ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20113
No(s). 09-1002 (D.C. Cir. Mar 15, 2011)

The D.C. Circuit upheld the Surface Transportation Board's imposition of environmental mitigation conditions in its approval of a "minor" railroad merger. The case involved the acquisition of a small "non-Class I" railroad by a larger "Class I" railroad company. Because the acquisition invol...