[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 1814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-825]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD \1\
[Finance Docket No. 32530]
Kansas City Southern Railway Company--Construction and Operation
Exemption--Geismar Industrial Area Near Gonzales and Sorrento,
Louisiana
On October 30, 1995, the Interstate Commerce Commission's Section
of Environmental Analysis (SEA) notified all interested parties that
SEA will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in this
proceeding and conduct a public scoping meeting on November 30, 1995.
SEA advised parties that they may submit written comments regarding
environmental concerns to the Commission by December 30, 1995.
\1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109
Stat. 803 (the Act), which was enacted on December 29, 1995, and
took effect on January 1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce
Commission (ICC) and transferred certain functions and proceedings
to the Surface Transportation Board (Board). Section 204(b)(1) of
the Act provides, in general, that proceedings pending before the
ICC on the effective date of that legislation shall be decided under
the law in effect prior to January 1, 1996, insofar as they involve
functions retained by the Act. This notice relates to a proceeding
that was pending with the ICC prior to January 1, 1996, and to
functions that are subject to Board jurisdiction pursuant to section
49 U.S.C. 10901. Therefore, this notice applies the law in effect
prior to the Act, and citations are to the former section of the
statute, unless otherwise indicated.
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Several parties have requested that the comment period be extended
an additional 30 days. SEA notifies all the parties that the scoping
comment period is extended to January 29, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Dalton at (202) 927-6202 or
Elaine Kaiser at (202) 927-6248, Section of Environmental Analysis,
Room 3219, Office of Economic and Environmental Analysis, Surface
Transportation Board, 12th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20423. TDD for the hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721.
By the Board, Elaine K. Kaiser, Chief, Section of Environmental
Analysis.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-825 Filed 1-22-96; 8:45 am]
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