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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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The Surface Transportation Board (Board) announced today its latest update
of fees the public must pay to file certain cases and pleadings with the
Board. While almost half of the Board's user fees remain unchanged, the
other half will increase slightly following the agency's annual application
of its updating factors, as required by regulation. However, the Board's
decision maintains the current $350 fee charged to shippers to file a
railroad rate or unreasonable practice complaint, both of which the Board
formally reduced last year, as well as the current $150 fee to file an
expedited small rate case.
The
Board
is required to implement modest increases—an approximately 3-percent
increase
in full cost levels for the agency's fee and sub-fees items—because two of
its
three
overhead cost factors have increased. Because of these overhead costs, 64
of
125
fee
or
sub-fee
items will cost slightly more, while 61 items or sub-items remain
unchanged.
Notably, 76 percent of the user-fee items either remain unchanged or will
increase
by $100 or less.
To
see
the
updated
user-fee schedule adopted in the Board's decision in
Regulations
Governing Fees for Services Performed in Connection with Licensing and
Related
Services—2012 Update
, EP
542
(Sub-No.
20),
click
here
( http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/42336?OpenDocument )
.
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