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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) initiated a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) evaluation of Texas Central Railway, LLC’s (TCR or the Proponent) proposal to operate a high-speed passenger railroad between Dallas and Houston, Texas (Project). As required by NEPA, FRA is preparing an...
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is implementing a program of
infrastructure improvement projects along the Pacific Northwest Rail Corridor (PNWRC) also known as
the PNWRC Improvement Program (Program). The PNWRC Improvement Program is made up of
approximately 17...
The environmental commitments, minimization measures, and BMPs listed in the table below include practices, techniques, methods, processes, and activities commonly accepted and used throughout the construction and railroad industries that would be implemented as part of the Task 5 and Task 6...
In recent years, the production and transportation of domestic crude oil by rail has increased dramatically. Since the increase began the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) (including the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety...
Recent derailments have occurred involving trains transporting large quantities of petroleum crude oil and ethanol. Preliminary investigation of one of these recent derailments involving a crude oil train indicates that a mechanical defect involving a broken tank car wheel may have caused or...
FRA and PHMSA are issuing this notice to remind railroads operating a "high hazard flammable train" (HHFT) -- defined as a train comprised of 20 or more loaded tank cars of a Class 3 flammable liquid in a continuous block, or a train with 35 or more loaded tank cars of a Class 3 flammable liquid...