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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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The Surface Transportation Board today announced an update to its
regulations that eliminates the vacant position of Secretary and removes
other incorrect or obsolete references. In recent years, most of the tasks
and staff of the Secretary's Office have been reassigned to other Board
offices.
For practitioners, the new regulations mean changes in the way
filings are addressed and new contacts for other business. The
changes will be effective as of Nov. 16.
All Board filings should be sent to the attention of the Chief,
Section of Administration, Office of Proceedings, Surface
Transportation Board, including requests for a waiver or
reduction of filing fees.
All filing fees should be made payable to the "Surface
Transportation Board."
Questions regarding Board regulations, offers of financial
assistance, public use of trails, published notices and
requests for non-attorneys to practice before the Board should
be addressed to the Office of Public Assistance, Governmental
Affairs, and Compliance.
The Director of the Office of Proceedings will have authority
to dispose of routine matters, to decide whether complaint
proceedings shall be assigned for oral hearing or handled under
modified procedure and whether to dismiss a complaint or
application at the request of the complainant or applicant.
The Records Officer in the Office of Public Assistance,
Governmental Affairs, and Compliance will be the new custodian
of records for the Board, and will be responsible for
certifying copies of records.
The complete changes to the Board's regulations are in STB Ex
Parte No. 685, issued today. The full text can be found on the
Board's Web site, www.stb.dot.gov.
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