Union Pacific Railroad CompanyControl and MergerSouthern Pacific Transportation Company: Wichita Mitigation Study

Résumé

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 t