Date: March 7, 2009
Source: News Room
DOT Rule on Solid Waste Rail Transfer Facilities Sent To Senate
March 7 -- The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee has received an executive branch communication from the Department of Transportation.
The Chairman of the Office of Proceedings at DOT's Surface Transportation Board has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Solid Waste Rail Transfer Facilities."
The document (STB Ex Parte No. 684) was received by the Senate on Feb. 9.
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01/14/2009 (Wednesday)
No. 09-01
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD ISSUES PROPOSED RULES REGARDING SOLID WASTE RAIL TRANSFER FACILITIES IN RESPONSE TO "CLEAN RAILROADS ACT OF 2008"
The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requesting comments on proposed rules to implement The Clean Railroads Act of 2008 (Pub. L. No. 110-432), concerning solid waste rail transfer facilities. The proposed rules also will serve as interim rules until completion of the rulemaking proceeding.
The Clean Railroads Act, enacted in October 2008, adds new sections 10908-10 to Title 49 of the United States Code. Those sections limit the Board's authority related to solid waste rail transfer facilities and expand the authority of states to regulate these facilities. The proposed rules address such topics as what existing and proposed solid waste rail transfer facilities must do to comply with the Clean Railroads Act; the Board's role under the Clean Railroads Act; and the effects of the Clean Railroads Act and land-use-exemption permits. Comments on the proposed rules are due by February 23, 2009; reply comments may be filed by March 23, 2009. Comments may be submitted in traditional paper form by submitting an original and 10 copies to:
Attention: STB Ex Parte No. 684
Surface Transportation Board
395 E Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20423-0001
Comments also may be filed electronically via the Board's Web site, at www.stb.dot.gov, by clicking the "E-FILING" button on the home page.
The Board issued its proposed rules today, January 14, 2009 in Solid Waste Rail Transfer Facilities, STB Ex Parte No. 684. That decision will be published in the February 22, 2009 Federal Register and is available for viewing and downloading on the Board's Web site at www.stb.dot.gov, under "E-LIBRARY" on the home page, then under "Decisions & Notices," beneath the date "01/14/09."
For more information, contact: Dennis Watson
(202) 245-0238
FIRS 1 (800) 877-8339
www.stb.dot.gov.
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