SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD UPDATES ITS USER-FEE SCHEDULE

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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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