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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Finance Docket 34936]
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Supplemental Environmental
Assessment for Northern Columbia
Basin Railroad Project
Office of Environmental
Analysis (OEA), Surface Transportation
Board (Board).
ACTION: Notice of availability of the
Draft Supplemental Environmental
Assessment (DSEA) on July 11, 2019
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
On November 2, 2018, the
Port of Moses Lake (Applicant) filed a
Petition to Reopen with the Board
seeking authorization for modifications
to portions of an 11-mile (7.6 miles of
which would be new construction) rail
line previously approved by the Board
in 2009 in the City of Moses Lake, Grant
County, Washington. The purpose of
this Notice of Availability (NOA) is to
notify individuals and agencies
interested in or affected by the proposed
action of the availability of the DSEA for
review and comment on July 11, 2019.
DATES: The DSEA will be available for
public review and comment on July 11,
2019. Mailed comments must be
postmarked by August 12, 2019.
Electronic comments must be received
by August 12, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Please mail written
comments on the DSEA, including the
recommended environmental mitigation
to: Mr. Adam Assenza, Surface
Transportation Board, Docket No. FD
34936, 395 E Street SW, Washington,
DC 20423. Electronic comments on this
DSEA may also be submitted
electronically on the STB’s website:
https://www.stb.gov or emailed to
Adam.Assenza@stb.gov. Please refer to
Docket No. FD 34936 in all
correspondence, including electronic,
addressed to the lead agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Assenza, Surface Transportation
Board, Docket No. FD 34963, 395 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20423, (202)
245–0301.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the proposed project is to
promote economic development
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dependent businesses, thereby
encouraging the long-term, continued
use, growth, and preservation of rail
operations in the region. The Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) is
participating as a cooperating agency in
the preparation of this DSEA pursuant
to CEQ NEPA implementing regulations
(40 CFR 1501.6). The DSEA analyzes the
potential environmental impacts of the
proposed modifications to the
previously-approved alignment. It also
contains OEA’s preliminary
recommendations for environmental
mitigation measures. The DSEA will be
available on July 11, 2019 through the
Board’s website at https://www.stb.gov
by following the Decisions link and at
the City of Moses Lake Public Library in
Grant County, Washington.
Next Steps: Following the close of the
30-day comment period on August 12,
2019 of the DSEA, OEA, and FRA as a
cooperating agency, will issue a Final
Supplemental EA that considers
comments on the DSEA. The Board will
then issue a final decision based on the
Draft and Final Supplemental EAs and
all public and agency comments in the
public record for this proceeding. The
final decision will address the
transportation merits of the proposed
project and the entire environmental
record. The final decision will take one
of three actions: Approve the proposed
project, deny it, or approve it with
mitigation conditions, including
environmental conditions.
Written Comments: Any interested
party may submit written comments on
the DSEA. The procedures for
submitting written comments are
outlined in the ADDRESSES section.
Dated: July 9, 2019.
By the Board, Victoria Ruston, Director,
Office of Environmental Analysis.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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CSX Transportation, Inc.—
Abandonment Exemption—in
Allegheny County, Pa.; Allegheny
Valley Railroad Company—
Discontinuance Exemption—in
Allegheny County, Pa.
CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) and
Allegheny Valley Railroad Company
(AVR) (collectively, Applicants), have
jointly filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152
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subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and
Discontinuances of Service for CSXT to
abandon, and for AVR to discontinue
service over, an approximately 0.85mile rail line on the River Branch,
Baltimore Division, P&W Subdivision
between Val. Sta. 40+75 and the end of
the line at Val. Sta. 85+76, in Pittsburgh,
Allegheny County, Pa. (the Line). The
Line traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip
Code 32609.
Applicants have certified that: (1) No
local traffic has moved over the Line for
at least two years; (2) any overhead
traffic can be rerouted; (3) no formal
complaint filed by a user of rail service
on the Line (or by a state or local
government entity acting on behalf of
such user) regarding cessation of service
over the Line either is pending with the
Surface Transportation Board (Board) or
with any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
the two-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c)
(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.12
(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental
agencies) have been met.
Any employee of AVR adversely
affected by the discontinuance or
abandonment shall be protected under
Oregon Short Line Railroad—
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch
Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham &
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C.
91 (1979). To address whether this
condition adequately protects affected
employees, a petition for partial
revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
must be filed.
Provided no formal expression of
intent to file an offer of financial
assistance (OFA) has been received,1
these exemptions will be effective on
August 10, 2019, unless stayed pending
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do
not involve environmental issues,2
formal expressions of intent to file an
OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and
trail use/rail banking requests under 49
CFR 1152.29 must be filed by July 22,
1 Persons interested in submitting an OFA must
first file a formal expression of intent to file an
offer, indicating the type of financial assistance they
wish to provide (i.e., subsidy or purchase) and
demonstrating that they are preliminarily
financially responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2)(i).
2 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
decision on environmental issues (whether raised
by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental
Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation)
cannot be made before the exemptions’ effective
date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5
I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should
be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may
take appropriate action before the exemptions’
effective date.
3 Filing fees for OFAs and trail use requests can
be found at 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25) and (27),
respectively.
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2019. Petitions to reopen or requests for
public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by July 31, 2019,
with the Surface Transportation Board,
395 E Street SW, Washington, DC
20423–0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to Applicants’
representative: Louis E. Gitomer, Law
Offices of Louis E. Gitomer, LLC, 600
Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301, Towson,
MD 21204.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemptions
are void ab initio.
Applicants have filed a combined
environmental and historic report that
addresses the effects, if any, of the
abandonment on the environment and
historic resources. OEA will issue an
environmental assessment (EA) by July
16, 2019. Interested persons may obtain
a copy of the EA on the Board’s website,
by writing to OEA, or by calling OEA at
(202) 245–0305. Assistance for the
hearing impaired is available through
the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339. Comments on environmental and
historic preservation matters must be
filed within 15 days after the EA
becomes available to the public.
Environmental, historic preservation,
public use, or trail use/rail banking
conditions will be imposed, where
appropriate, in a subsequent decision.
Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR
1152.29(e)(2), CSXT shall file a notice of
consummation with the Board to signify
that it has exercised the authority
granted and fully abandoned the Line. If
consummation has not been effected by
CSXT’s filing of a notice of
consummation by July 11, 2020, and
there are no legal or regulatory barriers
to consummation, the authority to
abandon will automatically expire.
Board decisions and notices are
available at www.stb.gov.
Decided: July 8, 2019.
By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Director,
Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Finance Docket 34936]
Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental
Assessment for Northern Columbia Basin Railroad Project
AGENCY: Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA), Surface Transportation
Board (Board).
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental
Assessment (DSEA) on July 11, 2019 and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: On November 2, 2018, the Port of Moses Lake (Applicant) filed
a Petition to Reopen with the Board seeking authorization for
modifications to portions of an 11-mile (7.6 miles of which would be
new construction) rail line previously approved by the Board in 2009 in
the City of Moses Lake, Grant County, Washington. The purpose of this
Notice of Availability (NOA) is to notify individuals and agencies
interested in or affected by the proposed action of the availability of
the DSEA for review and comment on July 11, 2019.
DATES: The DSEA will be available for public review and comment on July
11, 2019. Mailed comments must be postmarked by August 12, 2019.
Electronic comments must be received by August 12, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Please mail written comments on the DSEA, including the
recommended environmental mitigation to: Mr. Adam Assenza, Surface
Transportation Board, Docket No. FD 34936, 395 E Street SW, Washington,
DC 20423. Electronic comments on this DSEA may also be submitted
electronically on the STB's website: https://www.stb.gov or emailed to
[email protected]. Please refer to Docket No. FD 34936 in all
correspondence, including electronic, addressed to the lead agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Assenza, Surface Transportation
Board, Docket No. FD 34963, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423,
(202) 245-0301.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the proposed project is to
promote economic development through the attraction of new rail-
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dependent businesses, thereby encouraging the long-term, continued use,
growth, and preservation of rail operations in the region. The Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) is participating as a cooperating agency
in the preparation of this DSEA pursuant to CEQ NEPA implementing
regulations (40 CFR 1501.6). The DSEA analyzes the potential
environmental impacts of the proposed modifications to the previously-
approved alignment. It also contains OEA's preliminary recommendations
for environmental mitigation measures. The DSEA will be available on
July 11, 2019 through the Board's website at https://www.stb.gov by
following the Decisions link and at the City of Moses Lake Public
Library in Grant County, Washington.
Next Steps: Following the close of the 30-day comment period on
August 12, 2019 of the DSEA, OEA, and FRA as a cooperating agency, will
issue a Final Supplemental EA that considers comments on the DSEA. The
Board will then issue a final decision based on the Draft and Final
Supplemental EAs and all public and agency comments in the public
record for this proceeding. The final decision will address the
transportation merits of the proposed project and the entire
environmental record. The final decision will take one of three
actions: Approve the proposed project, deny it, or approve it with
mitigation conditions, including environmental conditions.
Written Comments: Any interested party may submit written comments
on the DSEA. The procedures for submitting written comments are
outlined in the ADDRESSES section.
Dated: July 9, 2019.
By the Board, Victoria Ruston, Director, Office of Environmental
Analysis.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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