STB issues Tongue River Railroad Draft EIS
Written by Carolina Worrell, Senior EditorThe Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) has issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) for public review and comment of Tongue River Railroad Company’s (TRRC) proposed construction and operation of an approximately 42-mile new common carrier rail line between Colstrip, Mont., and the state’s Ashland/Otter Creek areas, STB announced on April 17, 2015.
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