Procedures
Occasionally it becomes necessary to enter the property of the Union Pacific Railroad Company for purposes of soils analysis to determine the extent of environmental contamination that may have flowed onto the Railroad Company's property from adjacent property or to correct environmental contamination.
The railroad's right of way can be a dangerous place to work due to rapidly approaching trains, and it is our desire to ensure that any necessary environmental investigation and remediation is done in a safe manner, in accordance with our guidelines and standards and in accordance with appropriate state and federal regulations.
It is our intent to cooperate, as much as possible, with parties desiring to come onto our right of way to conduct these types of operations. We require a full investigation of the purpose of any such requests, and we ask that a written agreement be entered into to ensure that parties are permitted to be on our property safely and in accordance with rules and regulations.
Therefore, we've established a permitting process in which all parties requesting entry onto our property may be efficiently processed. This process works very effectively for us and provides for timely entry onto our property. Since this is a lengthy process, we ask that all request be submitted to us a minimum of sixty (60) days in advance of your requested entry date.
The online application form can be found here Online Application process
Questions? Need Assistance?
For administrative, real estate or contract related questions, please contact the Pipeline, Wireline, Right of Entry and Drainage Contacts
For technical environmental questions, please contact:
Scott Selken (spselken@up.com)
Environmental Site Remediation
1400 Douglas Street, STOP 1030
Omaha, NE 68179