STB Looks to Streamline Operations
Five initial recommendations for streamlining Surface Transportation Board (STB) processes and procedures have been garnered from recent Board-led listening sessions with legal practitioners, STB reported June 10.
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STB Dropping Final Offer Rate Review Rule
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on May 30 issued a decision removing its Final Offer Rate Review (FORR) rule. This deregulatory action, it said, follows a unanimous decision by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals vacating the rule.
STB Appoints Senior Advisors
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on May 12 reported the appointment of three senior advisors to Chairman Patrick J. Fuchs “to help drive reforms.”
STB Provides Update on Outstanding Proceedings
Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Patrick Fuchs on May 5 provided an update on recent actions to “facilitate and expedite the resolution of several outstanding Board proceedings.” They are as follows: “The
STB Vice Chairman Schultz to Lead Listening Sessions on Legal Processes and Procedures
Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Patrich Fuchs on May 1 announced that he has designated Vice Chairman Michelle Schultz to lead a series of informal listening sessions with attorneys who practice before the agency. The purpose of the listening sessions is to “hear individual practitioners’ ideas on ways to streamline the Board’s processes and procedures that affect litigants and parties appearing before the agency.”
STB: Ten Years to Decide UP Didn’t ‘Act Unlawfully’ (UPDATED)
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Jan. 15 issued a nearly decade-long-delayed decision concluding that “there is no basis to hold that Union Pacific (UP) acted unlawfully in how it compensated complainants
More Productive STB to Repay Treasury
In a rare event, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) is expected to return to the U.S. Treasury in October a portion of its congressionally appropriated fiscal year 2024-2025 budget. The reason is
‘Young Professionals’ Virtual Conference: Level Up Your Career
Railway Age’s third-annual “Young Professionals” conference—the industry’s only free event tailored to helping young railroaders advance their careers—will include speakers from across the freight and passenger sectors, including recipients of our 25 Under 40
STB Issues Draft EA for Construction, Operation of Georgia Rail Line
The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) on April 11 issued a Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) for Savannah Industrial Logistics (SIL) and Savannah Industrial Transportation’s (SIT) construction and operation of an 11,404-foot rail line in Effingham County, Ga. SIL and SIT are both holdings of OmniTRAX.
STB Signs Off on Oregon Service Transfer to CORP
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on April 8 reported authorizing Genesee & Wyoming’s Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad Inc. (CORP) to lease and operate approximately 27.58 miles of line in Eugene, Ore.,