[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6078]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Ex Parte No. 347 (Sub-No. 3)]


General Procedures for Presenting Evidence in Stand-Alone Cost 
Rate Cases

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of procedural guidelines.

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SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board (Board) has issued procedural 
guidelines governing the filing of evidence in stand-alone cost (SAC) 
rate cases.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 11, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas J. Stilling, (202) 565-1567. 
(Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through TDD services 
(202) 565-1695.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In recent months, the Board has received 
several new complaints challenging the reasonableness of rates charged 
by railroads. The Board's SAC test developed in Coal Rate Guidelines, 
Nationwide, 1 I.C.C.2d 520 (1985) will be used in many of the cases to 
evaluate the reasonableness of the rates. Because it requires a 
significant commitment of agency resources to review the SAC 
presentations of the litigants, the Board has developed procedures to 
streamline and standardize evidence. In a decision served March 12, 
2001, the Board explained that the procedures are ``designed to 
standardize the format for submitting written presentations, workpapers 
and electronic spreadsheets, and better focus the evidence so that [the 
Board] can more efficiently and effectively evaluate the records in 
[SAC] cases.''
    A printed copy of the Board's decision in Ex Parte No. 347 (Sub-No. 
3) is available for a fee by contacting Da-To-Da Office Solutions, Room 
405, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006, telephone (202) 466-
5530. The decision is also available for viewing and downloading on the 
Board's website at www.stb.dot.gov.

    By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Clyburn and 
Commissioner Burkes.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-6078 Filed 3-9-01; 8:45 am]
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