Project Participants

ARRC (Alaska Railroad Corporation) is the project applicant and co-manager.

Borough (Matanuska-Susitna Borough) is the operator of Port MacKenzie, the project sponsor, and co-manager.

HDR (HDR Alaska, Inc.) is the consultant hired by the co-managers to analyze the environmental issues associated with the range of alternatives, conduct public involvement activities, and support the ARRC.

ICF International has been retained by the ARRC on behalf of the STB as the third-party contractor who will prepare the environmental document for the Port MacKenzie Rail Extension project. ICF is a multi-disciplined firm headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, and is comprised of nearly 2,500 employees throughout the United States. The ICF staff have extensive experience in the preparation of NEPA documents on behalf of the STB, and are strategically located close to the STB offices in Washington, D.C. ICF will be drawing extensively from local Alaska-based firms in the coordination, gathering, assembly, and interpretation of information used for the environmental document. These firms include: ENTRIX, Steve Braund and Associates, Northern Land Use Research, and USKH.

Hanson (Hanson Alaska, LLC) is the consultant hired by the co-managers to develop the rail alternatives and provide conceptual engineering services to the ARRC.

STB (Surface Transportation Board) is the lead federal agency responsible for approving the rail extension. The STB is affiliated with the U.S. Department of Transportation. See also Surface Transportation Board on the Terms & Definitions page.

OEA (Office of Environmental Analysis) is the department within the STB responsible for ensuring NEPA compliance. See also Section of Environmental Analysis on the Terms & Definitions page.