[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 142 (Monday, July 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18243]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35141]
U S Rail Corporation--Construction and Operation Exemption--
Brookhaven Rail Terminal
On August 7, 2008, U S Rail Corporation (U S Rail), an existing
class III short line common carrier in Toledo, OH, filed a petition for
exemption with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) under 49 U.S.C.
10502 seeking authority to construct and operate approximately 18,000
feet (3.4 miles) of new rail line at a 28-acre site (the Brookhaven
Rail Terminal or BRT) located in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk
County, NY. In addition to the construction and operation of the
approximately 18,000 feet of rail line, U S Rail also proposes to
construct various facilities on the BRT site. These facilities include
a rail switch (which would allow the new rail line to connect with the
existing Long Island Rail Road (LIRR mainline), 200 feet of lead track,
and crushed stone aggregate (aggregate) handling and storage facilities
consisting of an aggregate storage area, an intermodal freight storage
area, and a transload area with truck scales.
The proposed rail line would allow U S Rail to provide an efficient
means for delivering aggregate via rail from sources in upper New York
State to its primary customer, the Sills Group, located on Long Island,
NY. If approved, the project would reduce the Sills Group's reliance on
truck transport of aggregate through the New York City metropolitan
region and allow Sills Group to deliver up to 500,000 tons of aggregate
annually for use in road and building construction on Long Island. The
Sills Group would use 250,000 tons of the aggregate for its
construction facilities on Long Island (the Scatt Materials plant and
the Empire Asphalt plant) and would make the remaining 250,000 tons of
aggregate available to currently unidentified customers.
Rail operations would consist of an average of six trains per week;
three inbound trains, each consisting of approximately 40 to 50
railcars of aggregate delivered to the BRT, and three outbound trains
per week consisting of 40 to 50 empty railcars. New York & Atlantic
Railway would deliver the aggregate to the BRT over the LIRR, which
would hand the rail cars to U S Rail for rail movements on the BRT
site.
SEA is seeking public review and comment during a 15-day comment
period, which is shorter than the time SEA usually affords for review
and comment of its Environmental Assessments. SEA believes that 15 days
for review and comment is appropriate here because the Town of
Brookhaven's Division of Environmental Protection has already conducted
an environmental review of the BRT site, the site is an industrial area
and is already highly disturbed, and the Town of Brookhaven and U S
Rail have entered into a Stipulation of Settlement regarding this
proposal. Please send comments on this Draft EA postmarked no later
than August 10, 2010 to: Troy Brady, Environmental Protection
Specialist, Surface Transportation Board, Section of Environmental
Analysis, Suite 1100, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001,
Attn: Docket No. 35141.
Comments may be file electronically on the Board's website, http://www.stb.dot.gov by clicking on the ``E-Filing'' link. Please refer to
Finance Docket No. 35141 in correspondence, including e-filing,
addressed to the Board. If you have questions regarding this Draft EA,
please contact Troy Brady by phone at (202) 245-0301, by fax at (202)
245-0454, or by e-mail at [email protected].
Decided: July 21, 2010.
By the Board, Victoria Rutson, Chief, Section of Environmental
Analysis.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2010-18243 Filed 7-23-10; 8:45 am]
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