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Chapter 1 References
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40 CFR 1508.11. Environmental Impact Statement.
40 CFR 1506.10(b). Timing of agency action.
49 CFR 1105.4(f). Definitions; Environmental Impact Statement.
49 CFR 1105.5. Determinative criteria.
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49 CFR 1105.10(d). Board procedures; Third-Party Consultants.
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49 CFR 1105.10(d). Board procedures; Third-Party Consultants.
Department of Transportation, Surface Transportation Board. STB Finance Docket
No. 35087. Canadian National Railway Company and Grand Trunk Corporation—
Control—EJ&E West Company. Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS); Notice of Initiation of the Scoping Process, Including Notice
of Availability of Draft Scope of Study for Environmental Impact Statement; Request
for Comments on Draft Scope; and Notice of Open-House Meetings. FR, Vol. 72,
No. 245, pp. 72819–72822. December 21, 2007.
2008 Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability. FR, Vol. 73, No. 149,
p.44991. August 1, 2008.
[USC] United States Code
16 USC 1536. Interagency cooperation (also known as Section 7 of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973).
33 USC 401. Construction of bridges, causeways, dams or dikes generally;
exemptions (also known as Section 9 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899).
42 USC 7609. Policy review (also known as Section 309 of the Clean Air Act).
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