SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD ISSUES PROPOSED RULES REGARDING SOLID WASTE RAIL TRANSFER FACILITIES IN RESPONSE TO "CLEAN RAILROADS ACT OF 2008"

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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it has issued a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requesting comments on proposed rules to
implement The Clean Railroads Act of 2008 (Pub. L. No. 110-432), concerning
solid waste rail transfer facilities.  The proposed rules also will serve
as interim rules until completion of the rulemaking proceeding.


 The Clean Railroads Act, enacted in October 2008, adds new sections
 10908-10 to Title 49 of the United States Code.  Those sections limit the
 Board's authority related to solid waste rail transfer facilities and
 expand the authority of states to regulate these facilities.  The proposed
 rules address such topics as what existing and proposed solid waste rail
 transfer facilities must do to comply with the Clean Railroads Act; the
 Board's role under the Clean Railroads Act; and the effects of the Clean
 Railroads Act and land-use-exemption permits.  Comments on the proposed
 rules are due by February 23, 2009; reply comments may be filed by March
 23, 2009.  Comments may be submitted in traditional paper form by
 submitting an original and 10 copies to:


 Attention:  STB Ex Parte No. 684

 Surface Transportation Board
 395 E Street, S.W.
 Washington, DC 20423-0001


 Comments also may be filed electronically via the Board's Web site, at
 http://www.stb.dot.gov, by clicking the "E-FILING" button on the home
 page.


 The Board issued its proposed rules today, January 14, 2009 in Solid Waste
 Rail Transfer Facilities, STB Ex Parte No. 684(
 http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/39645?OpenDocument
 )
 .  That decision will be published in the February 22, 2009 Federal
 Register and is available for viewing and downloading on the Board's Web
 site at http://www.stb.dot.gov, under "E-LIBRARY" on the home page, then
 under "Decisions & Notices," beneath the date "01/14/09."


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