Surface Transportation Board Final Rule

2024-18155: Reciprocal Switching for Inadequate Service; Correction

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Summary

This document corrects a printing error in the preamble of a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on May 7, 2024.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

492 words as published, August 14, 2024. View the original →

Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2024) [Federal Register Volume 89, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2024)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 66011] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2024-18155] [[Page 66011]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 49 CFR Part 1145 [Docket No. EP 711 (Sub-No. 2)] Reciprocal Switching for Inadequate Service; Correction

Agency

Surface Transportation Board.

Action

Final rule; correction. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

This document corrects a printing error in the preamble of a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on May 7, 2024.

Dates

Effective September 4, 2024.

For Further Information Contact

Valerie Quinn at (202) 740-5567. If you require accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 245-0245.

Supplementary Information

Correction In FR Doc. 2024-09483 appearing on page 38665 in the issue of May 7, 2024, in the second and third columns, make the following corrections:

1. Remove ``The railroads have pushed our sites to take on more

expense and change operations to match the new process and operating strategies. We have had to increase our railcar fleet by over 10 percent in the past couple of years solely due to inconsistency in the rail service and increased transit time. And we're about to increase our fleet again in the next six months by approximately seven to eight percent. This is again due to the inconsistency in the service and transit time.'' Hr'g Tr. 792:19 to 793:6, Mar. 16, 2022, Reciprocal Switching, EP 711 (Sub-No. 1). Another shipper commented: ``Our plant in the Northeast lost production of over 57 million pounds during the first two months of 2022 mostly due to increased transit time and railroad delays resulting from crew shortages.'' Id., Hr'g Tr. 795:7 to 795:10, Mar. 16, 2022.''

2. Correct footnote 23 to read as follows:

\23\ At the March 2022 hearing in Reciprocal Switching, EP 711 (Sub-No. 1), the Board heard testimony from shippers about the following types of problems encountered during this period: ``The railroads have pushed our sites to take on more expense and change operations to match the new process and operating strategies. We have had to increase our railcar fleet by over 10 percent in the past couple of years solely due to inconsistency in the rail service and increased transit time. And we're about to increase our fleet again in the next six months by approximately seven to eight percent. This is again due to the inconsistency in the service and transit time.'' Hr'g Tr. 792:19 to 793:6, Mar. 16, 2022, Reciprocal Switching, EP 711 (Sub-No. 1). Another shipper commented: ``Our plant in the Northeast lost production of over 57 million pounds during the first two months of 2022 mostly due to increased transit time and railroad delays resulting from crew shortages.'' Id., Hr'g Tr. 795:7 to 795:10, Mar. 16, 2022. Dated: August 9, 2024. Jeffrey Herzig, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2024-18155 Filed 8-13-24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915-01-P

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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