Surface Transportation Board February 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Boston and Maine Corporation-Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Essex County, Mass
Document Number: 2015-04106
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-02-26
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
BNSF Railway Company-Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption-Union Pacific Railroad Company
Document Number: 2015-03598
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-02-23
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board revokes the class exemption as it pertains to the trackage rights described in Docket No. FD 35879 \1\ to permit the trackage rights to expire at midnight on October 31, 2015, in accordance with the agreement of the parties, subject to the employee protective conditions set forth in Oregon Short Line RailroadAbandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979).
Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures-Productivity Adjustment
Document Number: 2015-03501
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-02-19
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
In a decision served on February 13, 2015, we proposed to adopt 1.007 (0.7% per year) as the measure of average change in railroad productivity for the 2009-2013 (5-year) averaging period. This value represents a decrease of 0.3% from the average for the 2008-2012 period. The Board's February 13, 2015 decision in this proceeding stated that comments may be filed addressing any perceived data and computational errors in our calculation. It also stated that, if there were no further action taken by the Board, the proposed productivity adjustment would become effective on March 1, 2015.
Railroad Cost of Capital-2014
Document Number: 2015-03430
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-02-19
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
The Board is instituting a proceeding to determine the railroad industry's cost of capital for 2014. The decision solicits comments on the following issues: (1) The railroads' 2014 current cost of debt capital; (2) the railroads' 2014 current cost of preferred equity capital (if any); (3) the railroads' 2014 cost of common equity capital; and (4) the 2014 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 Railroad Cost of Capital2013, EP 558 (Sub-No. 17) (STB served July 31, 2014).
Notice of Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2015-03310
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-02-18
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee (RETAC), pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. app. 2 section 10(a)(2).
Bogalusa Bayou Railroad, L.L.C. d/b/a Geaux Geaux Railroad-Operation Exemption-Geaux Geaux Railroad, LLC
Document Number: 2015-03011
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-02-13
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Paul Didelius-Continuance in Control-CCET, LLC
Document Number: 2015-02411
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-02-06
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Scott County, Tenn.
Document Number: 2015-02145
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-02-04
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
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