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Railroad Environmental Conference

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Compliance Checklist and Guide

Expert System Environmental Check List for Short Line Railroads
Environmental Screening Checklist and Workbook for Short Line Railroads Updated (PDF) October 01, 2000

Environmental Compliance Handbook for Short Line RailRoads
All files in this section are PDF Format.

Cover Letter
Chapter 1: The Handbook: What It Is, What It Does
Chapter 2: Environmental Compliance Issues Facing Short Line Railroads 

Engineering

Chapter 3: Guide to Federal Environmental Laws

CAA
CWA
CERCLA
EPCRA
FIFRA

Glossary

Appendix A: Telephone Contacts

Hotlines
FRA Regional Offices

Appendix B: Waste Disposal Discussion

Acronyms

Environmental Screening Checklist And Workbook For Short Line Railroads

Environmental Compliance Checklist for Short Line Railroads

Sector Notebook

Profile of the Transportation Equipment Cleaning Industry (PDF)

Profile Of The Ground Transportation Industry -- Railroad, Trucking, and Pipeline (PDF)

Other Information Resources

North American Employee Environmental Excellence Award October 16, 2000
Integrated Contingency Plan "One Plan" Guidance (PDF) October 01, 2000
Water Pollution Contacts
State Storm Water Contacts

Storm Water Contacts: EPA Regional Offices

Bibliography

Railroad Bibliography
General Transportation Bibliography

News

 

2004 / 2005 / 2006

2006

Blue Skyways to Bring Cleaner Air (06/20/2006)

Six Oregon School Districts graduate to cleaner buses thanks to a $150,000 EPA grant (05/22/2006)

EPA Seeks Proposals to Fund New Clean Diesel Projects (05/17/2006)

EPA Region 8 awards seven projects to assess and clean up blighted properties (05/15/2006)

EPA Gives Cohoes a Boost With Brownfields Grants (05/15/2006)

EPA Announces Agriculture Strategy, Partnerships in the Heartland (05/15/2006)

Eleven Brownfields Grants Totaling $3 Million Awarded in Vermont - Part of Nearly $70 Million Funded Nationwide (05/12/2006)

$70 Million in Grants Brings Blighted Property Back to Life (05/12/2006)

EPA awards over $10.3 million in grants to Pacific Southwest groups, governments, tribe to clean up, redevelop abandoned properties (05/12/2006)

Brownfields Grant for $200K Awarded in Raymond, New Hampshire - Part of Nearly $70 Million Funded Nationwide (05/12/2006)

Eight Brownfields Grants Totaling $2.3 Million Awarded in Maine - Part of Nearly $70 Million Funded Nationwide (05/12/2006)

Ten Brownfields Grants Totaling $2 Million Awarded in Connecticut - Part of Nearly $70 Million Funded Nationwide (05/12/2006)

Ten Brownfields Grants Totaling $2 Million Awarded in Massachusetts - Part of Nearly $70 Million Funded Nationwide (05/12/2006)

EPA Gives Trenton and Jersey City a Boost with Brownfields Grants (05/12/2006)

EPA Gives New York Communities a Boost with Brownfields Grants (05/12/2006)

Seven Brownfields Grants Totaling $1.4 Million Awarded in Rhode Island - Part of Nearly $70 Million Funded Nationwide (05/12/2006)

Rhode Island Officials and EPA Celebrate Clean School Bus Efforts - EPA Announces $1.5 million for New Clean Diesel Projects (05/05/2006)

Wal-Mart Encourages Freight Industry to Reduce Air Pollution (04/28/2006)

Three Idaho school districts graduate to cleaner buses thanks to a $250,000 EPA grant (04/21/2006)

Peninsula School District in Gig Harbor, Washington Graduates to Cleaner Buses (03/13/2006)

Cleaner Air On The Horizon With New Joint Efforts By Public, Private Sectors (02/16/2006)

Cleaner Air On The Horizon With New Joint Efforts By Public, Private Sectors (02/16/2006)

EPA, Freight Industry Save Fuel and Help the Environment - Nominations sought for excellence awards (02/13/2006)

EPA and Duluth Seaway Port Authority to sponsor clean-diesel workshop (02/02/2006)

EPA Holds Workshop to Cut Diesel Pollution From Northeast Ports -- Workshop Part of Larger Effort to Control Diesel Pollution (02/01/2006)

EPA Offers $3 Million in Grants for Innovative Diesel Emissions Reduction Projects (01/24/2006)

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2005

EPA Concludes Season’s Dredging of New Bedford Harbor Contaminated Sediment (12/01/2005)

California, Florida, Connecticut, Colorado Communities Cited for Balancing Development, Environmental Protection (11/16/2005)

$135,000 awarded to Port of Seattle to Assess and Reduce Diesel Emissions in Puget Sound (11/15/2005)

EPA to Erect Fence at Parcel 6A in Taunton, Massachusetts (10/05/2005)

Officials in New Bedford Officially Launch First Use of Rail to Transport PCB Sedimen  (09/29/2005)

EPA And New York City Launch Second Green Building Competition (09/22/2005)

EPA and LDEQ use helicopter to detect chemical spills in Katrina's aftermath (09/16/2005)

DEQ requests information from railroad companies (09/11/2005)

Environmental investigation begins at ARMCO site (08/30/2005)

R.I.-Based Sterilization Firm Will Pay Fine, Undertake Air Quality Improvement Projects, to Resolve Air Violations - Projects will eliminate 235 tons of air pollution (08/18/2005)

Chester County Gets $200,000 For Brownfields Redevelopment (07/29/2005)

Fairmont and Clarksburg Get Federal Funding to Assess Sites for Cleanup and Redevelopment (07/21/2005)

EPA Recognizes NYC Parks for Reducing Pesticide and Fertilizer Use on Thousands of Acres; Unveils New Campaign Encouraging Homeowners to Use Fewer Chemicals on Lawns (06/17/2004)

EPA Gives Johnstown Additional $800,000 for Brownfields Cleanup & Study - Majority will go towards restoring the former Bethlehem Steel Lower Works Complex (06/15/2004)

Major Freight Railroads to Save Fuel and Cut Emissions (05/27/2005)

EPA funding for redevelopment in Bucks County (05/13/2005)

EPA Awards Brownfields Grants to Fletcher and Woodfin, North Carolina (05/13/2005)

EPA funding for redevelopment in the Lehigh Valley (05/12/2005)

City of Lakewood, Denver's Park Hill neighborhood awarded EPA Brownfields grants (05/10/2005)

EPA Awards $1 Million in Brownfields Grants to Programs in Georgia (05/10/2005)

EPA Awards More Than $1.5 Million in Brownfields Grants to Programs in Florida (05/10/2005)

EPA Awards $160,750 in Brownfields Grants to Hattiesburg, MS (05/10/2005)

EPA Awards $1 Million in Brownfields Grants to Programs in North Carolina (05/10/2005)

EPA Awards $260,000 in Brownfields Grants to Programs in South Carolina (05/10/2005)

EPA Awards Brownfields Grants to Programs in Tennessee (05/10/2005)

EPA Region 8 awards eight communities $3M in Brownfields grants (05/10/2005)

EPA awards $200,000 to Merced in Brownfields Grant (05/10/2005)

U.S. EPA awards $200,000 for Brownfields redevelopment to Humboldt County community (05/10/2005)

EPA awards $1 million to Santa Cruz in a Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (05/10/2005)

EPA awards $400,000 in Brownfields grants to Hawai'i (05/10/2005)

U.S. EPA awards $1.2 million in Southern California Brownfield Grants (05/10/2005)

$75.9 Million in Brownfield Grants Announced (05/10/2005)

Two Brownfields Grants Awarded in Rhode Island -- Part of $75.9 Million Funded Nationwide (05/10/2005)

EPA awards $800,000 in Brownfields grants to Arizona (05/10/2005)

Four Brownfields Grants Awarded in Vermont -- Part of $75.9 Million Funded Nationwide (05/10/2005)

EPA awards $950,000 to Nevada groups in Brownfields grants (05/10/2005)

U.S. EPA awards $600,000 for Brownfields redevelopment in the Sacramento area (05/10/2005)

City of Yankton receives $170,000 EPA cleanup grant (05/10/2005)

Five Brownfields Grants Awarded in New Hampshire -- Part of $75.9 Million Funded Nationwide (05/10/2005)

Eight Brownfields Grants Awarded in Maine -- Part of $75.9 Million Funded Nationwide (05/10/2005)

Spirit Lake Tribe receives four EPA cleanup grants totaling $800,000 (05/10/2005)

EPA awards over $7.5 million in Brownfields grants to 24 Entities in California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawai’i (05/10/2005)

Nineteen Brownfields Grants Awarded in Massachusetts -- Part of $75.9 Million Funded Nationwide (05/10/2005)

Sixteen Brownfields Grants Awarded in Connecticut -- Part of $75.9 Million Funded Nationwide (05/10/2005)

EPA awards over $2.1 Million in Brownfields grants to Bay Area Groups (05/10/2005)

Salt Lake Community College receives $200,000 EPA job training grant (05/10/2005)

Montana communities receive $1.3M in EPA Brownfields grants (05/10/2005)

Work Continues at Troy Mills Superfund Site (05/06/2005)

U.S. EPA awards $150,000 to Sacramento air district for diesel reduction (02/23/2005)

Progress on Denver Superfund sites contributes to healthy communities (02/17/2005)

Hazardous chemical reporting roundup: EPA Settles Hamtramck, Mich., case; issues complaint against Ashtabula company (01/06/2005)

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2004

EPA and Montana DEQ issue final Record of Decision for the Milltown Reservoir Sediments Superfund Site (12/20/2004)

EPA Selects Final Dewatering Sites for Use in Hudson River PCBs Cleanup; Ft. Edward & Bethlehem, New York Sites Chosen (12/15/2004)

U.S EPA, Union Pacific, BNSF and SJVAPCD kick off diesel reduction in Central Valley (09/30/2004)

U.S EPA, California, Oregon, Washington join to announce comprehensive West Coast diesel initiative (09/30/2004)

EPA Smartway Program Awards $100,000 Grant To Arkansas (09/13/2004)

U.S. EPA passes baton to Nevada to oversee environmental cleanup of old rail yard (08/25/2004)

Portfields Project Helps Economy and Environment of New Bedford Harbor (08/05/04)

EPA and NH DES to Hold Information Meeting on Cleanup of the Troy Mills Landfill (06/30/04)

Local Railyard Pollution-Reduction Effort to get a Kickstart (06/29/2004)

U.S. EPA Regional Administrator Jane M Kenny and DEP Commissioner Christopher O. Ward Announces Winners of New York City's First "Green" Buildings Competition (06/29/2004)

Half-way there on Shattuck cleanup (06/28/2004)

EPA awards $1.4 million in Brownfields grants throughout Arizona (06/15/2004)

EPA Funds To Pave the Way for New Businesses and Green Spaces (06/15/2004)

42 States, Puerto Rico, Five Tribes Share Record $75.4 Million in Brownfields Grants (06/15/2004)

EPA and Montana DEQ announce new proposed cleanup plan for the Milltown Reservoir Sediments Superfund Site in Montana (05/17/2004)

EPA Recommends Sites for Use as Dewatering Facilities in Hudson River Cleanup (04/28/2004)

EPA Recognizes 15 From Massachusetts With Environmental Merit Awards (04/22/04)

$1.4 Million Environmental Settlement With MBTA Brings Clean Air and Water Benefits to Boston: Settlement Stems from Bus Idling and Water Pollution Violations (03/10/04)

EPA/DOJ Enforcement Case Brings Clean Air Benefits to Boston (01/30/04)

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Links

Agricultural Compliance Assistance Center
Association of American Railroads
CCAR-Greenlink (Automotive)
Chemical Transportation Safety and Responsible Care
DOT, Federal Railroad Administration
EPA Locomotive Emissions Information
FRA Office of Safety Analysis
Locomotive Fueling Interface Standard
Railroad Environmental Conference

 


 

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