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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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The federal Surface Transportation Board announced today that, beginning
December 15, 2011, the Board will implement a "grant stamp" procedure for
certain routine, unopposed decisions issued by the Director of the Board's
Office of Proceedings (Director). This new procedure, which was suggested
by attorney Fritz Khan, will streamline the agency's processes, maximize
efficient use of its resources, speed service to stakeholders, and better
serve the public.
The Board's Director has delegated
authority to issue decisions
("Director Orders") addressing many
routine procedural matters in Board
proceedings. Some of these
decisions (in matters such as
unopposed motions for extensions of
time or requests for a procedural
schedule to which all parties have
agreed) require little, if any,
discussion by the Director. In
such cases, rather than preparing a
separate decision, the Director
will apply a stamp to the filed
pleading, and the stamped pleading
will constitute the Board's
decision granting the relief
sought.
A detailed description of the new
procedure and the stamp's format,
as well as a pictorial rendition of
the stamp, can be found in the
Board's decision issued today in
Policy Statement on Grant Stamp
Procedure in Routine Director
Orders, Docket No. EP 709
( http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/41686?OpenDocument )
, on the Board's website at
www.stb.dot.gov.
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