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[FR Doc. 2012–6085 Filed 3–13–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. RR 999 (Amendment No. 5)]
Released Rates of Motor Common
Carriers of Household Goods
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice of changes to rules
protecting consumers during interstate
household-goods moves.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is hereby given of
recent Board decisions concerning
interstate household-goods moves. In a
decision served January 21, 2011
(January 2011 Decision), the Board
implemented a Congressional directive
to enhance consumer protection in the
case of loss or damage that occurs
during interstate household-goods
moves.1 The January 2011 Decision
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SUMMARY:
1 See Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
(SAFETEA–LU), 4215, Public Law 109–59, 119 Stat.
1144, 1760 (2005). The Board published notice of
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required movers to provide certain
information concerning the two
available cargo-liability options 2 on the
written estimate form—the first form
that a moving company must give to a
customer—and tentatively raised the
dollar value levels used in reimbursing
a consumer under the replacementvalue option for lost or damaged goods
when the consumer had not declared in
advance how much the goods were
worth. In a decision served on January
12, 2012 (January 2012 Decision), the
Board, after reviewing comments filed
in response to the January 2011
Decision, modified the requirement in
the January 2011 Decision that certain
information be put on the estimate form,
and it adopted the raised value levels.
In particular, the estimate form will now
require a shorter notice to be
conspicuously placed to notify the
consumer early on that it will need to
select a liability option at a later time.
The brief notice must also refer a
potential customer to two sources of
further information on the two liability
levels and their meaning. Furthermore,
the Board will require that movers
include the lengthier Valuation
Statement 3 on the bill of lading. In
addition, the Board affirmed that the
charges for full-value protection when
the customer does not provide a
declared value for a shipment will be
the higher of $6.00 per pound (which
may be indexed annually) or $6,000.
The Board also clarified other aspects of
the January 2011 Decision, including
the application of these changes to
household-goods freight forwarders.
Finally, the Board established April 2,
2011, as the effective date for moving
companies to comply with the changes
outlined in the two decisions. These
Board decisions are available on the
Board’s Web site at www.stb.dot.gov.
By decision served on March 9, 2012,
the Board granted in part the request of
the American Moving and Storage
Association for a postponement of the
effective date of the decisions. The
January 2011 and January 2012
Decisions will become effective on May
15, 2012.
This decision will not significantly
affect either the human environment or
the conservation of energy resources.
the January Decision on January 31, 2011 (76 FR
5,431).
2 Under one of those options, the consumer
would be reimbursed for loss in the amount of 60
cents per pound. Under the other, reimbursement
would be based on the replacement value of the
goods shipped.
3 The Valuation Statement is a statement that a
consumer hiring a moving company must sign
either declaring a total value for the shipment or
electing the alternative, per-pound basis on which
recovery for any loss would be based.
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Decided: March 8, 2012.
By the Board, Chairman Elliott, Vice
Chairman Mulvey, and Commissioner
Begeman.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. RR 999 (Amendment No. 5)]
Released Rates of Motor Common Carriers of Household Goods
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Notice of changes to rules protecting consumers during
interstate household-goods moves.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of recent Board decisions concerning
interstate household-goods moves. In a decision served January 21, 2011
(January 2011 Decision), the Board implemented a Congressional
directive to enhance consumer protection in the case of loss or damage
that occurs during interstate household-goods moves.\1\ The January
2011 Decision required movers to provide certain information concerning
the two available cargo-liability options \2\ on the written estimate
form--the first form that a moving company must give to a customer--and
tentatively raised the dollar value levels used in reimbursing a
consumer under the replacement-value option for lost or damaged goods
when the consumer had not declared in advance how much the goods were
worth. In a decision served on January 12, 2012 (January 2012
Decision), the Board, after reviewing comments filed in response to the
January 2011 Decision, modified the requirement in the January 2011
Decision that certain information be put on the estimate form, and it
adopted the raised value levels. In particular, the estimate form will
now require a shorter notice to be conspicuously placed to notify the
consumer early on that it will need to select a liability option at a
later time. The brief notice must also refer a potential customer to
two sources of further information on the two liability levels and
their meaning. Furthermore, the Board will require that movers include
the lengthier Valuation Statement \3\ on the bill of lading. In
addition, the Board affirmed that the charges for full-value protection
when the customer does not provide a declared value for a shipment will
be the higher of $6.00 per pound (which may be indexed annually) or
$6,000. The Board also clarified other aspects of the January 2011
Decision, including the application of these changes to household-goods
freight forwarders. Finally, the Board established April 2, 2011, as
the effective date for moving companies to comply with the changes
outlined in the two decisions. These Board decisions are available on
the Board's Web site at www.stb.dot.gov.
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\1\ See Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), 4215, Public Law 109-
59, 119 Stat. 1144, 1760 (2005). The Board published notice of the
January Decision on January 31, 2011 (76 FR 5,431).
\2\ Under one of those options, the consumer would be reimbursed
for loss in the amount of 60 cents per pound. Under the other,
reimbursement would be based on the replacement value of the goods
shipped.
\3\ The Valuation Statement is a statement that a consumer
hiring a moving company must sign either declaring a total value for
the shipment or electing the alternative, per-pound basis on which
recovery for any loss would be based.
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By decision served on March 9, 2012, the Board granted in part the
request of the American Moving and Storage Association for a
postponement of the effective date of the decisions. The January 2011
and January 2012 Decisions will become effective on May 15, 2012.
This decision will not significantly affect either the human
environment or the conservation of energy resources.
Decided: March 8, 2012.
By the Board, Chairman Elliott, Vice Chairman Mulvey, and
Commissioner Begeman.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2012-6139 Filed 3-13-12; 8:45 am]
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