman Charles
Nottingham (who serves as CoChairman for the NGCC), member and
new member introductions, reports by
rail carriers and shippers on grainservice related issues, a report by rail
car manufacturers and lessors on
current and future availability of various
grain-car types, and an open forum on
the impact of current Federal regulation
on grain car supply. A more detailed
agenda for this meeting will be posted
on the Board’s Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
The meeting, which is open to the
public, will be conducted pursuant to
the NGCC’s charter and Board
procedures. Further communications
about this meeting may be announced
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through the Board’s Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Persons wishing to attend and
requiring special accommodations may
direct their needs to Tom Brugman (202)
245–0281.
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This action will not significantly
affect either the quality of the human
environment or the conservation of
energy resources.
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Dated: April 1, 2009.
Kulunie L. Cannon,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Ex Parte No. 519 (Sub-No. 4)]
Notice of National Grain Car Council Meeting
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Notice of National Grain Car Council meeting.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Grain Car
Council (NGCC), pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Public Law No. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, beginning at
10 a.m. and is expected to conclude at 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Headquarters of Bunge North
America, Inc., 11701 Borman Drive--2nd Floor, St. Louis, MO 63146.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Brugman at (202) 245-0281.
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at: (800) 877-8339].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NGCC arose from a proceeding instituted
by the Surface Transportation Board's (Board) predecessor agency, the
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), in National Grain Car Supply--
Conference of Interested Parties, Ex Parte No. 519. The NGCC was formed
as a working group to facilitate private-sector solutions and
recommendations to the ICC (and now the Board) on matters affecting
grain transportation. The general purpose of this meeting is to discuss
rail carrier preparedness to transport the 2009 Fall grain harvest.
Agenda items include the following: Remarks by Board Chairman Frank
Mulvey and Vice-Chairman Charles Nottingham (who serves as Co-Chairman
for the NGCC), member and new member introductions, reports by rail
carriers and shippers on grain-service related issues, a report by rail
car manufacturers and lessors on current and future availability of
various grain-car types, and an open forum on the impact of current
Federal regulation on grain car supply. A more detailed agenda for this
meeting will be posted on the Board's Web site at https://www.stb.dot.gov.
The meeting, which is open to the public, will be conducted
pursuant to the NGCC's charter and Board procedures. Further
communications about this meeting may be announced
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through the Board's Web site at https://www.stb.dot.gov.
Persons wishing to attend and requiring special accommodations may
direct their needs to Tom Brugman (202) 245-0281.
This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the
human environment or the conservation of energy resources.
Dated: April 1, 2009.
Kulunie L. Cannon,
Clearance Clerk.
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