[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 46343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21348]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 4)]


Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures--Productivity Adjustment

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Modified Proposed Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures 
Productivity Adjustment.

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SUMMARY: In a decision served on September 29, 2017, the Surface 
Transportation Board proposes a second tentative productivity 
adjustment for the change in the railroad productivity for the 2011-
2015 averaging period, modified to reflect new data, and invites 
comments on a new ``linking factor'' computed to enable the modified 
2015 productivity adjustment to be compared to prior years' 
productivity adjustments. The Board will also hold a technical workshop 
with interested parties and Board staff.

DATES: Parties may file written comments by November 13, 2017, and may 
file replies by December 13, 2017. In addition, a technical workshop 
with interested parties and Board staff will be held on October 17, 
2017, at 10:00 a.m. Prior to the workshop, interested parties may 
submit technical questions as described in the Board's decision to 
[email protected] by October 11, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments (an original and 10 copies) referring 
to Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 4) to: Surface Transportation Board, 395 
E Street SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. The technical workshop with 
interested parties and Board staff will be held on October 17, 2017, at 
10:00 a.m. in the Board's Hearing Room at 395 E Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20423-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pedro Ramirez, (202) 245-0333. Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired, (800) 877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This workshop will be available on the 
Board's Web site by live video streaming. To access the workshop, click 
on the ``Live Video'' link under ``Information Center'' at the left 
side of the home page beginning at October 17, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. 
Additional information is contained in the Board's decision, which is 
available on our Web site at http://www.stb.gov. Copies of the decision 
may be purchased by contacting the Board's Office of Public Assistance, 
Governmental Affairs, and Compliance at (202) 245-0236. Assistance for 
the hearing impaired is available through FIRS at (800) 877-8339.

    Decided: September 29, 2017.

    By the Board, Board Members Begeman, Elliott, and Miller.
Marline Simeon,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2017-21348 Filed 10-3-17; 8:45 am]
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