Friday, June 5, 2015

Rural Air Service/ Tongue River Railroad Coal

Billings Gazette: Congress rejects effort to ground rural air service
H.R. 2557: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
Essential Air Service
“The Essential Air Service (EAS) program was put into place to guarantee that small communities that were served by certificated air carriers before deregulation maintain a minimal level of scheduled air service.”

Missoulian: Many voice opposition to Tongue River Railroad
Tongue River Abstract
“On October 16, 2012, Tongue River Railroad Company, Inc. (TRRC) filed a revised application with the Surface Transportation Board (Board). TRRC intended to construct and operate an approximately 83-mile rail line between Miles City, Montana, and two ending points, one near the site of the previously planned Montco Mine near Ashland, Montana, and another at the proposed Otter Creek Mine in the Otter Creek area east of Ashland, Montana. On December 17, 2012, TRRC filed a supplemental application with the Board in which TRRC changed its preferred alignment from the 83-mile Tongue River Alternative to the 42-mile rail line between Colstrip, Montana and the Ashland and Otter Creek areas of Montana.”

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