[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-19781]


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[Federal Register: August 12, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 

Fiscal Year 1994 Railroad User Fee Calculations

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration; Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad Administration is today publishing its 
fiscal year 1994 assessment rates supporting the collection of railroad 
user fees.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vicki McCully, Railroad User Fee 
Officer, Federal Railroad Administration, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20590; telephone (202) 366-6569.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its regulations implementing the Railroad 
User Fee provisions of section 20115 of Title 49, United States Code 
(formerly section 216 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (see 
49 C.F.R. Part 245.301(a)), the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 
indicated that it would publish a notice each year in the Federal 
Register identifying FRA's calculations of the total railroad user fee 
to be collected for the fiscal year, the assessment rate per train 
mile, the assessment rate per employee hour, and the assessment rate 
per road mile (as adjusted by the sliding scale).
    For fiscal year 1994, user fee assessments totalling $37,580,232 
are based on 615,155,035 total industry train miles; 151,745 total 
industry road miles; and 519,282,243 total industry employee hours.
    The base assessment rate per road mile is $86.49, with applicable 
adjustments for the sliding scale as follows: 

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                                                                   RM   
            TRAIN MILE/ROAD MILE RATIO                SF\1\     RATE\2\ 
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1201 and above....................................       1.00    $104.34
1001 to 1200......................................       0.75      64.87
751 to 1,000......................................       0.50      43.25
501 to 750........................................       0.25      21.62
Up to 500.........................................       0.00      0.00 
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\1\SF refers to scaling factor.                                         
\2\RM Rate refers to Road Mile Rate.                                    

    The assessment rate per train mile is $.033528. The assessment rate 
per employee hour is $.007222.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on August 5, 1994.
Jolene M. Molitoris,
Federal Railroad Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-19781 Filed 8-11-94; 8:45 am]
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