Display Kept in this browser only
Docket Yard
AbandonmentBefore the Surface Transportation Board

AB 531

Docket Yard · docketyard.org/d/AB-531 · entries shown: all, newest first

This docket has not yet been observed directly in the Board’s dockets table; its entries below come from filings and decisions that name it.

Caption from the Board’s record. Sub-dockets, included below: AB 531-X, AB 531 (Sub-No. 1X), AB 531 (Sub-No. 2X), AB 531 (Sub-No. 3X)

8 filings, 16 decisions and 1 environmental comment observed here; last checked 10 Oct 2026, 22:36 UTC; last new entry 31 Aug 2026, 20:42 UTC.

Cite View on stb.gov

Entries

By type (4)
Newest first · oldest first
  1. (printed as 1/24/2023)
    Letter
    306035Letter · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 3X)
    Pioneer Valley Railroad Company, Inc.
  2. (printed as 1/4/2023)
    Notice
    305907Consummation Notice · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 3X)
    Pioneer Valley Railroad Company, Inc.
  3. served (printed as 12/16/2022)
    Decision
    51533Director Of Proceedings · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 3X)
    MODIFIED THE NOTICE SERVED AND PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 17, 2022, BY: (1) IMPLEMENTING INTERIM TRAIL USE/RAIL BANKING; AND (2) IMPOSING A CONDITION PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED BY THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS.
  4. (printed as 12/16/2022)
    Trail
    305828Trail Use Agreement Reached · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 3X)
    Pioneer Valley Railroad Company, Inc.
  5. served (printed as 12/9/2022)
    Decision
    51483Director, Office Of Environmental Analysis · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 3X)
    RECOMMENDED THAT A CONDITION PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED IN A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SHOULD BE IMPOSED UPON A DECISION GRANTING ABANDONMENT AUTHORITY.
  6. (printed as 12/8/2022)
    Letter
    305760Letter · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 3X)
    Pioneer Valley Railroad Company, Inc.
  7. (printed as 12/6/2022)
    Errata
    305742Errata/Correction · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 3X)
    Town of Southampton, Mass.
  8. (printed as 11/30/2022)
    Trail
    305695Trail Use Agreement Reached · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 3X)
    Pioneer Valley Railroad Company, Inc.
  9. served (printed as 11/21/2022)
    Decision
    51482Director, Office Of Environmental Analysis · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 3X)
    DETERMINED THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS IS UNNECESSARY AND INVITED THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT.
  10. (printed as 11/21/2022)
    Trail
    305672Trail Use Request · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 3X)
    Town of Southampton, Massachusetts
  11. served (printed as 11/17/2022)
    Decision
    51490Director Of Proceedings · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 3X)
    PROVIDED NOTICE THAT PIONEER VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY, INC. FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO ABANDON APPROXIMATELY 4.25 MILES OF RAIL LINE IN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS.
  12. (printed as 11/2/2022)
    Comment
    EO-3728Internal · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 3X)
    Office of Proceedings
  13. (printed as 10/28/2022)
    Notice
    305574Notice Of Exemption · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 3X)
    Pioneer Valley Railroad Company, Inc.
  14. served (printed as 4/20/2000)
    Decision
    30987Director Of Proceedings · in AB 531-X
    GRANTED PVVR'S REQUEST FILED APRIL 18, 2000, TO FURTHER EXTEND, UNTIL JULY 21, 2000, THE TIME TO CONSUMMATE THEIR ABANDONMENT AND FOR FILING A NOTICE OF CONSUMMATION IN THE ABOVE PROCEEDING.
  15. served (printed as 1/21/2000)
    Decision
    30781Director Of Proceedings · in AB 531-X
    GRANTED PVRR'S REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO EXERCISE THE ABANDONMENT AUTHORITY, AND THE AUTHORITY TO ABANDON MUST BE EXERCISED ON OR BEFORE APRIL 21, 2000.
  16. served (printed as 7/19/1999)
    Decision
    30368Director Of Proceedings · in AB 531-X
    GRANTED PVRR'S REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO EXERCISE THE ABANDONMENT AUTHORITY TO JANUARY 23, 2000.
  17. served (printed as 1/15/1999)
    Decision
    29939Director Of Proceedings · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 2X)
    FOUND NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT UNDER 49 CFR 1105.10(G) WILL BE MADE PURSUANT TO 49 CFR 1011.8(C)(10).
  18. served (printed as 11/13/1998)
    Decision
    29741Chief Of Section Of Environmental Analysis · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 2X)
    CONCLUDED THAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS IS UNNECESSARY AND INVITED PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
  19. served (printed as 11/10/1998)
    Decision
    29704Director Of Proceedings · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 2X)
    NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION AND ESTABLISHED A PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE.
  20. served (printed as 7/23/1998)
    Decision
    29181Entire Board · in AB 531-X
    GRANTED PVRR AN EXEMPTION UNDER 49 U.S.C. 10502 FROM THE PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS OF 49 U.S.C. 10903 TO ABANDON A 1.9-MILE LINE OF RAILROAD KNOWN AS THE WESTFIELD BRANCH EXTENDING FROM MILEPOST 0.0 TO THE END OF THE LINE AT MILEPOST 1.9, IN WESTFIELD, HAMPDEN COUNTY, MA.
  21. served (printed as 6/1/1998)
    Decision
    29103Chief Of Section Of Environmental Analysis · in AB 531-X
    CONCLUDED THAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS IS UNNECESSARY AND INVITED PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
  22. served (printed as 5/18/1998)
    Decision
    29203Director Of Proceedings · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 1X)
    FOUND OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT UNDER 49 CFR 1105.10(G) WILL BE MADE PURSUANT TO 40 CFR 1011.8(C)(10).
  23. served (printed as 4/22/1998)
    Decision
    29105Director Of Proceedings · in AB 531-X
    NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION AND ESTABLISHED A PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE.
  24. served (printed as 3/26/1998)
    Decision
    28996Chief Of Section Of Environmental Analysis · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 1X)
    CONCLUDED THAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS IS UNNECESSARY AND INVITED PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
  25. served (printed as 3/18/1998)
    Decision
    28998Director Of Proceedings · in AB 531 (Sub-No. 1X)
    NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION AND ESTABLISHED A PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE.