2018-18342: Payment, Filing, and Service Procedures
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The Surface Transportation Board (Board) proposes to modify its rules pertaining to certain payment, filing, and service procedures. Many of these rules are outdated and do not reflect current technology. As explained in this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), the Board proposes updating its regulations relating to methods of payment, filing procedures, electronic service of Board decisions, and fees for copying, printing, and related services. The proposed updates are intended to promote increased use of electronic filing and payment systems and result in cost savings to both the Board and the public, while enhancing the accessibility of information relating to proceedings and functions of the Board.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
What this changes
Amends 15 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
- 49 CFR 1002 Fees
- 49 CFR 1012 Meetings of the Board
- 49 CFR 1104 Filing with the Board-Copies-Verification-Service-Pleadings, Generally
- 49 CFR 1110 Procedures Governing Informal Rulemaking Proceedings
- 49 CFR 1111 Complaint and Investigation Procedures
- 49 CFR 1113 Oral Hearing
- 49 CFR 1130 Informal Complaints
- 49 CFR 1132 Protests Requesting Suspension and Investigation of Collective Ratemaking Actions
- 49 CFR 1150 Certificate to Construct, Acquire, or Operate Railroad Lines
- 49 CFR 1152 Abandonment and Discontinuance of Rail Lines and Rail Transportation Under 49 U.S.C. 10903
- 49 CFR 1155 Solid Waste Rail Transfer Facilities
- 49 CFR 1182 Purchase, Merger, and Control of Motor Passenger Carriers
- 49 CFR 1244 Waybill Analysis of Transportation of Property—Railroads
- 49 CFR 1312 Regulations for the Publication, Filing, and Keeping of Tariffs for the Transportation of Property by or with a Water Carrier in Noncontiguous Domestic Trade
- 49 CFR 1313 Railroad Contracts for the Transportation of Agricultural Products
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