Surface Transportation Board March 11, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Union Pacific Railroad Company-Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption-BNSF Railway Company
Document Number: E9-5141
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-11
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
The Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10502, revokes the class exemption as it pertains to the modified trackage rights described in STB Finance Docket No. 34554 (Sub-No. 10) \1\ to permit the trackage rights to expire on or about December 31, 2009, in accordance with the agreement of the parties,\2\ subject to the employee protective conditions set forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.AbandonmentGoshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979).
Railroad Cost of Capital-2008
Document Number: E9-5138
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-11
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
The Board is instituting a proceeding to determine the railroad industry's cost of capital for 2008. The decision solicits comments on: (1) The railroads' 2008 current cost of debt capital; (2) the railroads' 2008 current cost of preferred stock equity capital (if any); (3) the railroads' 2008 cost of common stock equity capital; and (4) the 2008 capital structure mix of the railroad industry on a market value basis. Comments should focus on the various cost of capital components listed above using the same methodology followed in the Cost 07 decision, with the exception of applying the Ex Parte No. 664 (Sub No. 1) decision in calculating the cost-of-equity.
Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Wise County, VA
Document Number: E9-4878
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-11
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
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