Surface Transportation Board January 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.-Abandonment Exemption-in Washington County, Or.
Document Number: 2023-01580
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-01-26
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Civil Monetary Penalties-2023 Adjustment
Document Number: 2023-00630
Type: Rule
Date: 2023-01-13
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
The Surface Transportation Board (Board) is issuing a final rule to implement the annual inflationary adjustment to its civil monetary penalties, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.
30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension and Modification of an Existing Collection: Urgent Rail Service Issues
Document Number: 2023-00517
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-01-12
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (Board) gives notice of its intent to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension and modification of an existing and approved information collection, as described below. An emergency approval was granted for this collection (OMB Control Number 2140-0041), expiring on January 31, 2023. The Board is now seeking to extend and modify that collection with a submission through OMB's regular PRA clearance process.
Final Offer Rate Review; Expanding Access to Rate Relief
Document Number: 2022-27926
Type: Rule
Date: 2023-01-04
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) is adopting a final rule in Docket No. EP 755 to establish a new procedure for challenging the reasonableness of railroad rates in smaller cases. Under this rate review procedure, the Board will decide a case by selecting either the complainant's or the defendant's final offer, subject to an expedited procedural schedule that adheres to firm deadlines. The Board is also terminating its proceeding in Docket No. EP 665 (Sub-No. 2).
Joint Petition for Rulemaking To Establish a Voluntary Arbitration Program for Small Rate Disputes
Document Number: 2022-27924
Type: Rule
Date: 2023-01-04
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) adopts a final rule modifying its regulations to establish a voluntary arbitration program for small rate disputes.
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