United States Department of Energy and United States Department of Defense v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, et al.; and United States Department of Energy and United States Department of Defense v. Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Company, et al., 52822 [2013-20735]
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Issued in Washington, DC on August 20,
2013.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
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[FR Doc. 2013–20640 Filed 8–23–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. NOR 38302S; Docket No. NOR
38376S]
United States Department of Energy
and United States Department of
Defense v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company, et al.; and United States
Department of Energy and United
States Department of Defense v.
Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad
Company, et al.
AGENCY:
Surface Transportation Board,
DOT.
ACTION:
Final Decision.
The Surface Transportation
Board (Board) has approved the
settlement agreement (Agreement)
negotiated by the United States
Departments of Energy and Defense (the
Government) on the one hand and BNSF
Railway Company (BNSF) on the other
hand; prescribed the Agreement’s rate
and rate update methodology and
revenue-to-variable cost (R/VC) ratios as
the maximum reasonable rates; and
continued to hold these proceedings in
abeyance as to the remaining railroad
defendants to permit continued
settlement negotiations.
DATES: Effective Date: The decision is
effective on September 25, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marc Lerner, (202) 245–0390. [Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the
hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a
decision served on August 26, 2013, the
Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10704, approved
the Agreement negotiated by the
Government and BNSF to settle these
rate reasonableness complaints as
between them only. The Agreement—
which applies broadly to the nationwide
movement on BNSF’s lines of irradiated
spent fuel, parts and constituents; spent
nuclear fuel moving from a foreign
country to the United States for
disposal; empty casks; radioactive waste
materials; and buffer and escort cars
(collectively, Covered Movements) and
is structured to cover movements to or
from unanticipated geographic areas or
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equipment—is to be implemented by
BNSF tendering rate quotations to the
Government under 49 U.S.C. 10721.
In addition, the Board: (1) Prescribed
the Agreement’s rate and rate update
methodology and R/VC ratios (not to
exceed 1.80, 2.50, or 3.51 times the
shipment cost, depending on
commodity type, using BNSF’s most
current system-average variable costs
computed using the Board’s Uniform
Railroad Costing System) to establish
the maximum reasonable rates; (2)
dismissed BNSF as a defendant in these
proceedings; (3) extinguished all of
BNSF’s liability and that of its
predecessors and subsidiaries for all
reparations on past shipments of
Covered Movements in which they
participated, both insofar as the
Government is involved and insofar as
any connecting rail carrier may seek
contribution; (4) preserved the liability
of connecting carriers for reparations as
to their portion of the charges assessed
on through routes that include(d) BNSF;
(5) relieved BNSF from any further
requirement to participate in these
proceedings, except in response to a
properly issued subpoena under the
Board’s rules; and (6) continued to hold
these proceedings in abeyance, subject
to the Government reporting quarterly to
the Board on the progress of settlement
negotiations with remaining railroad
defendants.
The Board also: (1) Endorsed the
Agreement’s non-participation clause,
Paragraph 14, ‘‘Reparation Claims and
Rate Challenges Extinguished,’’ ruling
that it will not entertain crosscomplaints under 49 CFR 1111.4(c)
against BNSF in proceedings involving
the Government’s claims for reparations
against connecting carriers; (2) clarified
that the terms and obligations of the
Agreement, including the prescribed
rate and rate update methodologies and
maximum R/VC ratios, will be binding
only as between the Government and
BNSF, will have no precedential effect
as to the reasonableness of the rates or
the common carrier obligations of nonconsenting rail carrier parties in future
proceedings or negotiations, and will
not be considered a presumptive model
for negotiations between CSXT and the
Government; and (3 dismissed BNSF as
a party from (a) the Government’s
pending motion, filed in this proceeding
on October 3, 1994, to sever issues
relating to the quantity of service,
including number of routes open for
moving radioactive materials
nationwide, and to consolidate tariff
questions, and (b) the railroad
defendants’ pending petition, filed on
January 18, 1996, to dismiss the
complaints in these proceedings.
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The Board’s decision is available on
our Web site at www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: August 19, 2013.
By the Board, Chairman Elliott, Vice
Chairman Begeman, and Commissioner
Mulvey.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. NOR 38302S; Docket No. NOR 38376S]
United States Department of Energy and United States Department
of Defense v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, et al.; and United
States Department of Energy and United States Department of Defense v.
Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Company, et al.
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.
ACTION: Final Decision.
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SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board (Board) has approved the
settlement agreement (Agreement) negotiated by the United States
Departments of Energy and Defense (the Government) on the one hand and
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) on the other hand; prescribed the
Agreement's rate and rate update methodology and revenue-to-variable
cost (R/VC) ratios as the maximum reasonable rates; and continued to
hold these proceedings in abeyance as to the remaining railroad
defendants to permit continued settlement negotiations.
DATES: Effective Date: The decision is effective on September 25, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marc Lerner, (202) 245-0390. [Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired: 1-800-877-
8339.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a decision served on August 26, 2013, the
Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10704, approved the Agreement negotiated by the
Government and BNSF to settle these rate reasonableness complaints as
between them only. The Agreement--which applies broadly to the
nationwide movement on BNSF's lines of irradiated spent fuel, parts and
constituents; spent nuclear fuel moving from a foreign country to the
United States for disposal; empty casks; radioactive waste materials;
and buffer and escort cars (collectively, Covered Movements) and is
structured to cover movements to or from unanticipated geographic areas
or in as-yet-unknown types of equipment--is to be implemented by BNSF
tendering rate quotations to the Government under 49 U.S.C. 10721.
In addition, the Board: (1) Prescribed the Agreement's rate and
rate update methodology and R/VC ratios (not to exceed 1.80, 2.50, or
3.51 times the shipment cost, depending on commodity type, using BNSF's
most current system-average variable costs computed using the Board's
Uniform Railroad Costing System) to establish the maximum reasonable
rates; (2) dismissed BNSF as a defendant in these proceedings; (3)
extinguished all of BNSF's liability and that of its predecessors and
subsidiaries for all reparations on past shipments of Covered Movements
in which they participated, both insofar as the Government is involved
and insofar as any connecting rail carrier may seek contribution; (4)
preserved the liability of connecting carriers for reparations as to
their portion of the charges assessed on through routes that include(d)
BNSF; (5) relieved BNSF from any further requirement to participate in
these proceedings, except in response to a properly issued subpoena
under the Board's rules; and (6) continued to hold these proceedings in
abeyance, subject to the Government reporting quarterly to the Board on
the progress of settlement negotiations with remaining railroad
defendants.
The Board also: (1) Endorsed the Agreement's non-participation
clause, Paragraph 14, ``Reparation Claims and Rate Challenges
Extinguished,'' ruling that it will not entertain cross-complaints
under 49 CFR 1111.4(c) against BNSF in proceedings involving the
Government's claims for reparations against connecting carriers; (2)
clarified that the terms and obligations of the Agreement, including
the prescribed rate and rate update methodologies and maximum R/VC
ratios, will be binding only as between the Government and BNSF, will
have no precedential effect as to the reasonableness of the rates or
the common carrier obligations of non-consenting rail carrier parties
in future proceedings or negotiations, and will not be considered a
presumptive model for negotiations between CSXT and the Government; and
(3 dismissed BNSF as a party from (a) the Government's pending motion,
filed in this proceeding on October 3, 1994, to sever issues relating
to the quantity of service, including number of routes open for moving
radioactive materials nationwide, and to consolidate tariff questions,
and (b) the railroad defendants' pending petition, filed on January 18,
1996, to dismiss the complaints in these proceedings.
The Board's decision is available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: August 19, 2013.
By the Board, Chairman Elliott, Vice Chairman Begeman, and
Commissioner Mulvey.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2013-20735 Filed 8-23-13; 8:45 am]
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