Railway Age, 12/16/21
STB OKs Uinta Basin Railway Project
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Dec. 15 approved the construction and operation of the Uinta Basin Railway in Utah; STB Chairman Martin Oberman dissented.
Approval is subject to the STB Office of Environmental Analysis’ (OEA) final recommended environmental mitigation measures, with minor changes.
In August, OEA issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the project, identifying the 88-mile Whitmore Park Alternative as the environmentally preferred route, one of three analyzed.