The post Officials say recent STB decision on rail project ‘pours gasoline’ on climate emergency appeared first on Railway Track and Structures. The STB said in its ruling that it did not see the potential for a huge increase in oil traffic through the Moffat Tunnel. Officials believe the Uinta Basin project would “pour gasoline” on what is a climate emergency. Opponents of the project fear the extra load on the Moffat Tunnel would create pressure to reopen the Tennessee Pass. Oil trains from Utah’s Uinta Basin also could use Union Pacific’s active rail line that runs through Colorado along the Colorado River and through Moffat Tunnel. Michael Bennet said he is deeply concerned about the proposed expansion of rail lines through Tennessee Pass and the Browns Canyon National Monument to move crude oil through Colorado. A lengthy list of state and local officials, other local groups, railroad trade associations, shippers, passenger train proponents, and others are slated to take, after. EST, beginning with public comment, and will be carried live for the public at the STB’s YouTube channel. Officials are concerned that the rail line will be used to transport up to 350,000 barrels of oil a day, and on Jan. Tuesday’s proceeding will be held via Zoom starting at 9:30 a.m. A major section of the project is reviving the 220-mile-long Tennessee Pass rail line, which is owned by Union Pacific and has been dormant for decades. Called the Uinta Basin Railway public-private partnership, the project would provide new infrastructure that will solve long-standing freight transportation challenges in the region. WASHINGTON A Surface Transportation Board decision has cleared the way for construction of Utah’s Uinta Basin Railway. 1998) Auburn court noted that STB also has exclusive authority over rail line mergers and acquisitions and stated: A rail carrier participating in that approved or exempted transaction is exempt from. The decision grants final approval for a construction and operation exemption for the Whitmore Park Alternative subject to final environmental mitigation measures. City of Auburn v Surface Transportation Board, 154 F.3d 1025 (9th Cir. The Seven County Infrastructure Coalition filed for an exemption to construct and operate a new line of railroad in Utah.
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