95-23584. East Cooper & Berkeley RailroadConstruction and Operation of a Rail LineBerkeley County, South Carolina

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 184 (Friday, September 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 49285]
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[FR Doc No: 95-23584]



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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32704]


East Cooper & Berkeley Railroad--Construction and Operation of a 
Rail Line--Berkeley County, South Carolina

    The East Cooper and Berkeley Railroad (ECBR) has petitioned the 
Interstate Commerce Commission (Commission) for authority to construct 
and operate a 1.7-mile extension of ECBR's existing rail line in 
Berkeley County, South Carolina. The proposed rail line extension is 
part of a large economic incentive program offered jointly by state and 
local governments to NUCOR Corporation in connection with its proposed 
electric arc steel mill and associated industries. The ECBR rail line 
extension would carry materials for the construction of the steel mill 
and then, upon completion of the mill, move raw materials in (mainly 
scrap) and finished steel products out. The Commission's Section of 
Environmental Analysis (SEA) has prepared an Environmental Assessment 
(EA) for this project. Based on the information provided and the 
environmental analysis conducted to date, this EA concludes that this 
proposal should not significantly affect the quality of the human 
environment if the recommended mitigation measures set forth in the EA 
are implemented. Accordingly, SEA preliminarily recommends that the 
Commission impose on any decision approving the proposed construction 
and operation conditions requiring ECBR to implement the mitigation 
contained in the EA.
    The EA will be served on all parties of record as well as all 
appropriate Federal, state and local officials and will be made 
available to the public upon request. SEA will consider all comments 
received in response to the EA in making final environmental 
recommendations to the Commission. The Commission will then consider 
SEA's final recommendations and the environmental record in making its 
final decision in this proceeding.
    Comments (an original and 10 copies) and any questions regarding 
this Environmental Assessment should be filed with the Commission's 
Section of Environmental Analysis, Office of Economic and Environmental 
Analysis, Room 3219, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D.C. 
20423, to the attention of Dana White [phone]. Requests for 
copies of the EA should also be directed to Ms. White.
    Date made available to the public: September 22, 1995.
    Comment due date: October 23, 1995.

    By the Commission, Elaine K. Kaiser, Chief, Section of 
Environmental Analysis, Office of Economic and Environmental 
Analysis.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-23584 Filed 9-21-95; 8:45 am]
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