(Source: Pacific Coast Business Times, September 22, 2016)
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — The San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission has elected to hear more public comment on the Phillips 66 crude-by-rail proposal in light of new findings from the U.S. Surface Transportation Board regarding preemption and a revised proposal. The Surface Transportation Board recently commented on a similar project being deliberated in the city of Benicia. The STB determined that the train offloading facility wasn’t going to be operated by a rail carrier, it would be operated by the applicant Valero, and, therefore, the city would have ultimate jurisdiction over the project, said Tim McNulty, SLO County assistant county counsel. The Benicia City Council rejected Valero’s appeal of the commission’s denial on Sept. 22.
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