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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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The Surface Transportation Board today granted final approval for R. J.
Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines Inc. (RJCP) to build and operate
a new rail line using right-of-way previously rail-banked as well as new
right-of-way, near Wallaceton, Pa. This is the first instance in which the
Board examined a new rail line construction proposal combined with
restoration of rail service over a rail-banked right-of-way. The entire
rail line would provide rail service to a proposed new waste-to-ethanol
facility, a quarry, an industrial park now under development near Gorton,
Pa., and to other shippers along the line.
The
Board's
decision follows an extensive environmental review and analysis of public
concerns
conducted by the agency's Office of Environmental Analysis, with several
rounds
of required environmental documentation (see Surface Transportation Board
news
releases
#10-19 of July 23, 2010; #11-09 of March 4, 2011; and #11-26 of Nov. 18,
2011).
The Board's approval is premised on RJCP's building the line on the
environmentally-preferable
route, as well as other conditions responsive to the proposal's potential
environmental
impacts.
The
Board's
decisions in
R.
J.
Corman
Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines Inc.—Construction and Operation
Exemption—In
Clearfield County, Pa., FD 35116
( http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/42047?OpenDocument )
; R.
J.
Corman
Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines Inc.—Acquisition and Operation
Exemption—Line
of Norfolk Southern Railway Company
, FD
35143;
and
Conrail
Abandonment of the Snow Shoe Industrial Track in Centre and Clearfield
Counties,
Pa.
, AB
167
(Sub-No.
1004N) are available for viewing and downloading at the Board's website at
www.stb.dot.gov
.
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