Surface Transportation Board February 10, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In a decision served on February 6, 2020, the Board proposed to adopt 1.010 (1.0% per year) as the measure of average (geometric mean) change in railroad productivity for the 2014-2018 (five-year) period. This represents an increase of 0.5% from the average for the 2013-2017 period. The Board's February 6, 2020 decision in this proceeding stated that comments may be filed addressing any perceived data and computational errors in the Board's calculation. The decision also stated that, unless a further order is issued postponing the effective date, this decision will take effect on March 1, 2020.