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9/28/2012
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Environmental report backs intermodal facility's 'green' qualities, BNSF says
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Yesterday, BNSF Railway Co. announced that an updated Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) released by the Port of Los Angeles affirms that the Class I's proposed Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) intermodal facility will improve air quality and reduce health risks and traffic in and around the southern California site.
BNSF recently agreed to contribute up to $3 million to a joint Port of Los Angeles-Port of Long Beach technology advancement program designed to further develop zero-emission goods-movement technologies.
The SCIG will enable containers to be loaded onto rail cars four miles from port docks instead of being transported via truck 24 miles on local roads and Interstate 710 to downtown rail facilities. The facility will eliminate more than 1.5 million truck trips from I-710 each year, according to the DEIR.
BNSF plans to clean up an existing industrial site and build a state-of-the-art intermodal facility featuring wide-span all-electric cranes, ultra-low-emission switching locomotives and low-emission rail yard equipment. Trucks will be required to avoid residential areas by traveling on designated, industrial routes with GPS tracking to ensure compliance. The $500 million SCIG facility would be built in phases.
"This report validates that building the SCIG is the right choice for green growth in Los Angeles," said BNSF Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Matt Rose in a prepared statement. "I'm proud of the hard work we've done over the past seven years to design the greenest intermodal rail facility in the country."
BNSF recently agreed to contribute up to $3 million to a joint Port of Los Angeles-Port of Long Beach technology advancement program designed to further develop zero-emission goods-movement technologies.
The SCIG will enable containers to be loaded onto rail cars four miles from port docks instead of being transported via truck 24 miles on local roads and Interstate 710 to downtown rail facilities. The facility will eliminate more than 1.5 million truck trips from I-710 each year, according to the DEIR.
BNSF plans to clean up an existing industrial site and build a state-of-the-art intermodal facility featuring wide-span all-electric cranes, ultra-low-emission switching locomotives and low-emission rail yard equipment. Trucks will be required to avoid residential areas by traveling on designated, industrial routes with GPS tracking to ensure compliance. The $500 million SCIG facility would be built in phases.
"This report validates that building the SCIG is the right choice for green growth in Los Angeles," said BNSF Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Matt Rose in a prepared statement. "I'm proud of the hard work we've done over the past seven years to design the greenest intermodal rail facility in the country."
