Regulations Governing Fees for Services Performed in Connection With Licensing and Related Services-2009 Update, 20607-20610 [E9-10304]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
49 CFR Part 1002
[STB Ex Parte No. 542 (Sub-No. 16)]
Regulations Governing Fees for
Services Performed in Connection
With Licensing and Related Services—
2009 Update
AGENCY:
Surface Transportation Board,
DOT.
ACTION:
Final rules.
SUMMARY: The Board adopts its 2009
User-Fee Update and revises its fee
schedule to reflect increased costs
associated with the January 2009
government salary increases, changes to
the Board’s overhead costs, and to also
reflect changes in the government fringe
benefits.
DATES: Effective Date: These rules are
effective on June 4, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David T. Groves, (202) 245–0327, or
Anne Quinlan, (202) 245–0309. [TDD
for the hearing impaired: 1–800–877–
8339.]
The
Board’s regulations at 49 CFR 1002.3
provide for annual updates of the
Board’s user-fee schedule. Fees are
revised based on the cost-study formula
set forth at 49 CFR 1002.3(d). The fee
increases adopted here, which reflect
increased costs and changes in overhead
costs, result from the mechanical
application of the update formula in 49
CFR 1002.3(d). No new fees are
proposed in this proceeding. Therefore,
the Board finds that notice and
comment are unnecessary for this
proceeding. See Regulations Governing
Fees For Services—1990 Update, 7
I.C.C.2d 3 (1990); Regulations Governing
Fees For Services—1991 Update, 8
I.C.C.2d 13 (1991); and Regulations
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Governing Fees For Services—1993
Update, 9 I.C.C.2d 855 (1993).
The Board concludes that the fee
changes adopted here will not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
because the Board’s regulations provide
for waiver of filing fees for those entities
that can make the required showing of
financial hardship.
Additional information is contained
in the Board’s decision. To obtain a free
copy of the full decision, visit the
Board’s Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov or call the Board’s
Information Officer at (202) 245B0245.
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through Federal Information
Relay Services (FIRS): (800) 877B8339.]
List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1002
Administrative practice and
procedure, Common carriers, and
Freedom of information.
Decided: April 29, 2009. By the Board,
Acting Chairman Mulvey and Vice Chairman
Nottingham.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, title 49, chapter X, part 1002,
of the Code of Federal Regulations is
amended as follows:
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PART 1002—FEES
1. The authority citation for part 1002
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(A) and 553;
31 U.S.C. 9701 and 49 U.S.C. 721(a).
2. Section 1002.1 is amended by
revising paragraphs (b) through (d);
paragraph (f)(1); the table in paragraph
(g)(6); and paragraph (g)(7) to read as
follows:
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§ 1002.1 Fees for record search, review,
copying, certification, and related services.
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(b) Service involved in examination of
tariffs or schedules for preparation of
certified copies of tariffs or schedules or
extracts therefrom at the rate of $40.00
per hour.
(c) Service involved in checking
records to be certified to determine
authenticity, including clerical work,
etc., identical thereto, at the rate of
$27.00 per hour.
(d) Photocopies of tariffs, reports, and
other public documents, at the rate of
$1.40 per letter or legal size exposure.
A minimum charge of $7.00 will be
made for this service.
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(f) * * *
(1) A fee of $70.00 per hour for
professional staff time will be charged
when it is required to fulfill a request
for ADP data.
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(6) * * *
Grade
Rate
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GS–2 .........................................
GS–3 .........................................
GS–4 .........................................
GS–5 .........................................
GS–6 .........................................
GS–7 .........................................
GS–8 .........................................
GS–9 .........................................
GS–10 .......................................
GS–11 .......................................
GS–12 .......................................
GS–13 .......................................
GS–14 .......................................
GS–15 and over .......................
(7) The fee for photocopies shall be
$1.40 per letter or legal size exposure
with a minimum charge of $7.00.
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3. In § 1002.2, paragraph (f) is revised
as follows:
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§ 1002.2
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Filing fees.
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(f) Schedule of filing fees.
Type of proceeding
Fee
PART I: Non-Rail Applications or Proceedings to Enter Upon a Particular Financial Transaction or Joint Arrangement:
(1) An application for the pooling or division of traffic .....................................................................................................
(2) (i) An application involving the purchase, lease, consolidation, merger, or acquisition of control of a motor carrier
of passengers under 49 U.S.C. 14303.
(ii) A petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 13541 (other than a rulemaking) filed by a non-rail carrier not otherwise covered.
(iii) A petition to revoke an exemption filed under 49 U.S.C. 13541(d) ...................................................................
(3) An application for approval of a non-rail rate association agreement. 49 U.S.C. 13703 ..........................................
(4) An application for approval of an amendment to a non-rail rate association agreement:
(i) Significant amendment .........................................................................................................................................
(ii) Minor amendment ................................................................................................................................................
(5) An application for temporary authority to operate a motor carrier of passengers. 49 U.S.C. 14303(i) .....................
(6) A notice of exemption for transaction within a motor passenger corporate family that does not result in adverse
changes in service levels, significant operational changes, or a change in the competitive balance with motor passenger carriers outside the corporate family.
(7)–(10) [Reserved].
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$4,500.
$2,000.
$3,300.
$2,700.
$28,100.
$4,700.
$100.
$500.
$1,700.
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Type of proceeding
Fee
PART II: Rail Licensing Proceedings Other Than Abandonment or Discontinuance Proceedings:
(11) (i) An application for a certificate authorizing the extension, acquisition, or operation of lines of railroad. 49
U.S.C. 10901.
(ii) Notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31–1150.35 ........................................................................................
(iii) Petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 ...................................................................................................
(12) (i) An application involving the construction of a rail line .........................................................................................
(ii) A notice of exemption involving construction of a rail line under 49 CFR 1150.36 ............................................
(iii) A petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 involving construction of a rail line ........................................
(iv) A request for determination of a dispute involving a rail construction that crosses the line of another carrier
under 49 U.S.C. 10902(d).
(13) A Feeder Line Development Program application filed under 49 U.S.C. 10907(b)(1)(A)(i) or 10907(b)(1)(A)(ii) ...
(14) (i) An application of a class II or class III carrier to acquire an extended or additional rail line under 49 U.S.C.
10902.
(ii) Notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41–1150.45 ........................................................................................
(iii) Petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 relating to an exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C.
10902.
(15) A notice of a modified certificate of public convenience and necessity under 49 CFR 1150.21–1150.24 .............
(16) An application for a land-use-exemption permit for a facility existing as of October 16, 2008 under 49 U.S.C.
10909.
(17) An application for a land-use-exemption permit for a facility not existing as of October 16, 2008 under 49
U.S.C. 10909.
(18)–(20) [Reserved].
PART III: Rail Abandonment or Discontinuance of Transportation Services Proceedings:
(21) (i) An application for authority to abandon all or a portion of a line of railroad or discontinue operation thereof
filed by a railroad (except applications filed by Consolidated Rail Corporation pursuant to the Northeast Rail Service Act [Subtitle E of Title XI of Pub. L. 97–35], bankrupt railroads, or exempt abandonments).
(ii) Notice of an exempt abandonment or discontinuance under 49 CFR 1152.50 ..................................................
(iii) A petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 ................................................................................................
(22) An application for authority to abandon all or a portion of a line of a railroad or operation thereof filed by Consolidated Rail Corporation pursuant to Northeast Rail Service Act.
(23) Abandonments filed by bankrupt railroads ...............................................................................................................
(24) A request for waiver of filing requirements for abandonment application proceedings ...........................................
(25) An offer of financial assistance under 49 U.S.C. 10904 relating to the purchase of or subsidy for a rail line proposed for abandonment.
(26) A request to set terms and conditions for the sale of or subsidy for a rail line proposed to be abandoned ..........
(27) (i) A request for a trail use condition in an abandonment proceeding under 16 U.S.C.1247(d) .............................
(ii) A request to extend the period to negotiate a trail use agreement ....................................................................
(28)–(35) [Reserved].
PART IV: Rail Applications to Enter Upon a Particular Financial Transaction or Joint Arrangement:
(36) An application for use of terminal facilities or other applications under 49 U.S.C. 11102 ......................................
(37) An application for the pooling or division of traffic. 49 U.S.C. 11322 ......................................................................
(38) An application for two or more carriers to consolidate or merge their properties or franchises (or a part thereof)
into one corporation for ownership, management, and operation of the properties previously in separate ownership. 49 U.S.C. 11324:
(i) Major transaction ..................................................................................................................................................
(ii) Significant transaction ..........................................................................................................................................
(iii) Minor transaction .................................................................................................................................................
(iv) Notice of an exempt transaction under 49 CFR 1180.2(d) ................................................................................
(v) Responsive application ........................................................................................................................................
(vi) Petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 ...................................................................................................
(vii) A request for waiver or clarification of regulations filed in a major financial proceeding as defined at 49
CFR 1180.2(a).
(39) An application of a non-carrier to acquire control of two or more carriers through ownership of stock or otherwise. 49 U.S.C. 11324:
(i) Major transaction ..................................................................................................................................................
(ii) Significant transaction ..........................................................................................................................................
(iii) Minor transaction .................................................................................................................................................
(iv) A notice of an exempt transaction under 49 CFR 1180.2(d) .............................................................................
(v) Responsive application ........................................................................................................................................
(vi) Petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 ...................................................................................................
(vii) A request for waiver or clarification of regulations filed in a major financial proceeding as defined at 49
CFR 1180.2(a).
(40) An application to acquire trackage rights over, joint ownership in, or joint use of any railroad lines owned and
operated by any other carrier and terminals incidental thereto. 49 U.S.C. 11324:
(i) Major transaction ..................................................................................................................................................
(ii) Significant transaction ..........................................................................................................................................
(iii) Minor transaction .................................................................................................................................................
(iv) Notice of an exempt transaction under 49 CFR 1180.2(d) ................................................................................
(v) Responsive application ........................................................................................................................................
(vi) Petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 ...................................................................................................
(vii) A request for waiver or clarification of regulations filed in a major financial proceeding as defined at 49
CFR 1180.2(a).
(41) An application of a carrier or carriers to purchase, lease, or contract to operate the properties of another, or to
acquire control of another by purchase of stock or otherwise. 49 U.S.C. 11324:
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$7,400.
$1,800.
$12,800.
$76,100.
$1,800.
$76,100.
$250.
$2,600.
$6,300.
$1,800.
$6,700.
$1,700.
$6,300.
$22,200.
$22,600.
$3,700.
$6,400.
$450.
$1,900.
$1,800.
$1,500.
$23,100.
$250.
$450.
$19,300.
$10,400.
$1,520,600.
$304,100.
$7,600.
$1,700.
$7,600.
$9,500.
$5,600.
$1,520,600.
$304,100.
$7,600.
$1,300.
$7,600.
$9,500.
$5,600.
$1,520,600.
$304,100.
$7,600.
$1,200.
$7,600.
$9,500.
$5,600.
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Type of proceeding
Fee
(i) Major transaction ..................................................................................................................................................
(ii) Significant transaction ..........................................................................................................................................
(iii) Minor transaction .................................................................................................................................................
(iv) Notice of an exempt transaction under 49 CFR 1180.2(d) ................................................................................
(v) Responsive application ........................................................................................................................................
(vi) Petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 ...................................................................................................
(vii) A request for waiver or clarification of regulations filed in a major financial proceeding as defined at 49
CFR 1180.2(a).
(42) Notice of a joint project involving relocation of a rail line under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(5) ...........................................
(43) An application for approval of a rail rate association agreement. 49 U.S.C. 10706 ...............................................
(44) An application for approval of an amendment to a rail rate association agreement. 49 U.S.C. 10706:
(i) Significant amendment .........................................................................................................................................
(ii) Minor amendment ................................................................................................................................................
(45) An application for authority to hold a position as officer or director under 49 U.S.C. 11328 ..................................
(46) A petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 (other than a rulemaking) filed by rail carrier not otherwise covered.
(47) National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) conveyance proceeding under 45 U.S.C. 562 .......................
(48) National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) compensation proceeding under Section 402(a) of the Rail
Passenger Service Act.
(49)–(55) [Reserved].
PART V: Formal Proceedings:
(56) A formal complaint alleging unlawful rates or practices of carriers:
(i) A formal complaint filed under the coal rate guidelines (Stand-Alone Cost Methodology) alleging unlawful
rates and/or practices of rail carriers under 49 U.S.C. 10704(c)(1).
(ii) A formal complaint involving rail maximum rates filed under the Simplified-SAC methodology ........................
(iii) A formal complaint involving rail maximum rates filed under the Three Benchmark methodology ...................
(iv) All other formal complaints (except competitive access complaints) .................................................................
(v) Competitive access complaints ...........................................................................................................................
(vi) A request for an order compelling a rail carrier to establish a common carrier rate .........................................
(57) A complaint seeking or a petition requesting institution of an investigation seeking the prescription or division of
joint rates or charges. 49 U.S.C. 10705.
(58) A petition for declaratory order:
(i) A petition for declaratory order involving a dispute over an existing rate or practice which is comparable to a
complaint proceeding.
(ii) All other petitions for declaratory order ...............................................................................................................
(59) An application for shipper antitrust immunity. 49 U.S.C. 10706(a)(5)(A) .................................................................
(60) Labor arbitration proceedings ...................................................................................................................................
(61) (i) An appeal of a Surface Transportation Board decision on the merits or petition to revoke an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(d).
(ii) An appeal of a Surface Transportation Board decision on procedural matters except discovery rulings ..........
(62) Motor carrier undercharge proceedings ...................................................................................................................
(63) (i) Expedited relief for service inadequacies: A request for expedited relief under 49 U.S.C. 11123 and 49 CFR
part 1146 for service emergency.
(ii) Expedited relief for service inadequacies: A request for temporary relief under 49 U.S.C. 10705 and 11102,
and 49 CFR part 1147 for service inadequacy.
(64) A request for waiver or clarification of regulations except one filed in an abandonment or discontinuance proceeding, or in a major financial proceeding as defined at 49 CFR 1180.2(a).
(65)–(75) [Reserved].
PART VI: Informal Proceedings:
(76) An application for authority to establish released value rates or ratings for motor carriers and freight forwarders
of household goods under 49 U.S.C. 14706.
(77) An application for special permission for short notice or the waiver of other tariff publishing requirements ..........
(78) The filing of tariffs, including supplements, or contract summaries .........................................................................
(79) Special docket applications from rail and water carriers:
(i) Applications involving $25,000 or less .................................................................................................................
(ii) Applications involving over $25,000 ....................................................................................................................
(80) Informal complaint about rail rate applications .........................................................................................................
(81) Tariff reconciliation petitions from motor common carriers:
(i) Petitions involving $25,000 or less .......................................................................................................................
(ii) Petitions involving over $25,000 ..........................................................................................................................
(82) Request for a determination of the applicability or reasonableness of motor carrier rates under 49 U.S.C.
13710(a)(2) and (3).
(83) Filing of documents for recordation. 49 U.S.C. 11301 and 49 CFR 1177.3(c). ......................................................
(84) Informal opinions about rate applications (all modes) ..............................................................................................
(85) A railroad accounting interpretation ..........................................................................................................................
(86) (i) A request for an informal opinion not otherwise covered ....................................................................................
(ii) A proposal to use on a voting trust agreement pursuant to 49 CFR 1013 and 49 CFR 1180.4(b)(4)(iv) in
connection with a major control proceeding as defined at 49 CFR 1180.2(a).
(iii) A request for an informal opinion on a voting trust agreement pursuant to 49 CFR 1013.3(a) not otherwise
covered.
(87) Arbitration of Certain Disputes Subject to the Statutory Jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board under
49 CFR 1108:
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$1,520,600.
$304,100.
$7,600.
$1,400.
$7,600.
$6,700.
$5,600.
$2,400.
$71,200.
$13,200.
$100.
$800.
$8,100.
$250.
$250.
$350.
$350.
$150.
$21,100.
$150.
$250.
$9,000.
$1,000.
$1,400.
$7,100.
$250.
$250.
$350.
$250.
$250.
$250.
$600.
$1,200.
$100.
$1 per page.
($25 minimum
charge.)
$75.
$150.
$600.
$75.
$150.
$250.
$41 per document.
$250.
$1,100.
$1,500.
$5,200.
$500.
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Type of proceeding
Fee
(i) Complaint ..............................................................................................................................................................
(ii) Answer (per defendant), Unless Declining to Submit to Any Arbitration ............................................................
(iii) Third Party Complaint .........................................................................................................................................
(iv) Third Party Answer (per defendant), Unless Declining to Submit to Any Arbitration ........................................
(v) Appeals of Arbitration Decisions or Petitions to Modify or Vacate an Arbitration Award ...................................
(88) Basic fee for STB adjudicatory services not otherwise covered ..............................................................................
(89)–(95) [Reserved].
PART VII: Services:
(96) Messenger delivery of decision to a railroad carrier’s Washington, DC, agent .......................................................
(97) Request for service or pleading list for proceedings ................................................................................................
(98) Processing the paperwork related to a request for the Carload Waybill Sample to be used in a Surface Transportation Board or State proceeding that:
(i) Does not require a Federal Register notice:
(a) Set cost portion ............................................................................................................................................
(b) Sliding cost portion .......................................................................................................................................
(ii) Does require a Federal Register notice:
(a) Set cost portion ............................................................................................................................................
(b) Sliding cost portion .......................................................................................................................................
(99) (i) Application fee for the Surface Transportation Board’s Practitioners’ Exam .......................................................
(ii) Practitioners’ Exam Information Package ............................................................................................................
(100) Carload Waybill Sample data:
(i) Requests for Public Use File for all years prior to the most current year Carload Waybill Sample data available, provided on CD–R.
(ii) Specialized programming for Waybill requests to the Board ..............................................................................
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 660
[Docket No. 090324366–9371–01]
RIN 0648–AX81
Fisheries Off West Coast States and in
the Western Pacific; West Coast
Salmon Fisheries; 2009 Management
Measures
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; request for
comments.
SUMMARY: NMFS establishes fishery
management measures for the 2009
ocean salmon fisheries off Washington,
Oregon, and California and the 2010
salmon seasons opening earlier than
May 1, 2010. Specific fishery
management measures vary by fishery
and by area. The measures establish
fishing areas, seasons, quotas, legal gear,
recreational fishing days and catch
limits, possession and landing
restrictions, and minimum lengths for
salmon taken in the U.S. exclusive
economic zone (EEZ) (3–200 NM) off
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to prevent overfishing and to apportion
the ocean harvest equitably among
treaty Indian, non-treaty commercial,
and recreational fisheries. The measures
are also intended to allow a portion of
the salmon runs to escape the ocean
fisheries in order to provide for
spawning escapement and to provide for
inside fisheries (fisheries occurring in
state internal waters).
DATES: Final rule is effective from 0001
hours Pacific Daylight Time, May 1,
2009, until the effective date of the 2010
management measures, as published in
the Federal Register.
Comments must be received by May
20, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by 0648–AX81, by any one of
the following methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Fax: 206–526–6736 Attn: Peggy
Busby, or 562–980–4047 Attn: Jennifer
´
Ise
• Mail: Barry A. Thom, Acting
Regional Administrator, Northwest
Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way
NE., Seattle, WA 98115–0070 or to Rod
McInnis, Regional Administrator,
Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West
Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long
Beach, CA 90802–4213
Instructions: All comments received
are a part of the public record and will
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All Personal Identifying Information (for
example, name, address, etc.)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
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$75.
$75.
$75.
$75.
$150.
$250.
$32 per delivery.
$24 per list.
$150.
$48 per party.
$400.
$48 per party.
$150.
$25.
$250 per year.
$109 per hour.
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter N/
A in the required fields if you wish to
remain anonymous). Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or
Adobe PDF file formats only.
Copies of the documents cited in this
document are available from Dr. Donald
O. McIsaac, Executive Director, Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE.
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland,
OR 97220–1384, and are posted on its
Web site (www.pcouncil.org).
Send comments regarding the
reporting burden estimate or any other
aspect of the collection-of-information
requirements in these management
measures, including suggestions for
reducing the burden, to one of the
NMFS addresses listed above and to
David Rostker, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), by e-mail at
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov, or by fax
at (202)395–7285.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Busby at 206–526–4323, or
´
Jennifer Ise at 562–980–4046.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The ocean salmon fisheries in the EEZ
off Washington, Oregon, and California
are managed under a ‘‘framework’’
fishery management plan entitled the
Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery
Management Plan (Salmon FMP).
Regulations at 50 CFR part 660, subpart
H, provide the mechanism for making
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
49 CFR Part 1002
[STB Ex Parte No. 542 (Sub-No. 16)]
Regulations Governing Fees for Services Performed in Connection
With Licensing and Related Services--2009 Update
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.
ACTION: Final rules.
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SUMMARY: The Board adopts its 2009 User-Fee Update and revises its fee
schedule to reflect increased costs associated with the January 2009
government salary increases, changes to the Board's overhead costs, and
to also reflect changes in the government fringe benefits.
DATES: Effective Date: These rules are effective on June 4, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David T. Groves, (202) 245-0327, or
Anne Quinlan, (202) 245-0309. [TDD for the hearing impaired: 1-800-877-
8339.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board's regulations at 49 CFR 1002.3
provide for annual updates of the Board's user-fee schedule. Fees are
revised based on the cost-study formula set forth at 49 CFR 1002.3(d).
The fee increases adopted here, which reflect increased costs and
changes in overhead costs, result from the mechanical application of
the update formula in 49 CFR 1002.3(d). No new fees are proposed in
this proceeding. Therefore, the Board finds that notice and comment are
unnecessary for this proceeding. See Regulations Governing Fees For
Services--1990 Update, 7 I.C.C.2d 3 (1990); Regulations Governing Fees
For Services--1991 Update, 8 I.C.C.2d 13 (1991); and Regulations
Governing Fees For Services--1993 Update, 9 I.C.C.2d 855 (1993).
The Board concludes that the fee changes adopted here will not have
a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
because the Board's regulations provide for waiver of filing fees for
those entities that can make the required showing of financial
hardship.
Additional information is contained in the Board's decision. To
obtain a free copy of the full decision, visit the Board's Web site at
https://www.stb.dot.gov or call the Board's Information Officer at (202)
245B0245. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through
Federal Information Relay Services (FIRS): (800) 877B8339.]
List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1002
Administrative practice and procedure, Common carriers, and Freedom
of information.
Decided: April 29, 2009. By the Board, Acting Chairman Mulvey
and Vice Chairman Nottingham.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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For the reasons set forth in the preamble, title 49, chapter X, part
1002, of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:
PART 1002--FEES
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1. The authority citation for part 1002 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(A) and 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701 and 49
U.S.C. 721(a).
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2. Section 1002.1 is amended by revising paragraphs (b) through (d);
paragraph (f)(1); the table in paragraph (g)(6); and paragraph (g)(7)
to read as follows:
Sec. 1002.1 Fees for record search, review, copying, certification,
and related services.
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(b) Service involved in examination of tariffs or schedules for
preparation of certified copies of tariffs or schedules or extracts
therefrom at the rate of $40.00 per hour.
(c) Service involved in checking records to be certified to
determine authenticity, including clerical work, etc., identical
thereto, at the rate of $27.00 per hour.
(d) Photocopies of tariffs, reports, and other public documents, at
the rate of $1.40 per letter or legal size exposure. A minimum charge
of $7.00 will be made for this service.
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(f) * * *
(1) A fee of $70.00 per hour for professional staff time will be
charged when it is required to fulfill a request for ADP data.
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(g) * * *
(6) * * *
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Grade Rate
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GS-1....................................................... $11.72
GS-2....................................................... 12.76
GS-3....................................................... 14.38
GS-4....................................................... 16.15
GS-5....................................................... 18.07
GS-6....................................................... 20.14
GS-7....................................................... 22.38
GS-8....................................................... 24.78
GS-9....................................................... 27.37
GS-10...................................................... 30.15
GS-11...................................................... 33.12
GS-12...................................................... 39.70
GS-13...................................................... 47.21
GS-14...................................................... 55.78
GS-15 and over............................................. 65.62
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(7) The fee for photocopies shall be $1.40 per letter or legal
size exposure with a minimum charge of $7.00.
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3. In Sec. 1002.2, paragraph (f) is revised as follows:
Sec. 1002.2 Filing fees.
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(f) Schedule of filing fees.
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Type of proceeding Fee
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PART I: Non-Rail Applications or
Proceedings to Enter Upon a
Particular Financial Transaction or
Joint Arrangement:
(1) An application for the $4,500.
pooling or division of traffic.
(2) (i) An application involving $2,000.
the purchase, lease,
consolidation, merger, or
acquisition of control of a
motor carrier of passengers
under 49 U.S.C. 14303.
(ii) A petition for exemption $3,300.
under 49 U.S.C. 13541 (other
than a rulemaking) filed by
a non-rail carrier not
otherwise covered.
(iii) A petition to revoke an $2,700.
exemption filed under 49
U.S.C. 13541(d).
(3) An application for approval $28,100.
of a non-rail rate association
agreement. 49 U.S.C. 13703......
(4) An application for approval
of an amendment to a non-rail
rate association agreement:
(i) Significant amendment.... $4,700.
(ii) Minor amendment......... $100.
(5) An application for temporary $500.
authority to operate a motor
carrier of passengers. 49 U.S.C.
14303(i).
(6) A notice of exemption for $1,700.
transaction within a motor
passenger corporate family that
does not result in adverse
changes in service levels,
significant operational changes,
or a change in the competitive
balance with motor passenger
carriers outside the corporate
family.
(7)-(10) [Reserved].
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PART II: Rail Licensing Proceedings
Other Than Abandonment or
Discontinuance Proceedings:
(11) (i) An application for a $7,400.
certificate authorizing the
extension, acquisition, or
operation of lines of railroad.
49 U.S.C. 10901.
(ii) Notice of exemption $1,800.
under 49 CFR 1150.31-1150.35.
(iii) Petition for exemption $12,800.
under 49 U.S.C. 10502.
(12) (i) An application involving $76,100.
the construction of a rail line.
(ii) A notice of exemption $1,800.
involving construction of a
rail line under 49 CFR
1150.36.
(iii) A petition for $76,100.
exemption under 49 U.S.C.
10502 involving construction
of a rail line.
(iv) A request for $250.
determination of a dispute
involving a rail
construction that crosses
the line of another carrier
under 49 U.S.C. 10902(d).
(13) A Feeder Line Development $2,600.
Program application filed under
49 U.S.C. 10907(b)(1)(A)(i) or
10907(b)(1)(A)(ii).
(14) (i) An application of a $6,300.
class II or class III carrier to
acquire an extended or
additional rail line under 49
U.S.C. 10902.
(ii) Notice of exemption $1,800.
under 49 CFR 1150.41-1150.45.
(iii) Petition for exemption $6,700.
under 49 U.S.C. 10502
relating to an exemption
from the provisions of 49
U.S.C. 10902.
(15) A notice of a modified $1,700.
certificate of public
convenience and necessity under
49 CFR 1150.21-1150.24.
(16) An application for a land- $6,300.
use-exemption permit for a
facility existing as of October
16, 2008 under 49 U.S.C. 10909.
(17) An application for a land- $22,200.
use-exemption permit for a
facility not existing as of
October 16, 2008 under 49 U.S.C.
10909.
(18)-(20) [Reserved].
PART III: Rail Abandonment or
Discontinuance of Transportation
Services Proceedings:
(21) (i) An application for $22,600.
authority to abandon all or a
portion of a line of railroad or
discontinue operation thereof
filed by a railroad (except
applications filed by
Consolidated Rail Corporation
pursuant to the Northeast Rail
Service Act [Subtitle E of Title
XI of Pub. L. 97-35], bankrupt
railroads, or exempt
abandonments).
(ii) Notice of an exempt $3,700.
abandonment or
discontinuance under 49 CFR
1152.50.
(iii) A petition for $6,400.
exemption under 49 U.S.C.
10502.
(22) An application for authority $450.
to abandon all or a portion of a
line of a railroad or operation
thereof filed by Consolidated
Rail Corporation pursuant to
Northeast Rail Service Act.
(23) Abandonments filed by $1,900.
bankrupt railroads.
(24) A request for waiver of $1,800.
filing requirements for
abandonment application
proceedings.
(25) An offer of financial $1,500.
assistance under 49 U.S.C. 10904
relating to the purchase of or
subsidy for a rail line proposed
for abandonment.
(26) A request to set terms and $23,100.
conditions for the sale of or
subsidy for a rail line proposed
to be abandoned.
(27) (i) A request for a trail $250.
use condition in an abandonment
proceeding under 16
U.S.C.1247(d).
(ii) A request to extend the $450.
period to negotiate a trail
use agreement.
(28)-(35) [Reserved].
PART IV: Rail Applications to Enter
Upon a Particular Financial
Transaction or Joint Arrangement:
(36) An application for use of $19,300.
terminal facilities or other
applications under 49 U.S.C.
11102.
(37) An application for the $10,400.
pooling or division of traffic.
49 U.S.C. 11322.
(38) An application for two or
more carriers to consolidate or
merge their properties or
franchises (or a part thereof)
into one corporation for
ownership, management, and
operation of the properties
previously in separate
ownership. 49 U.S.C. 11324:
(i) Major transaction........ $1,520,600.
(ii) Significant transaction. $304,100.
(iii) Minor transaction...... $7,600.
(iv) Notice of an exempt $1,700.
transaction under 49 CFR
1180.2(d).
(v) Responsive application... $7,600.
(vi) Petition for exemption $9,500.
under 49 U.S.C. 10502.
(vii) A request for waiver or $5,600.
clarification of regulations
filed in a major financial
proceeding as defined at 49
CFR 1180.2(a).
(39) An application of a non-
carrier to acquire control of
two or more carriers through
ownership of stock or otherwise.
49 U.S.C. 11324:
(i) Major transaction........ $1,520,600.
(ii) Significant transaction. $304,100.
(iii) Minor transaction...... $7,600.
(iv) A notice of an exempt $1,300.
transaction under 49 CFR
1180.2(d).
(v) Responsive application... $7,600.
(vi) Petition for exemption $9,500.
under 49 U.S.C. 10502.
(vii) A request for waiver or $5,600.
clarification of regulations
filed in a major financial
proceeding as defined at 49
CFR 1180.2(a).
(40) An application to acquire
trackage rights over, joint
ownership in, or joint use of
any railroad lines owned and
operated by any other carrier
and terminals incidental
thereto. 49 U.S.C. 11324:
(i) Major transaction........ $1,520,600.
(ii) Significant transaction. $304,100.
(iii) Minor transaction...... $7,600.
(iv) Notice of an exempt $1,200.
transaction under 49 CFR
1180.2(d).
(v) Responsive application... $7,600.
(vi) Petition for exemption $9,500.
under 49 U.S.C. 10502.
(vii) A request for waiver or $5,600.
clarification of regulations
filed in a major financial
proceeding as defined at 49
CFR 1180.2(a).
(41) An application of a carrier
or carriers to purchase, lease,
or contract to operate the
properties of another, or to
acquire control of another by
purchase of stock or otherwise.
49 U.S.C. 11324:
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(i) Major transaction........ $1,520,600.
(ii) Significant transaction. $304,100.
(iii) Minor transaction...... $7,600.
(iv) Notice of an exempt $1,400.
transaction under 49 CFR
1180.2(d).
(v) Responsive application... $7,600.
(vi) Petition for exemption $6,700.
under 49 U.S.C. 10502.
(vii) A request for waiver or $5,600.
clarification of regulations
filed in a major financial
proceeding as defined at 49
CFR 1180.2(a).
(42) Notice of a joint project $2,400.
involving relocation of a rail
line under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(5).
(43) An application for approval $71,200.
of a rail rate association
agreement. 49 U.S.C. 10706.
(44) An application for approval
of an amendment to a rail rate
association agreement. 49 U.S.C.
10706:
(i) Significant amendment.... $13,200.
(ii) Minor amendment......... $100.
(45) An application for authority $800.
to hold a position as officer or
director under 49 U.S.C. 11328.
(46) A petition for exemption $8,100.
under 49 U.S.C. 10502 (other
than a rulemaking) filed by rail
carrier not otherwise covered.
(47) National Railroad Passenger $250.
Corporation (Amtrak) conveyance
proceeding under 45 U.S.C. 562.
(48) National Railroad Passenger $250.
Corporation (Amtrak)
compensation proceeding under
Section 402(a) of the Rail
Passenger Service Act.
(49)-(55) [Reserved].
PART V: Formal Proceedings:
(56) A formal complaint alleging
unlawful rates or practices of
carriers:
(i) A formal complaint filed $350.
under the coal rate
guidelines (Stand-Alone Cost
Methodology) alleging
unlawful rates and/or
practices of rail carriers
under 49 U.S.C. 10704(c)(1).
(ii) A formal complaint $350.
involving rail maximum rates
filed under the Simplified-
SAC methodology.
(iii) A formal complaint $150.
involving rail maximum rates
filed under the Three
Benchmark methodology.
(iv) All other formal $21,100.
complaints (except
competitive access
complaints).
(v) Competitive access $150.
complaints.
(vi) A request for an order $250.
compelling a rail carrier to
establish a common carrier
rate.
(57) A complaint seeking or a $9,000.
petition requesting institution
of an investigation seeking the
prescription or division of
joint rates or charges. 49
U.S.C. 10705.
(58) A petition for declaratory
order:
(i) A petition for $1,000.
declaratory order involving
a dispute over an existing
rate or practice which is
comparable to a complaint
proceeding.
(ii) All other petitions for $1,400.
declaratory order.
(59) An application for shipper $7,100.
antitrust immunity. 49 U.S.C.
10706(a)(5)(A).
(60) Labor arbitration $250.
proceedings.
(61) (i) An appeal of a Surface $250.
Transportation Board decision on
the merits or petition to revoke
an exemption pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 10502(d).
(ii) An appeal of a Surface $350.
Transportation Board
decision on procedural
matters except discovery
rulings.
(62) Motor carrier undercharge $250.
proceedings.
(63) (i) Expedited relief for $250.
service inadequacies: A request
for expedited relief under 49
U.S.C. 11123 and 49 CFR part
1146 for service emergency.
(ii) Expedited relief for $250.
service inadequacies: A
request for temporary relief
under 49 U.S.C. 10705 and
11102, and 49 CFR part 1147
for service inadequacy.
(64) A request for waiver or $600.
clarification of regulations
except one filed in an
abandonment or discontinuance
proceeding, or in a major
financial proceeding as defined
at 49 CFR 1180.2(a).
(65)-(75) [Reserved].
PART VI: Informal Proceedings:
(76) An application for authority $1,200.
to establish released value
rates or ratings for motor
carriers and freight forwarders
of household goods under 49
U.S.C. 14706.
(77) An application for special $100.
permission for short notice or
the waiver of other tariff
publishing requirements.
(78) The filing of tariffs, $1 per page.
including supplements, or ($25 minimum charge.)
contract summaries.
(79) Special docket applications
from rail and water carriers:
(i) Applications involving $75.
$25,000 or less.
(ii) Applications involving $150.
over $25,000.
(80) Informal complaint about $600.
rail rate applications.
(81) Tariff reconciliation
petitions from motor common
carriers:
(i) Petitions involving $75.
$25,000 or less.
(ii) Petitions involving over $150.
$25,000.
(82) Request for a determination $250.
of the applicability or
reasonableness of motor carrier
rates under 49 U.S.C.
13710(a)(2) and (3).
(83) Filing of documents for $41 per document.
recordation. 49 U.S.C. 11301 and
49 CFR 1177.3(c)..
(84) Informal opinions about rate $250.
applications (all modes).
(85) A railroad accounting $1,100.
interpretation.
(86) (i) A request for an $1,500.
informal opinion not otherwise
covered.
(ii) A proposal to use on a $5,200.
voting trust agreement
pursuant to 49 CFR 1013 and
49 CFR 1180.4(b)(4)(iv) in
connection with a major
control proceeding as
defined at 49 CFR 1180.2(a).
(iii) A request for an $500.
informal opinion on a voting
trust agreement pursuant to
49 CFR 1013.3(a) not
otherwise covered.
(87) Arbitration of Certain
Disputes Subject to the
Statutory Jurisdiction of the
Surface Transportation Board
under 49 CFR 1108:
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(i) Complaint................ $75.
(ii) Answer (per defendant), $75.
Unless Declining to Submit
to Any Arbitration.
(iii) Third Party Complaint.. $75.
(iv) Third Party Answer (per $75.
defendant), Unless Declining
to Submit to Any Arbitration.
(v) Appeals of Arbitration $150.
Decisions or Petitions to
Modify or Vacate an
Arbitration Award.
(88) Basic fee for STB $250.
adjudicatory services not
otherwise covered.
(89)-(95) [Reserved].............
PART VII: Services:
(96) Messenger delivery of $32 per delivery.
decision to a railroad carrier's
Washington, DC, agent.
(97) Request for service or $24 per list.
pleading list for proceedings.
(98) Processing the paperwork
related to a request for the
Carload Waybill Sample to be
used in a Surface Transportation
Board or State proceeding that:
(i) Does not require a
Federal Register notice:
(a) Set cost portion..... $150.
(b) Sliding cost portion. $48 per party.
(ii) Does require a Federal
Register notice:
(a) Set cost portion..... $400.
(b) Sliding cost portion. $48 per party.
(99) (i) Application fee for the $150.
Surface Transportation Board's
Practitioners' Exam.
(ii) Practitioners' Exam $25.
Information Package.
(100) Carload Waybill Sample
data:
(i) Requests for Public Use $250 per year.
File for all years prior to
the most current year
Carload Waybill Sample data
available, provided on CD-R.
(ii) Specialized programming $109 per hour.
for Waybill requests to the
Board.
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