97-1104. Union Pacific Railroad CompanyControl and MergerSouthern Pacific Transportation Company: Reno Mitigation Study

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2435-2436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1104]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Finance Docket No. 32760]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Control and Merger--Southern 
Pacific Transportation Company: Reno Mitigation Study

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Public information meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board's (Board) Section of 
Environmental Analysis (SEA) will hold a public meeting concerning its 
Reno Mitigation Study. In its decision of August 12, 1996, the Board 
directed SEA to conduct this study in order to develop further 
mitigation to address the merger-related environmental impacts of 
increased railroad traffic on the existing Union Pacific (formerly 
Southern Pacific) right-of-way that runs through Reno, NV. The study 
will include publication of a draft mitigation plan to submit to the 
public for review and comment and issuance of a final mitigation plan.
    The public information meeting will provide an opportunity for the 
public to meet members of the study team and to ask questions about and 
comment on the study process to date. In order to accommodate various 
Reno citizen scheduling needs, the meeting will be held twice on 
February 13 at Reno City Hall, Room 211, 490 S. Center St., Reno, NV. 
An informal open house will be held from 1:30 P.M. to 2:30 P.M. and 
then again from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. during which times the public 
may review maps and graphics illustrating the study area and the 
mitigation options under consideration by SEA at this time. The open 
houses will be followed by public meetings from 2:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. 
and then again from 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at which the SEA team will 
make a brief presentation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harold McNulty, Section of 
Environmental Analysis, Rm. 3219, Surface Transportation Board, 12th & 
Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20423; Phone Number [phone]; 
TDD for the hearing impaired [phone].


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    By the Board, Elaine K. Kaiser, Chief, Section of Environmental 
Analysis.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-1104 Filed 1-15-97; 8:45 am]
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