Surface Transportation Board 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Joint Petition For Rulemaking-Annual Revenue Adequacy Determinations
The Surface Transportation Board (Board or STB) opens a rulemaking proceeding to consider a petition by several Class I railroads to change the Board's procedures for annually determining whether Class I rail carriers are revenue adequate. The Board seeks public comment on the petition and several specific related issues.
Filing Fee Waiver Requests
The Surface Transportation Board (Board or STB) clarifies and updates its rules regarding requests to waive or reduce certain filing fees.
Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor
The Board has approved the first quarter 2021 Rail Cost Adjustment Factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. The first quarter 2021 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 1.040. The first quarter 2021 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.434. The first quarter 2021 RCAF-5 is 0.410.
Joint Petition for Rulemaking To Establish a Voluntary Arbitration Program for Small Rate Disputes
The Board institutes a rulemaking proceeding to consider a proposal to establish a new, voluntary arbitration program intended to help resolve small rate disputes.
Review of Commodity, Boxcar, and TOFC/COFC Exemptions
Granted a request for a technical conference.
30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Approval for Information Collections: Joint Notice of Intent To Arbitrate and Notice of Availability for Arbitrator Roster
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the existing collections without OMB control numbers of the Joint Notice of Intent to Arbitrate and Notice of Availability for Arbitrator Roster, as described separately below. The Board previously published a notice about these collections in the Federal Register. That notice allowed for a 60-day public review and comment period. No comments were received.
30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension of Approval for Information Collection: Rail Service Data
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the information collection of Rail Service Data, as described below. The Board previously published a notice about this collection in the Federal Register. That notice allowed for a 60-day public review and comment period. No comments were received.
Notice of OMB Approval of Information Collections
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved certain Surface Transportation Board (Board or STB) information collections under the Paperwork Reduction Act. This notice lists the approved information collections and provides their OMB control numbers and current expiration dates.
Railroad Revenue Adequacy-2019 Determination
On October 1, 2020, the Board served a decision announcing the 2019 revenue adequacy determinations for the Nation's Class I railroads. Five Class I railroads (BNSF Railroad Company, CSX Transportation, Inc., Norfolk Southern Combined Railroad Subsidiaries, Soo Line Corporation, and Union Pacific Railroad Company) were found to be revenue adequate.
Review of Commodity, Boxcar, and TOFC/COFC Exemptions
The Surface Transportation Board (Board or STB) seeks public comment on a new approach its Office of Economics has developed for possible use in considering class exemption and revocation issues.
Montana Rail Link, Inc.-Petition for Rulemaking-Classification of Carriers
The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) proposes to modify the thresholds for classifying rail carriers.
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