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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 4)]
Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures—
Productivity Adjustment
Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Tentative Railroad Cost
Recovery Procedures Productivity
Adjustment.
AGENCY:
In a decision served on
February 14, 2017, the Surface
Transportation Board tentatively
adopted 1.020 (2.0% per year) as the
measure of average change in railroad
productivity for the 2011–2015 (fiveyear) averaging period. This value
represents an increase of 0.6% from the
average for the 2010–2014 period.
Because of the unique circumstances of
this year’s productivity adjustment
calculation, including the proposal of a
linking factor to address a change in
methodology in the calculation of an
input to the productivity adjustment,
the Board is making its productivity
adjustment tentative to allow public
comment on this approach. The Board
will hold a technical conference with
interested parties and Board staff.
DATES: A technical conference with
interested parties and Board staff will be
held on February 28, 2017, at 10:00 a.m.
Comments are due by March 16, 2017;
replies are due by April 5, 2017. This
decision adopting a tentative
productivity adjustment is effective on
March 1, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The technical conference
will be held in the Board’s Hearing
Room at 395 E Street SW., Washington,
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DC 20423–0001. Send comments (an
original and 10 copies) referring to
Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 4) to:
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
Street SW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pedro Ramirez, (202) 245–0333. Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the
hearing impaired, (800) 877–8339.
This
conference will be available on the
Board’s Web site by live video
streaming. To access the conference,
click on the ‘‘Live Video’’ link under
‘‘Information Center’’ at the left side of
the home page beginning at February 28,
2017, at 10:00 a.m.
Additional information is contained
in the Board’s decision, which is
available on the Board’s Web site at
https://www.stb.gov. Copies of the
decision may be purchased by
contacting the Board’s Office of Public
Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and
Compliance at (202) 245–0236.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through FIRS at (800) 877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Decided: February 13, 2017.
By the Board, Board Members Begeman,
Elliott, and Miller.
Raina S. Contee,
Clearance Clerk.
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The waybill sample contains
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therefore, if any parties object to these
requests, they should file their
objections with the Director of the
Board’s Office of Economics within 14
calendar days of the date of this notice.
The rules for release of waybill data are
codified at 49 CFR 1244.9.
Contact: Alexander Dusenberry, (202)
245–0319.
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Clearance Clerk.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 4)]
Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures--Productivity Adjustment
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Tentative Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures Productivity
Adjustment.
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SUMMARY: In a decision served on February 14, 2017, the Surface
Transportation Board tentatively adopted 1.020 (2.0% per year) as the
measure of average change in railroad productivity for the 2011-2015
(five-year) averaging period. This value represents an increase of 0.6%
from the average for the 2010-2014 period. Because of the unique
circumstances of this year's productivity adjustment calculation,
including the proposal of a linking factor to address a change in
methodology in the calculation of an input to the productivity
adjustment, the Board is making its productivity adjustment tentative
to allow public comment on this approach. The Board will hold a
technical conference with interested parties and Board staff.
DATES: A technical conference with interested parties and Board staff
will be held on February 28, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. Comments are due by
March 16, 2017; replies are due by April 5, 2017. This decision
adopting a tentative productivity adjustment is effective on March 1,
2017.
ADDRESSES: The technical conference will be held in the Board's Hearing
Room at 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. Send comments (an
original and 10 copies) referring to Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 4) to:
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20423-
0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pedro Ramirez, (202) 245-0333. Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired, (800) 877-
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This conference will be available on the
Board's Web site by live video streaming. To access the conference,
click on the ``Live Video'' link under ``Information Center'' at the
left side of the home page beginning at February 28, 2017, at 10:00
a.m.
Additional information is contained in the Board's decision, which
is available on the Board's Web site at https://www.stb.gov. Copies of
the decision may be purchased by contacting the Board's Office of
Public Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and Compliance at (202) 245-
0236. Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through FIRS at
(800) 877-8339.
Decided: February 13, 2017.
By the Board, Board Members Begeman, Elliott, and Miller.
Raina S. Contee,
Clearance Clerk.
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