2022-09005: Regulations for Expedited Relief for Service Emergencies
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The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) proposes to amend its emergency service regulations. Specifically, the Board proposes to: Amend procedures for parties seeking a Board order directing an incumbent carrier to take action to remedy a service emergency; indicate that the Board may act on its own initiative to direct emergency service; modify the informational requirements for parties in emergency service proceedings; shorten the filing deadlines in emergency service proceedings and establish a timeframe for Board decisions; and establish an accelerated process for certain acute service emergencies.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
What this changes
Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
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