[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6461-6462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03363]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36186]


Texas Railway Exchange LLC--Construction and Operation 
Exemption--in Galveston County, Texas

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Issuance of Draft Environmental Assessment; Request for 
comments.

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SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board's (Board's) Office of 
Environmental Analysis (OEA) has prepared a Draft Environmental 
Assessment (Draft EA) in response to a petition for exemption filed on 
November 21, 2018 by Texas Railway Exchange LLC (TREX) to construct and 
operate an approximately 2,800-foot line of railroad in the City of 
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. The proposed rail line would 
connect the Texas International Terminals facility (the Terminal) on 
Galveston Bay with an existing line of railroad operated by BNSF 
Railway Company by crossing an existing Union Pacific Railroad rail 
line. The proposed rail line would offer a new alternative rail 
transportation option for rail traffic entering and leaving the 
Terminal.
    The Draft EA evaluates the potential environmental impacts of two 
alternative rail alignments, as well as the No-Action Alternative and 
preliminarily concludes that construction of the proposed rail line 
connection would have no significant environmental impacts if the Board 
imposes and TREX implements the recommended mitigation measures set 
forth in the Draft EA. The entire Draft

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EA is available on the Board's website (www.stb.dot.gov) by clicking on 
the ``Decisions & Notices'' button that appears in the drop down menu 
for ``ELIBRARY,'' and searching by Service Date (February 22, 2019) or 
Docket Number (FD 36186).

DATES: The EA is available for public review and comment. Comments must 
be postmarked by March 14, 2019. OEA will consider and respond to 
comments received on the Draft EA in the Final EA. The Board will issue 
a final decision on the proposed transaction after issuance of the 
Final EA.
    Filing Environmental Comments: Comments submitted by mail should be 
addressed to: Josh Wayland, Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street 
SW, Washington, DC 20423. Comments on the Draft EA may also be filed 
electronically on the Board's website, www.stb.dot.gov, by clicking on 
the ``E FILING'' link. Please refer Docket No. FD 36186 in all 
comments, including electronic filings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh Wayland by mail at the address 
above, by telephone at 202-245-0330, or by email at 
[email protected].
    By the Board, Victoria Rutson, Director, Office of Environmental 
Analysis.

Regena Smith-Bernard,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2019-03363 Filed 2-26-19; 8:45 am]
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