96-32510. Union Pacific Railroad CompanyControl and MergerSouthern Pacific Transportation Company: Wichita Mitigation Study

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 247 (Monday, December 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 67593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32510]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Finance Docket No. 32760]


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

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.

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 
Wichita 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 right-of-way 
that runs through Sedgwick County, KS. 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. The meeting will be held January 
28, 1997 at the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 455 North Main St., 
1st Floor, Wichita, KS. An informal open house will be held from 6:00 
p.m. to 7:00 p.m. during which the public may review maps and graphics 
illustrating the study area and the mitigation options under 
consideration by SEA at this time. The open house will be followed by a 
public meeting from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at which the SEA team will 
make a brief presentation.

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

    By the Board, Elaine K. Kaiser, Chief, Section of Environmental 
Analysis.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-32510 Filed 12-20-96; 8:45 am]
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