( August 29, 2024, 2:48 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) filed an amicus curiae brief on Aug. 29 in support of parties that want the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that held that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) failed to adequately examine the risk of wildfires and the impact on groundwater posed by the construction of a proposed rail line in Utah that would carry products related to hydraulic fracturing to and from the shale formation in the Uinta Basin. The AAR says the lower court ruling “flies in the face” of Supreme Court precedent....