January 28, 2021 STB Extends Uinta Basin Railway DEIS Comment Period Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor The STB’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) issued the Draft EIS for the proposed Uinta Basin Railway in late October 2020. The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is extending until Feb. 12 the comment period on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed 85-mile Uinta Basin Railway in Utah. Eagle County, Colo., requested the extension on Jan. 25 due to concerns about the Tennessee Pass Line in Colorado. According to the STB’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA)—which issued the Draft EIS for the proposed Uinta Basin Railway in late October—Eagle County stated “stakeholders in Colorado are concerned that rail traffic from the Uinta Basin Railway, including unit trains carrying crude oil, could travel on the Tennessee Pass Line if both the proposed construction and operation of the Uinta Basin Railway and the proposed lease and reactivation of the Tennessee Pass Line were to move forward.” The comment period extension will give stakeholders more time to evaluate potential impacts, STB said.