WASHINGTON — In an action officials say will provide greater public access to its processes, the Surface Transportation Board announced that it is reducing the fee charged shippers to file a railroad rate or unreasonable practice complaint from $20,000 to $350, and is maintaining the $150 fee to file an expedited small rate case.

WASHINGTON — Ann D. Begeman was sworn in May 2, 2011 as a member of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, bringing two decades of experience in transportation policy to the Board.

WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board will hear two oral arguments on May 12 at its Washington headquarters.

CHICAGO — CN expressed disappointment with the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Washington, D.C. denying the company’s request to reverse the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) order requiring the railroad pay for the majority of the costs associated with two highway grade separation projects.
In its Dec. 24, 2008 decision [...]

WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board said its Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) has issued a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the R. J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines Inc.’s (RJCP) proposed construction, operation, and reactivation of a 20-mile railroad line between Wallaceton and Gorton, in Clearfield and Centre Counties, Penn.

WASHINGTON — Surface Transportation Board Vice Chairman Charles D. Nottingham announced he will resign March 18, or sooner if his replacement is confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

The Surface Transportation Board said it has moved to significantly reduce filing fees for shipper complaints to $350. Currently, shippers are charged as much as $20,600 to file a complaint.
The proposed rulemaking, approved by the STB, would implement a new fee schedule that would charge shippers $350 to file a rate or unreasonable practice complaint. The fee to file [...]

The Surface Transportation Board has rescheduled to June 22, 2011 the public hearing on the current state of competition in the railroad industry.
The hearing earlier was announced to take place on May 3.
The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m., in the Surface Transportation Board Hearing Room, at 395 E Street, SW, in Washington, D.C.
Written comments will now be due by April 12, [...]

The Surface Transportation Board announced a public hearing to be held in Conejos, Colo., on a proposal by the San Luis and & Rio Grande Railroad to transfer onto railcars containers of contaminated dirt and debris from trucks originating at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
The Board has instituted a declaratory order proceeding to determine whether the Board’s jurisdiction [...]

The Surface Transportation Board announced today a public hearing on May 3 to explore the current state of competition in the railroad industry and possible policy initiatives to promote more rail-to-rail competition.
“I said last year that it was time for the Board to revisit the current rail regulatory framework and that is what we are [...]