[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 16975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7648]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Ex Parte No. 585]


Policy Statement On Use of Third-Party Contracting In Preparation 
Of Environmental Documentation

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.

ACTION: Policy statement on use of third-party contracting in 
preparation of environmental documentation; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board published a document in the 
Federal Register on March 19, 2001, concerning Policy Statement on the 
use of Third-Party Contracting in Preparation of Environmental 
Documentation. The document omitted certain language.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Rutson, (202) 565-1545.

Correction

    In the Federal Register of March 19, 2001, in 66 FR 15527-15532 
(2001), on page 15531, in the first column, second paragraph, correct 
the first sentence to read:

    We have examined the third-party contractor processes used by 
other agencies to see if we could improve our process and allow 
applicants to better control costs without compromising the need to 
ensure the independent nature of the contractor's environmental 
analysis.


    Dated: March 19, 2001.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-7648 Filed 3-27-01; 8:45 am]
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