[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 1814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-825]



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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD \1\

[Finance Docket No. 32530]


Kansas City Southern Railway Company--Construction and Operation 
Exemption--Geismar Industrial Area Near Gonzales and Sorrento, 
Louisiana

    On  October 30, 1995, the Interstate Commerce Commission's Section 
of Environmental Analysis (SEA) notified all interested parties that 
SEA will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in this 
proceeding and conduct a public scoping meeting on November 30, 1995. 
SEA advised parties that they may submit written comments regarding 
environmental concerns to the Commission by December 30, 1995.

    \1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109 
Stat. 803 (the Act), which was enacted on December 29, 1995, and 
took effect on January 1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce 
Commission (ICC) and transferred certain functions and proceedings 
to the Surface Transportation Board (Board). Section 204(b)(1) of 
the Act provides, in general, that proceedings pending before the 
ICC on the effective date of that legislation shall be decided under 
the law in effect prior to January 1, 1996, insofar as they involve 
functions retained by the Act. This notice relates to a proceeding 
that was pending with the ICC prior to January 1, 1996, and to 
functions that are subject to Board jurisdiction pursuant to section 
49 U.S.C. 10901. Therefore, this notice applies the law in effect 
prior to the Act, and citations are to the former section of the 
statute, unless otherwise indicated.
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    Several parties have requested that the comment period be extended 
an additional 30 days. SEA notifies all the parties that the scoping 
comment period is extended to January 29, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Dalton at (202) 927-6202 or 
Elaine Kaiser at (202) 927-6248, Section of Environmental Analysis, 
Room 3219, Office of Economic and Environmental Analysis, Surface 
Transportation Board, 12th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20423. TDD for the hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721.

    By the Board, Elaine K. Kaiser, Chief, Section of Environmental 
Analysis.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-825 Filed 1-22-96; 8:45 am]
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