What is the role of the STB’s Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA)?
Under NEPA, the STB must consider the potential environmental impacts of its action before deciding whether to approve a new rail line . SEA is the office within the STB that gathers and analyzes the environmental record in a case, prepares the EA or EIS, as appropriate, and provides technical advice and recommendations to the STB on environmental matters. SEA has trained legal and environmental specialists, headed by the Chief of the Section of Environmental Analysis, Vicki Rutson. Can you summarize the STB’s NEPA process in a rail construction case? If a full EIS is prepared, SEA first issues a notice of intent to prepare an EIS and determines the scope of work for the EIS, after providing opportunities for public participation and consultation with appropriate federal, state, and local agencies and other government entities. A Draft EIS then is prepared that analyzes in detail the potential environmental impacts of the proposed construction, considers reasonable and feasible alterna
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