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SWG-2017-00078 - USA Rail Terminals, LLC - Neches River - Jefferson County, Texas

Published May 17, 2017
Expiration date: 6/16/2017

Full Public Notice          Project Plans

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:  The applicant proposes to construct a railroad spur and side rails that will connect to an existing railroad.  The newly constructed facilities will include 21 rail siding lines, varying from 2,580 to 3,507 feet in length and a 1.03-mile emergency vehicle access road, at the project site.  Fill will be permanently placed in jurisdictional waters to build the railway and access-road beds.  A total of 1.25 acres of jurisdictional wetlands will be permanently impacted by this project.  Two types of waters will be affected, palustrine shrub/scrub wetland (0.16 acres) and palustrine emergent wetland (1.09 acres).