Real Estate – Prohibited Uses of Railroad Property
Prohibited Uses
Please note that this is not a comprehensive list and Montana Rail Link reserves the right to prohibit any use.
- Storage of hay and/or straw.
- New residential uses.
- Domestic water wells.
- Use of existing Railroad fireguard road for applicant’s convenience. Applicant must build road on own property unless otherwise approved by the MRL Engineering Department.
- Electrical transformer repair or reconditioning.
- Wood treatment/tie plant.
- Salvage operation, junk yard (including junk vehicles) or scrap dealer (unless salvaging railroad materials).
- Battery recycling.
- Tire storage or recycling.
- Any type of material recycler, reconditioning, reclamation, or recovery operation.
- Landfill, incinerator and waste disposal operations of any kind.
- Surface impoundment, waste pile.
- Above ground or underground storage tanks (some exceptions may apply on a case-by-case basis).
- Electroplating operation.
- Mining, ore processing, refining, or smelting.
- Fuel blending, waste or used oil recycling or reclamation
- Explosive disposal, manufacturing or detonation.
- Leather tanning.
- Electrical machinery manufacturing and repair.
- Petrochemical refining.
- Automotive repair and service station.
- Bulk oil storage.
- Machinery degreasing operations.
- Cement kiln.
- Laundry and/or dry cleaner.
- Any chemical manufacturing or processing operation, including:
- Industrial organic or inorganic chemicals
- Plastics, synthetic resins or synthetic rubber
- Paints, pigments, lacquers, enamels, varnishes, and allied products
- Solvents
- Soap, detergents and cleaning preparations
- Perfumes, cosmetics and other toiletry preparations
- Agricultural chemicals
- Pesticides
- Fertilizers
- Wood preservatives
- Drugs
- Miscellaneous chemicals such as adhesives, printing ink and carbon black