SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) today issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) for Green Eagle Railroad’s proposed construction and operation of a 1.3-mile rail line in Eagle Pass and Maverick County, Texas.  The proposed line is part of the larger Puerto Verde Global Trade Bridge project that includes a new commercial motor vehicle crossing between Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, and Eagle Pass, Texas.

The Final EIS responds to comments received on the Draft EIS and sets forth OEA’s final recommendations, including final recommended mitigation measures, to the Board.  Issuance of the Final EIS completes the Board’s environmental review for this project.  The Board will now consider the transportation merits and the entire environmental record, including the Draft EIS, Final EIS, and all comments received as part of its final decision.

The Final EIS, in Green Eagle Railroad—Construction & Operation Exemption—Line of Railroad in Maverick County, Texas, Docket No. FD 36652, may be viewed and downloaded from the following links: Final EIS, Appendices.