Surface Transportation Board September 13, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Subject to environmental mitigation conditions, the Board is granting an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10901 for U. S. Rail Corporation (U. S. Rail) to construct and operate a line of railroad at a 28-acre site to be known as the Brookhaven Rail Terminal (BRT), in Brookhaven, Suffolk County, N.Y. According to U. S. Rail, the total length of the track to be constructed is about 18,000 feet. The purpose of the proposed construction is to enable U. S. Rail to serve the BRT as a common carrier and to deliver up to 500,000 tons of aggregate annually from sources in upstate New York to Sills Road Realty, LLC (Sills), the owner of the underlying property, and its affiliates and related companies on Long Island. The project is intended to reduce Sills' reliance on truck transport of aggregate through the New York City metropolitan region.