[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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