Norfolk Southern/Conrail Rail Connection–Bucyrus, Ohio - Surface ...

3.3.2 Grade Crossings
The existing NS rail line crosses East Warren Street and Rensselaer Street. The existing Conrail rail
line crosses Whetstone Street at grade and Highland Avenue via an overpass.
Average Daily Traffic (ADT) calculated from August 1994 data for a segment of East Warren Street
between Lane and Whetstone Streets indicated ADT of 1,955 vehicles per day (vpd). ADT from
August 1995 calculated for a segment of East Rensselaer Street between South Sandusky Street and
Highland Avenue was 2,294 vehicles per day. Neither of these grade crossings exceeds an ADT of
5,000 vpd. The study team concluded that for highways with ADT volumes below 5,000 vpd, the
potential effect of increased train traffic would be experienced by very few drivers and the additional
vehicular delay would be minimal.
3.4 SAFETY
3.4.1 Hazardous Waste Sites
Review of the appropriate environmental data bases by Environmental Data Resources, Inc. (EDR)
indicated that there were two Ohio Spills sites and one State Inventory of Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks (LUST) site within 0.25 mile of the proposed construction corridor. The two Ohio Spills sites
included a diesel fuel spill at the BP Oil Company located at 720 East Warren (adjacent to the proposed
construction site) and an ammonia spill at the Ridgedon Farms facility located at 323 Wiley Street. The
LUST site was identified as the Anchor Swan facility located at 416 East Mansfield Street. None of
these sites are expected to be impacted by the proposed construction because of their distance from the
construction site and the minimal subsurface disturbance would be restricted to the proposed
construction site.
The Quinn Brothers Construction Company yard on the proposed construction site was not listed in any
of the searched databases. However, the possibility of environmental contamination at the site cannot
be eliminated. If contamination is encountered during construction, proper response and remediation
will be implemented.
No other hazardous waste sites or known environmental conditions, (e.g., National Priorities List
(NPL); Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System
(CERCLIS); Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Sites (TSD); Emergency Response Notification System
(ERNS); State Priority List (SPL); or State Inventory of Solid Waste Facilities (SWFLF)) were
identified in the vicinity of the proposed connection. The EDR database search revealed ten
unmappable sites within the city limits of Bucyrus. These sites could not be located because of poor
address or geocoding information provided to the state and/or federal databases. However, no evidence
of a hazardous waste site was observed within the proposed construction area during a site visit.
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