Mayo Clinic seeks mitigation for Rochester as condition of CP--DM&E railroad merger

摘要

On February 1, the Mayo Clinic asked the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) to require mitigation for the city of Rochester as a condition of the Canadian Pacific's pending acquisition of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad (DM&E). Mayo Clinic said the proposed merger currently ignores the significant environmental impacts created by combining the two railroads, including the consequences of increased shipments of ethanol and other hazardous materials on what are universally considered to be unsafe tracks. The STB has previously ruled that it will require mitigation only if the Canadian Pacific decides to proceed with DM&E's controversial Powder River Basin expansion proposal. Mayo Clinic submitted its comments as part of the STB's formal review of the proposed Canadian Pacific-DM&E merger.