STB’s SEA seeks comments on CSX-D&H plan
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
The Surface Transportation Board’s Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) released an Environmental Notice Thursday on the proposed joint use agreement by CSX Transportation and the Delaware & Hudson between Rouses Point Junction, N.Y., and Fresh Pond Junction, N.Y.
SEA said is distributing the notice “to certain agencies and communities, as well as all of the parties on the board’s service list to encourage public review and comment on the conclusion of the applicants that the transaction would not have a significant effect on the human environment, and does not require further environmental or historic analysis … After the close of the comment period, SEA will consider all timely comments, conduct its own independent review of all available environmental information, and then recommend to the Board whether there is a need for formal environmental review in this case.”
SEA is providing a 20-day period “for all potentially interested parties to submit any comments on potential environmental issues that they might have.”
Comments may be filed on the board’s web site, www.stb.dot.gov, by clicking on the E-FILING link.
