[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 29864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13929]



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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

[Finance Docket No. 32549]


Burlington Northern, Inc. and Burlington Northern Railroad 
Company--Control and Merger--Santa Fe Pacific Corporation and The 
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

    Burlington Northern, Inc., and its subsidiary, Burlington Northern 
Railroad Company, and Santa Fe Pacific Corporation, and its subsidiary, 
The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company, have applied to the 
Interstate Commerce Commission (``Commission'') for authority to merge 
and consolidate their companies in Finance Docket No. 32549. The 
proposed merger also includes eleven rail construction projects in the 
states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Illinois.
    The Commission's Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) has 
prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA). Based on the information 
provided and the environmental analysis conducted to date, this EA 
concludes that this proposal should not significantly affect the 
quality of the human environment if the recommended mitigation measures 
set forth in the EA are implemented. Accordingly, SEA preliminarily 
recommends that the Commission impose on any decision approving the 
proposed merger and consolidation conditions requiring Burlington 
Northern/Santa Fe Railway Company to implement the mitigation contained 
in the EA. The EA will be served on all parties of record as well as 
all appropriate Federal, state and local officials and will be made 
available to the public upon request. SEA will consider all comments 
received in response to the EA in making its final environmental 
recommendations to the Commission. Because of the expedited schedule in 
this proceeding, the comment period is 20 days. The Commission will 
then consider SEA's final recommendations and the environmental record 
in making its final decision in this proceeding.
    Comments (an original and 10 copies) and any questions regarding 
this Environmental Assessment should be filed with the Commission's 
Section of Environmental Analysis, Office of Economic and Environmental 
Analysis, Room 3219, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D.C. 
20423, to the attention of Phillis Johnson-Ball (202) 927-6213. 
Requests for copies of the EA should also be directed to Ms. Johnson-
Ball.
    Date made available to the public: June 26, 1995.
    Comment due date: June 26, 1995.

    By the Commission, Elaine K. Kaiser, Chief, Section of 
Environmental Analysis, Office of Economic and Environmental 
Analysis.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-13929 Filed 6-5-95; 8:45 am]
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