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THE ABO CANYON SECOND TRACK PROJECT: BUILDING RAIL CAPACITY AND COMMUNITY William Penner

Primary Development of the AT&SF Railway in New Mexico

Purpose & Need • Economic growth • BNSF & rail industry efficiencies

Designing a Second Track • Route selection • Engineering parameters • Final refinements

Designing our Final Alternative • Cost and balancing concerns • Environmental considerations – What we thought early on • Section 404, Clean Water Act • Environmental stewardship – What we actually encountered • Individual 404 permit from the Corps of Engineers • BLM right-of-way grant

NEPA & NHPA Processes • Agencies and permitting (Corps, BLM, SHPO, ACHP) • Consulting parties (landowners, tribal governments, NTHP) • Controversy • Environmental constraints – Bighorn sheep – ESA Section 7 – Cultural resources

Project Involvement • Army Corps of Engineers • Bureau of Land Management • NM State Historic Preservation Officer • NM Department of Cultural Affairs • Advisory Council on Historic Preservation • NM Department of Game and Fish • US Fish and Wildlife Service • NM Environment Department (NMED) Surface Water Quality Bureau • NMED Air Quality Bureau • NM State Engineers Office • US Department of Agriculture/NRCS • Claunch-Pinto Soil and Water Conservation District • Cities of Belen, Socorro, and Mountainair • Socorro and Valencia Counties • Acoma Pueblo • Isleta Pueblo • Laguna Pueblo • The Navajo Nation • Mescalero Apache • Piro-Manso-Tiwa Tribe • National Trust for Historic Preservation • Local ranchers • Surface Transportation Board • Federal Railroad Administration • Department of the Interior • US Forest Service • NM Department of Transportation • Socorro Electric Coop • Tierra Grande Land Improvement Association

Project Issues

NHPA Section 106 Process • Cultural resources – Properties in the canyon – Involving the local communities • 3 years of agency deliberation – 11 consulting parties and federal and state agencies

Prehistoric Resources

Constructing the Belen Cutoff in Abo Canyon

Achieving Consensus • Permits and right-of-way grant – Minimizing permanent impacts to waterways – Additional studies, reports, and compliance requirements • NMDGF and the game fence • 3 years of dialog with interested parties • MOA and cultural resources – Test Blast Protocol & rock art monitoring – Workforce education & mitigation efforts

Test Blast Protocol: Avoiding vibratory impacts • Blast design • Monitoring • Tribal engagement

Mitigation: Telling the History of the Belen Cutoff • Data recovery • Oral histories • NM school curricula • Technical reports • Popular history book • Harvey House installation

Wheeler’s 1877 NM Atlas

Project Successes • Environmental stewardship during design and construction • Ongoing tribal dialog • Significant community support & involvement • Property assessments for adjacent landowners • Completed mitigation • Traffic improvement by 2011

Thank You

BUILDING RAIL CAPACITY AND COMMUNITY William Penner Primary - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

THE ABO CANYON SECOND TRACK PROJECT: BUILDING RAIL CAPACITY AND COMMUNITY William Penner Primary Development of the AT&SF Railway in New Mexico Primary Development of the AT&SF Railway in New Mexico Primary Development of the

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