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3/7/2011
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STB issues supplemental environmental statement for R.J. Corman's proposed Pennsylvania line
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On Friday, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) announced that its Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) issued a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for R.J. Corman Railroad Co./Pennsylvania Lines Inc.'s proposed construction of a 20-mile line between Wallaceton and Gorton, Pa.
The SDEIS addresses changes in the project that have developed since OEA prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement, such as the potential environmental impacts associated with transporting ethanol on the line; a change in the preliminary plan approval status of a no-build alternative (a local road system; and the results of a summer 2010 field survey for branching bur-reed, an endangered species in Pennsylvania, according to the STB.
OEA is accepting written comments on the SDEIS until April 25.
R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines plans to construct a 10.8-mile line over a segment of abandoned rail right of way between Wallaceton and Winburne, and reactivate a connecting 9.3-mile line between Winburne and Gorton. The route would serve a new waste-to-ethanol facility, quarry and industrial park — which are being developed by Resource Recovery L.L.C . — as well as several other shippers along the line that are interested in rail service.
The SDEIS addresses changes in the project that have developed since OEA prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement, such as the potential environmental impacts associated with transporting ethanol on the line; a change in the preliminary plan approval status of a no-build alternative (a local road system; and the results of a summer 2010 field survey for branching bur-reed, an endangered species in Pennsylvania, according to the STB.
OEA is accepting written comments on the SDEIS until April 25.
R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines plans to construct a 10.8-mile line over a segment of abandoned rail right of way between Wallaceton and Winburne, and reactivate a connecting 9.3-mile line between Winburne and Gorton. The route would serve a new waste-to-ethanol facility, quarry and industrial park — which are being developed by Resource Recovery L.L.C . — as well as several other shippers along the line that are interested in rail service.
