Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad Co. (ALM) has filed a notice to discontinue service over a 9.32-mile rail line in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.
The rail line, which runs between milepost 551.25 and milepost 560.57, has not seen local traffic since before 2014, and any overhead traffic can be rerouted.
No formal complaints have been filed regarding the cessation of service, and the necessary notifications to governmental agencies and newspaper publications have been completed.
The discontinuation is set to take effect on March 20, 2025, unless a formal expression of intent to file an offer of financial assistance to subsidize continued rail service is received by February 28, 2025.
Local employees affected by the discontinuance will be protected under existing labor protection conditions.
The discontinuation may impact local businesses and communities that rely on this rail service for transportation and logistics.
Petitions for reconsideration of this decision must be filed by March 10, 2025.
The decision is part of a broader regulatory process and does not require an environmental review as it is a discontinuance, not an abandonment.
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